Corporate Training & Development Team

Name:                   Dermot O Flynn, MSc. Dip. Mgt. MIITD, MIHCI

Department:         Institute of Leadership

Role:                     Director of Corporate Training & Development Team

Location:              Ireland

Phone:                  01 402 8656

Email:                   doflynn@rcsi.ie

Description:

Dermot O’Flynn is the Director of Professional Development & Corporate Training at the Institute of Leadership. He currently provides class room and online courses on Performance Management, Leadership in Healthcare, Customer Experience Management, Coaching Skills, Managing High Performance Multidisciplinary Teams, Personal Effectiveness, Stress Management, Patient Safety Time Management and Advanced Training Skills for Clinic Trainers. Over the last twenty years, Dermot has provided training and consultancy services on a full-time and consultancy basis to a range of global companies, in Ireland, Europe Middle East and Africa.

Name:                  Michael Comyn, MBs (Hons), BA Mgt., MIITD, NLP (Prac), MBBA

Role:                    Member of Corporate Training & Development Team

Description:      

Michael Comyn is an associate faculty member of the Institute of Leadership. He is a Master Trainer, broadcaster, consultant and communications specialist and has delivered training for the last 23 years. He holds an honours degree in management, a Master of Business Studies in Management and a Diploma in Business Studies and is a licensed Stress Management and NLP Practitioner.  He coaches individual senior managers and practitioner in industry and is CEO of the Fearless Organisation. More recently he has developed a series of seminars on the Personal Effectiveness and Resilience, where he encourages participants to examine the nature of their own life and work and the quality of life it is giving them.

Name:                  Brendan Colclough, MIITD
Role:                    Member of Corporate Training & Development Team
Description:     
Brendan is an associate faculty member of the Institute of Leadership and brings with him 20 years experience in the private and public sectors. He is a graduate of Business Studies and Hotel Management and is a qualified training consultant.  Brendan has managed a variety of different training projects both in Ireland and internationally with companies such as Dublin Area Teaching Hospitals, St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Vincent’s Private Hospital, Mount Carmel Hospital, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Pfizer, The College of Psychiatry of Ireland, Allied Irish Bank, Coca Cola and Diageo, providing tailored training programmes in New Zealand, Australia, USA, as well as here in Ireland.  

Name:                  Kathleen Kinsella, MBA, BA Business Studies
Role:                    Member of Corporate Training & Development Team
Description:
Kathleen Kinsella is an associate faculty member of the Institute of Leadership and in her role she is involved in lecturing, consultancy, facilitating action learning sets . She has over 28 years experience in both private and public healthcare sectors in Ireland. Her career began as a registered general nurse and over the years she progressed from acute hospital care to the medical sales area working as a sales representative and clinical specialist for both multinational and indigenous companies.  

Name:                  Philippa Ryan Withero, DProf, MSc, RGN, RCN, RNT
Role:                    Member of Corporate Training & Development Team
Description:
Philippa is an associate faculty member of the Institute of Leadership and is also employed as the Acting Nurse Practice Development Advisor for Nurse Practice Development with the Adelaide and Meath Hospitals, incorporating the National Children’s Hospital, Dublin.  In 1998 Philippa obtained her Degree in Nursing Studies, with Honours from the University of Dublin, Trinity College. Shortly thereafter Philippa successfully obtained her Masters in Nursing Science also with the University of Dublin, Trinity College. She is currently writing up her PHD.  More recently Philippa graduated as a Six Sigma Process green belt graduate in addition to being a facilitator on the Meeting Facilitation Skills programme.  Philippa has worked in a variety of clinical settings in addition to more recently working on practice development projects and initiatives, including a substantial workforce planning project in collaboration with Beaumont Hospital Dublin.  Philippa’s specific areas of interest and expertise include: project management, healthcare documentation, medication administration, workforce planning, meeting facilitation skills, reflective practice and the changing health service to mention just a few.