Everyone has something they really love to do.
My passion is people; my purpose is helping them shine. I get up every day thinking about ways I can support people in embracing change and becoming their better selves.
A foundational belief is that we become our best by developing the talents we have --not seeking those we admire-- to meet the challenges of change. It's an honor — and, frankly, a delight — to witness clients align their inherent strengths to achieve a hard-won insight, embark on a new opportunity, or successfully collaborate for greater impact.
Siobhán A. O'Riordan
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Top Five CliftonStrengths™ - Strategic ➻ Individualization ➻ Woo ➻Positivity ➻ Activator ➻ Communication
As a certified Gallup® Global CliftonStrengths™ Coach and experienced advisor, my clients value my insights, inclusivity, and ability to create space for connection and trust, resulting in growth and impact.
Over the past 25 years, I have worked with hundreds of individual leaders, teams, and board members across 100+ organizations with revenues ranging from $500K to $30M. I have helped social entrepreneurs hire talent and create inclusive and learning cultures in the early stages of organizational growth (New Profit, Project Evident); worked to build the revenue, collaboration and communication capacity of many National Park Service nonprofit partners; and have extensively advised and developed strategies, programs, funding models and messaging across all types of philanthropic organizations (Council on Foundations, Philanthropy Massachusetts), work recognized with awards from the Boston Business Journal and New Ventures in Philanthropy.
My commitment to helping others learn, grow, and succeed is lifelong. My favorite job ever was teaching history at The Lincoln School in Kathmandu, Nepal. I remain a student at heart with a deep interest in history, politics, creativity, nature, and brain science. I believe in practice -- daily walking, writing, and constant reading. I am a certified Gallup® Global CliftonStrengths™ Coach with a BA in History and MA in Teaching from Tufts University.