"YOU CAN’T STOP THE WAVES, BUT YOU CAN LEARN TO SURF.” ​

Jon Kabat-Zinn

The World Is Changing.
Are You?

These are challenging times. With a convergence of crises – health, economic, environmental and political – it feels like many of the things we took for granted, are being questioned. 

How do we navigate uncertainty and uncharted waters?

How do we resource ourselves for what lies ahead, when we know so little about what lies ahead?

How do we take care of ourselves, so we can be in service to our families, friends, organisations, communities, and society?

Stress is Contagious. So is Calm.

What's Needed Right Now?

What’s required are leaders who can remain calm. Leaders who can steady the ship.  Support their crew to navigate complexity and uncertainty. Leaders who recognise when it’s wise to seek safe harbour, and make better decisions from a more sheltered place.  

Art of Navigation works with leaders to cultivate qualities for these turbulent times:

Calm. Steadiness. Adaptability. ‘Not knowing mind’. Awareness. Clarity. Resilience. Authenticity. Vulnerability. Courage. Compassion. 

These qualities will resource leaders to not just think and act differently, but to ‘feel and sense’ what’s wanting to emerge. In this moment. What is this time asking of you?

"When I slow down, I see twice as much."

Offering

My style is invitational and challenging. The work I do is supporting leaders to ‘see with new eyes’.  As Albert Einstein says: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used  when we created them.”

The combination of mindfulness, neuroscience and coaching are what makes the work I do uniquely suitable for this moment.

MINDFULNESS as a practice, equips us to remain steady in the storm, and more skilfully navigate uncertainty.

NEUROSCIENCE provides insights into human behaviour and how the brain works. Vital during these unsettled times.

COACHING offers that ‘safe harbour’, a calm space that allows us to access our inner wisdom, so we can see with ’fresh eyes’, sense what’s needed and act with wise discernment.  

What you will experience when you work with me is:
An invitation to step away from the ‘busyness’ treadmill, gain fresh perspectives, and reveal what’s truly important; 

a challenge to explore alternative paths and to face important decisions you could back away from; 

and unconditional support as you move forward with courage and authenticity.

I work from the premise that for a leader to be successful, they have to do the work on themselves first.

Are you ready to navigate uncertainty and take the path less travelled?

“Understanding others is intelligence; Understanding yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”

Lao Tzu

To support leaders, teams, organisations and individuals navigate uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity and volatility I have a suite of offerings. I engage other experienced associates to do the work with teams and organisations. 

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Leadership Team Development

  • Team Walkshops
  • Team Coaching & Development 
  • Team Dynamics & Facilitation
  • Team Resilience in the Workplace
  • Mindful Leadership Development Programmes 
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Leadership & Executive Coaching

  • Walk ’n Talk Coaching
  • Mindful Leadership Coaching
  • Online & in person coaching
  • Holistic Life Coaching
  • Career Coaching
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Mindfulness Programmes

  • Mindfulness @ Work
  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programme
  • Mindful & Compassionate Living

Testimonials

"Working with Grattan is one of the best decisions I ever made that will ripple through the rest of my life. The knowledge and capability I have acquired which was almost immediate is now the cornerstone on which I build both my professional and personal life around. Grattan’s unique style of coaching coupled with the mindfulness training is such a powerful combination that no book, hack, or training session even comes close. It is light years ahead and the impact on my business to this day is fundamental to its growth and long-term success. As a founder and CEO I already think and see the world differently, but the awareness and clarity I have gained from working with Grattan has opened my eyes to a higher level of strategic thinking I did not know existed."
Leslie TurnerCEO Schoolwise
"As CEO of a busy organisation it's easy to forget to look after yourself when supporting others. Grattan's Walk and Talk Coaching sessions are highly beneficial to my support structure. Blended with the mindfulness practices I learned on his hugely rewarding mindfulness programme, I have become more creative and empathetic addressing business and people challenges in the workplace. Now, when I slow down, I see twice as much."
John Church​CEO ISPCC Childline​
"I felt as if I had been turned upside down and my brain emptied out. After the coaching sessions I felt lighter and brighter. I felt something was lifted off me that I didn’t know was there. It was cathartic.” ​
Linda Lucas​CEO, Lucas Promotions​
"Grattan is extremely good at what he does. He has an exceptional ability to read individuals and groups of people and understand what is needed. He has a natural empathy and extremely calming approach that help individuals and groups tackle challenges and move forward. One of the biggest learnings I got from Grattan, so relevant to what we are going through in these tough times, is quite simply, to be kind to yourself.” ​
Susan O'DwyerCEO Make-a-Wish
"The Surviving to Thriving mindfulness at work training programme we did with Grattan made a profound difference in creating a healthier culture in our organisation, and in our lives. Mindfulness skills equipped our teams to work better together, more collaboratively, thoughtfully, respectfully and discuss issues more openly and disagree better. The skills and practices people developed are life skills not just work skills. Personally it helped me become a better listener, more relaxed and better able to handle incredibly intense and stressful situations, and become a better person and leader.” ​
Phil ParkerCEO LeasePlan Information Systems
"Grattan's walk and talk coaching sessions combined with mindfulness and an understanding of how the brain works, has made a huge difference to how I live my life. I realise that knowing myself is not knowledge, but wisdom. Many things I accepted as realities have fallen away. Life has conditioned me to act/behave in a certain way, and changing that has enabled me to live a better life and become a better leader and person."
Syl Cotter​Commercial Director, Executive Institute ​
"Grattan gave me a whole new perspective on success. He helped me identify areas of my life where I simply run on autopilot mode, opened my eyes to notice things I did not notice before. I thereby learned to listen to my heart more and make better decisions.” ​
Wolfgang Oberauer​Private Coaching Client​
"I can truly say that this course changed something inside of me which has led me to communicate, listen and design my life in a more compassionate and self-aware way. Grattan's coaching style will wake you up, create awareness and can change your perspective on your life. He is honest, caring and patient, and he will sense immediately if you are not living your life aligned with your true self. I cannot recommend this course enough if you want to work on personal development or if you want to learn more about coaching as a profession."
Annemarie Hoving
“Coaching process with Grattan was a life-changing experience. I've understood my limiting beliefs, I was able to work on them. As a result, I've built a courage to move forward in a different direction. Now I see more possibilities and I have good tools to design my life.”
Miro BacaPrivate Coaching client

About Grattan

Returning to Ireland in 1998 after 12 years working in international business in the Far East, I bought a training franchise. This set me on a lifelong path in people development. Specialising in leadership and management development, I qualified as an Executive Leadership Coach in 2006. After experiencing burnout in 2010, I began practicing mindfulness. This has made a profound difference to my life. Wishing to share the benefits of mindfulness and coaching with others, I worked with Potential Project, global leaders in Corporate Based Mindfulness Training, between 2014 to 2019. During that time, I trained mindfulness to hundreds of people in leading organisations, such as Kerry Group, Irish Distillers, Citco Fund Services, Bulgari Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Leaseplan Information Systems.   

I integrate neuroscience and mindfulness into all my work as an executive and holistic life coach, leadership development facilitator and trainer. In 2017 I qualified as a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher. I lecture the Diploma in Coaching for Performance in Dublin Business School, and on Diploma in Executive Coaching in the Irish Management Institute.  I am a Founding Honorary Life Fellow of the Association for Coaching, Ireland, and was Chair from 2013-2015. As a Board Member of Mindful Nation Ireland, I believe mindfulness can contribute to developing a more compassionate and caring society. I am a keen sailor, and can often be found on Killiney Hill or on the pier in Dun Laoghaire in Walk ‘n Talk Coaching sessions with clients, sometimes with my dog in tow.  

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Contact

If you'd like to find out more, please call Grattan for a conversation +353862252737

Or alternatively you can email grattan@grattandonnelly.com

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