A leadership programme that meets your organisation and your people exactly where they are
Designed in partnership with you, built around your strategic goals, and delivered by the members of our team best suited to each part of it.
- In person
- Fully online
- Hybrid
No off-the-shelf curriculum. A programme shaped around your business and the moment you're in right now.
Every organisation is preparing its people for something: growth, change, a new strategy, a step up in responsibility. Below the Line: Customised starts there. We take the time to understand your context and your ambitions, then build a leadership programme that directly serves them.
You choose the shape, the pace and the format. You also get a team rather than a single trainer. Different modules can be led by different members of Below the Line, each bringing their own leadership experience and expertise, so your people see that effective leadership takes many forms.
Context-led
Shaped around your organisation's priorities and the moment you're in, not a fixed template.
Flexible in depth and length
The number of sessions, days and coaching touchpoints flex to fit your needs and your budget.
Built on a proven foundation
Validated profiling tools, facilitated leadership workouts and one-to-one coaching, tested over a decade of programmes.
Personal and collective
Works on the individual leader and on how they show up for their team and the wider organisation.
Diagnose before we prescribe
- UnderstandYour business, your strategic goals and the future you're preparing your people for.
- DiagnoseYour performance enablers and inhibitors, through behavioural profiling, organisational heat mapping and identifying the constraints that hold people back.
- DesignTogether with you, a programme that addresses those needs directly, with the right modules and the right people to lead them.
- EmbedYour real challenges woven into every session, with action learning groups, group coaching calls and follow-through to make the learning stick.
Delivered your way
In person
Full or half-day leadership workouts at your premises or an offsite venue we source and manage.
Fully online
Shorter, focused virtual sessions that work well for dispersed and international teams.
Hybrid
In-person workouts for depth and connection, with virtual kick-offs, check-ins and coaching in between.
Our team and what they deliver
Pick the expertise your programme needs. We'll put the right people around it.
Each member of our team has led businesses, teams and change themselves. Below are the modules each of us most often designs and delivers. They are starting points: every module is tailored to your context. Use the filter to see who covers a particular theme.
David Duggan
Founder & Programme Lead
Over 15 years designing and leading development programmes, including four as Senior Programme Director with Common Purpose Ireland. Works with senior leaders, emerging leaders and managers stepping up.
- Owning Your LeadershipYour story, your values and the leader you want to beLeadership & self
- Emotional Intelligence at WorkEQ-i 2.0 profiling, debrief and development planningLeadership & self
- Leveraging DifferenceBelbin Team Roles for stronger, more balanced teamsPerformance & teams
- Turning Strategy into ActionPrioritisation, managing up and following throughOrganisational capability
Dave Gribben
Executive Coach & Facilitator
Over 30 years building and leading businesses in financial services. Associate Faculty at the Irish Management Institute and contributor to MBA programmes on high-performing teams.
- Awakening the Leader in MeModern leadership, authentic presence and Situational LeadershipLeadership & self
- Building High-Performing TeamsTrust, team purpose and mutual accountabilityPerformance & teams
- Leading from StrengthsStrengthscope profiling to lead with energy and impactLeadership & self
- Leadership Team EffectivenessStrategy alignment and performance culture at the top tableOrganisational capability
Peter Mohan
Executive Coach & Facilitator
An engineer who held senior HR and change roles at ESB, Peter has worked with leaders across Ireland, the UK, Europe and the USA. He draws on brain science, emotional intelligence and story.
- Coaching for PerformanceCoaching skills, feedback and candid conversationsPerformance & teams
- The Brain-Friendly LeaderWhat neuroscience tells us about motivation and behaviourLeadership & self
- Leading People Through ChangeHelping teams through transition and uncertaintyChange & resilience
- Leading Through StoryUsing story to connect, inspire and influenceLeadership & self
Ian Kingston
Executive Coach & Mentor
Senior management roles in banking and insurance before founding his own business in 1995. Ian has mentored CEOs, business owners and senior executives for 30 years.
- Understanding YouBelbin Team Roles, personal enablers and inhibitorsLeadership & self
- Senior Team PerformanceHow senior leaders work together and lead togetherPerformance & teams
- Building a Performance CultureClarity, ownership and the behaviours that drive resultsOrganisational capability
- Leading Sales TeamsMotivating and developing sales people to performOrganisational capability
Paul Gleeson
Performance Coach & Facilitator
25 years across leadership, psychology and adventure, including rowing the Atlantic and the Northwest Passage. Paul helps people lead with clarity and energy, especially through challenge and change.
- Mental Fitness & AgilityBuilding personal practices for focus and resilienceWellbeing
- Resilience Under PressureLessons from extreme environments for leading through adversityChange & resilience
- High-Performance Team CultureTeam coaching for shared standards and commitmentPerformance & teams
- Energy & Sustainable PerformanceManaging energy, not just timeWellbeing
Eva Nash
Business Coach & Consultant
Nearly 20 years in advertising, including over nine at Droga5 Dublin, rising to People Lead and Agency Director. Eva's grounded, practical approach resonates with people stepping into leadership.
- Stepping into ManagementThe essentials for first-time and newly promoted managersLeadership & self
- Day-to-Day LeadershipTeam productivity and balancing the strategic with the operationalPerformance & teams
- Feedback & Restorative ConversationsRepairing and strengthening working relationshipsPerformance & teams
- Agile Ways of WorkingPractical agile principles for teams outside techInnovation & creativity
Elaine Russell
Leadership & Team Coach, Board Advisor
A chartered accountant who began in audit at KPMG, Elaine went on to lead Tesco Mobile Ireland as Managing Director and USIT as Group CEO. She is a thinking partner to CEOs and leadership teams.
- Leading at Senior LevelFrom functional expert to enterprise leaderLeadership & self
- Commercial & Financial AcumenReading the numbers and making better business decisionsOrganisational capability
- Leading Through GrowthLeading people and teams as the business scalesChange & resilience
- Women in LeadershipStepping up, building presence and owning your ambitionLeadership & self
Bernardine Maloney
Executive Coach
Over 30 years in senior energy sector roles. At ESB Bernardine managed Moneypoint Generating Station, leading 250 staff, and later led Organisation Development and Corporate Affairs.
- Executive Presence & CommunicationCommunicating with clarity, confidence and influenceLeadership & self
- Leaders in TransitionMaking a strong start in a new or bigger roleChange & resilience
- Understanding Personality at WorkMBTI insights for working well with othersLeadership & self
- Leading in Technical EnvironmentsPeople leadership for engineering and operational teamsOrganisational capability
Zanya Dahl
Creative Facilitator & Visual Artist
Zanya led Artizan Creative, a multi-award-winning branding and digital agency, for 16 years. She now uses DRAW, a drawing-based process she developed, to help teams move beyond habitual thinking.
- DRAW: Thinking DifferentlyA drawing-based process to unlock fresh perspectivesInnovation & creativity
- Creative Problem-SolvingTools for teams tackling stubborn challengesInnovation & creativity
- Visual Thinking for StrategyMaking strategy tangible at offsites and away daysInnovation & creativity
- Creativity for WellbeingSlowing down, switching off and rechargingWellbeing
Our wider associate network
Specialists brought in as your programme needs them
- BreathworkPractical techniques for calm and focus under pressure
- Nutrition & EnergyFuelling performance at work
- Mindset & Psychological SafetyCreating conditions where people speak up and grow
- HR Practice & PolicyBuilding people practices and an effective HR function
Build a sample programme
See what a programme for your people could look like, and who would deliver it.
Choose a few focus areas and how you'd like it to run, and your sample programme builds as you go. Think of it as a starting point: we'd shape the real thing together with you, around your context and your goals.
1What do you want to focus on?
Pick up to eight modules. Use the themes to browse. 0 of 8 chosen See your programme
2Who is it for?
3How should it run?
4Any extras?
What it can look like
An example from our work
Department heads at an international aviation finance firm
None of the group had received formal leadership development, and all were leading people through constant change. The firm wanted them to move from reactive firefighting to proactive, strategic leadership, and to become a more united leadership team.
We designed a six-month journey with five in-person leadership workouts, each led by a different member of our team, with David Duggan as programme lead throughout. EQ-i 2.0 and Belbin profiling, with one-to-one debriefs, connected the sessions to each person's own development.
- Week 1 · VirtualProgramme kick-offIntroductions and individual learning agendas
- Month 1Awakening the Leader in Mewith Dave Gribben
- Month 2Understanding Youwith Ian Kingston, using Belbin Team Roles
- Month 3Coaching for Performancewith Peter Mohan
- Month 4Day-to-Day Leadershipwith Eva Nash
- Month 5Mental Fitness & Agilitywith Paul Gleeson, including an outdoor team challenge
- Month 6 · VirtualReview and one-to-one coachingReflection, EQ-i debriefs and ongoing development plans
What it delivers
- Stronger leadership capability, tied directly to your strategic goals
- Deeper self-understanding that translates into real organisational impact
- The confidence to step outside the comfort zone and step up
- A stronger belief in their ability to lead, influence and effect change
- People who see themselves as contributors to the whole business
- Fresh thinking on how they develop the people around them
They have brought a unique approach, always meeting us where we are at and bringing their expertise to bear in ways that have helped our organisation at both a strategic and individual level.
Lisa Lowry, Head of Human Resources, World Rugby
Let's start with a conversation
Tell us where your organisation is heading. We'll show you how a programme could get your people there.
Book a conversation- David Duggan
- Founder & Executive Director
- Phone
- +353 (0)86 102 7955