I help new teams form faster.
Work with me once, or make me the partner you call every time it happens. One partner for both Everything DiSC® and Insights Discovery®.
In person across Ireland. Virtual across Irish and US time zones.
The reorg goes live. Two teams become one.
A new director inherits a team of strangers.
Graduate intake. Three first-time managers step up.
The exec team turns to you. This page is about what happens next.
David O'Grady Coaching is an Authorised Insights Discovery Partner and an Everything DiSC Authorised Partner with Wiley, based in Athlone, Ireland. I work with organisations across Ireland and the US, virtually and on-site. I also deliver The Five Behaviors, Wiley's team programme. David O'Grady, executive and team coach in Ireland, helps new teams form faster.
Offering both tools matters. You get the right tool for your situation, not whichever tool a provider happens to carry. Most of my work is with HR Directors, Heads of People, and Talent and OD leads in organisations of 200 to 2,000 staff.
A reorg is announced. Two teams become one. Or the company grows fast and a brand-new team has to gel by the end of the quarter. The exec team turns to you.
Teams don't form themselves. Someone forms them. The quiet word with the new director. The session you argued for. The profiles you ordered, the facilitator you briefed, the follow-up you chased. In organisations of 200 to 2,000 staff, that someone is usually you.
And every time, it starts from zero. Find a provider. Explain the culture. Pick a tool. Get it through procurement. By the time the workshop lands, the team has already set its habits, good or bad.
Forming is the window that matters. Teams set their patterns early, then repeat them. My job is to help you catch that window every time it opens.
There's a simpler way to do this. One partner who already knows the building.
Most partnerships end up as a blend of all three. We usually start with one piece of work and grow from there.
Team workshops, off-site sessions and profile debriefs, designed and run by me. You bring the team and the goal. I bring the design, the materials and the room.
Where it leads: a team with a shared language within weeks, without adding a single project to your own plate.
Everything DiSC certification, Insights Discovery accreditation and Five Behaviours certification for your HR and L&D team. The capability moves in-house and stays there.
Where it leads: you stop booking outside facilitators for routine sessions, and you keep me for the complex ones.
New-leader onboarding. New-team formation after every reorg and growth spurt. Your leadership programmes. Profiles when you need them.
Where it leads: team forming stops being a one-off project and becomes part of how your company runs.
It depends on the team and the job you need the tool to do. I'm an Authorised Partner for both, so I can put both on the table and help you choose on merit. Sometimes DiSC is the better fit. Sometimes Insights is. Sometimes you've inherited one and the smart move is to build on what your people already know.
The workplace behavioural model on the Catalyst™ platform. Clear, practical and easy for busy teams to keep using after the workshop ends.
About Everything DiSCThe four colour energies, loved for the depth of its personal profile. The Insights for Microsoft Teams app is included with Insights Discovery profiles at no extra cost.
About Insights DiscoveryIf you're weighing them up, I keep a live comparison of the two tools on this site. It's honest, because I win either way.
See the full DiSC vs Insights comparisonNo two years are the same. Here's the shape of one, told through the moments every People leader will recognise.
A restructure merges two functions. You call me early, while it's still a plan. Team sessions are in the diary for week two of the new structure.
A new director joins. They get a profile debrief in their first fortnight and a session with their team in their first month. The team forms around its new leader, not around the rumour mill.
Your leadership programme kicks off. The behavioural language your teams already speak runs right through it. Nothing has to be retaught.
Holidays. Nothing on. That's fine. A partnership is there when you need it, not a meeting you have to feed.
The graduate intake arrives. Profiles are part of how they land, and by now your own certified people are running those sessions themselves.
Your team delivers its first fully in-house team session. I review the design with them beforehand and stay on the end of the phone.
We look back at the year. The teams that formed faster. The capability that now lives in your building. Then we plan the next one.
After a few pieces of work, I know your teams, your language and your context. Every engagement starts at step three instead of step one. You built that.
Every quote below is verbatim, with the person's name and organisation.
David led StrengthsFinder training for my direct team and peer group, and his approach was both engaging and impactful. From preparation to follow-up, he provided just the right amount of context and pre-work—enough to spark interest and meaningful engagement without feeling like a routine task.
Where David truly stands out is in live sessions (including virtual ones), where he brings the material to life in a way that fosters deeper connections among team members. His ability to facilitate thoughtful, natural discussions creates an environment where participants gain new perspectives and a stronger understanding of one another.
I highly recommend David for any team working closely on projects, particularly global teams or leadership groups that need to collaborate and challenge each other effectively.
I was looking for a good Insights Facilitator for a number of months and was delighted to have found David and the fact he was local to us was even better.
Was a great presenter and the team got great value for our time with him.
Great day sharing our experiences with the colours etc and David guided the workshop at the right pace and examples.
Would recommend and we will be using David again.
We invited David O’Grady to facilitate a CliftonStrengths workshop for our Global People & Organisational Development team off-site in Galway.
The session gave us practical insight into how our individual strengths show up — not just within the team, but also in how we collaborate with key stakeholders across the business. David’s facilitation was clear, engaging, and directly relevant to how we work. Feedback from the group was overwhelmingly positive.
As an HR professional, I really valued how David brought the StrengthsFinder framework to life in a way that deepened self-awareness, strengthened team connection, and supported more effective cross-functional collaboration. I’d highly recommend him to any HR or Talent Leader looking to integrate strengths-based development into their L&D strategy or leadership programmes.
I came across DiSC through someone in my network. I’d used MBTI and Insights before, but DiSC stood out for its simplicity and how easy it is to apply in a practical, ongoing way. It’s not one of those tools you complete and forget about a week later, it’s something you can genuinely use day to day at work.
While it doesn’t necessarily tell you anything completely new, it highlights your preferences in a really clear way and helps you understand how to adapt and stretch yourself, both professionally and personally.
David has been a great support throughout. From the start when I was considering certification, he gave me the confidence that it was the right move for me. Since then, he’s always been available, no question ever feels like too much, and his advice has been invaluable. Before my first workshop, he took the time to review my material and share feedback, which made a big difference. I went in feeling confident, and actually excited rather than nervous.
If you’re thinking about becoming a DiSC practitioner, I’d highly recommend David as a partner.
For twenty years I worked in corporate HR, at companies like 3M and HubSpot, building leadership development and talent programmes from the inside. At 3M I took Insights Discovery® from sporadic use to an enterprise operating model. At HubSpot I did the same with Everything DiSC®. I built the licence, facilitation and integration models for tools the business already owned, before becoming a partner myself.
Today I run the only practice in Ireland partnered in both Everything DiSC® and Insights Discovery®. I'm a Chartered Member of the CIPD and an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, based in Athlone, between Galway and Dublin. More about me
A programme for HR professionals who want to coach, not just administrate. I'm shaping it at the moment, and I'd rather build it with you than for you. No dates, no price, no promises yet. Join the list and tell me what you'd want it to be.
Prefer email? Write to david@davidogradycoaching.com with the subject “HR as Coach waiting list”.
This is the waiting list for the programme, not the newsletter. If you're after the newsletter instead, sign up at the HR as Coach Newsletter page.
David O'Grady Coaching is an Authorised Insights Discovery Partner based in Athlone, Ireland. David delivers Insights Discovery workshops, profile debriefs and practitioner accreditation for organisations across Ireland and the US, virtually and on-site. The Insights for Microsoft Teams app is included with Insights Discovery profiles at no extra cost.
David O'Grady Coaching is an Everything DiSC Authorised Partner with Wiley, based in Athlone, Ireland. David delivers Everything DiSC workshops, profile debriefs and certification for HR teams in Ireland and the US. He also delivers The Five Behaviors, Wiley's team programme.
It depends on the team and the job you need the tool to do. David O'Grady Coaching partners with both Insights Discovery and Everything DiSC, so you get a recommendation based on your situation, not the one tool a vendor happens to sell. David publishes a live DiSC vs Insights comparison page at davidogradycoaching.com to help you decide.
David O'Grady Coaching runs Everything DiSC certification for HR, L&D and OD professionals in Ireland and the US. Once certified, your people can debrief profiles and run DiSC sessions in-house. You can also start with David delivering the workshops and certify your own people later. Book a 30-minute scoping call at https://www.davidogradycoaching.com/meetings/do-grady to plan it.
Yes. David O'Grady Coaching is an Authorised Insights Discovery Partner and delivers Insights Discovery accreditation, so the capability lives inside your organisation. Your accredited people can then run Insights sessions in-house, with David as an ongoing partner when you need him.
David plugs into your existing HR processes as an ongoing partner. That can include new-leader onboarding, new-team formation, leadership programmes and profiles on demand. You keep one partner across Insights Discovery, Everything DiSC and The Five Behaviors instead of managing separate vendors. It starts with a 30-minute scoping call.
Ongoing partnerships typically run €8,000–€15,000 a year (US $10,000–$18,000) excl. VAT, depending on cadence and profile volume. Every engagement gets a fixed, itemised proposal within two working days. No day-rate meters.
Yes. David O'Grady Coaching works with organisations in both Ireland and the US, virtually and on-site. David is based in Athlone, Ireland, and typically works with HR Directors, Heads of People, and Talent and OD leads in organisations of 200 to 2,000 staff.
HR as Coach is a new programme David O'Grady is building for HR professionals who want to coach, not just administrate. It is in development now, so there are no dates, prices or a fixed curriculum yet. You can join the waiting list on the David O'Grady Coaching HR partnership page and help shape it.
A scoping call is 30 minutes. Tell me about the reorg, the new director, or the team that isn't clicking. You'll leave with a clear next step, whether that's with me or not. No pitch, no slides.
Book a 30-minute scoping callOr book directly: https://www.davidogradycoaching.com/meetings/do-grady
David O'Grady Coaching is an independent Authorised Partner of Wiley and The Insights Group Ltd., and the only practice in Ireland partnered in both Everything DiSC® and Insights Discovery® (verified July 2026).
