Fiona Pusey Managing Director
Fiona is Managing Director of Real Impact, and a Chartered Occupational Psychologist. Her talents lie in creating development opportunities for enhancing individual, team and organisational performance. She has worked at shop floor, middle management and director levels using 1:1 coaching, team coaching and leadership development programmes to effect and embed change. She has considerable experience in the design and delivery of leadership development programmes, one of which is now accredited by the Institute of Bankers in Dublin. She is also qualified to use a range of psychometric and 360 feedback tools in both assessment and development contexts.

Prior to founding Real Impact, Fiona held Board of Management and Consultancy roles as Director of Bluestone Talent Management and Executive Search Consultant for an IT Management Consultancy. Clients she has worked for include; Coffee Republic, ABN Amro, Allied Irish Bank Capital Markets, KPMG, Laing Homes, King George V in Hong Kong, Epsom College, and British Telecom. Fiona has presented on ‘Emotional Intelligence’ to the Division of Work and Organisational Psychologists in Dublin and Business Unit Trainers at AIB Capital Markets. She has also spoken on ‘Work-Life Balance in maintaining Peak Performance’ to HR Professionals.

Outside the office, Fiona enjoys keeping fit with regular visits to the gym for swimming, pilates and yoga. She has a love of travel, eating out and great wines. A dual Australian and UK citizen, Fiona works internationally and lives in London.

A highly qualified Occupational Psychologist, Trisha has considerable experience as an assessor for selection and development. She is highly skilled in competency-based interviewing, use of psychometrics, 1:1 coaching, and training. Trisha has worked on large organisational development initiatives across both public and private sectors.

Sue’s talents lie in enabling individuals to unlock their potential by bringing who they are to what they do. Managers and leaders achieve improved performance and well-being as a result of her interventions. Consistent with the notion of being a ‘critical friend,’ Sue combines professional independence and objectivity with a highly supportive, validating style. A Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Sue has provided tailored development and assessment services to businesses for more than 17 years. She is qualified to interpret a range of psychometric and 360 feedback measures. Combining a high-energy personal style with incisiveness and depth, she uses her strong facilitation and feedback skills to deliver improved individual and organisational performance.

Sue has recently co-founded a new approach to personal development planning - 3Steps2Action. Focused on enabling organisations to achieve a better return on their training and development investment, 3 Steps 2 Action ensures individuals take action to implement their development plans.

A Senior HR consultant, Margaret’s corporate experience includes in-depth strategic and practical knowledge of organisational modelling, cultural change, coaching and mentoring, performance management, job evaluation, compensation and benefits, training and development and employee relations. She has worked across a number of industry sectors, including football, not-for-profit, oil, manufacturing and management consultancy. A Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Margaret is a qualified Coach and Mentor.

Alan is an experienced Leadership Development Consultant with a Business Psychology background. He has wide-ranging experience of designing and delivering a range of interventions to facilitate the development of leaders. He is an expert in psychological assessment techniques, including competencies, assessment and development centres, 360-degree and psychometrics.

Alan has been formally involved in the development of people for 15 years, including time as a consultant for the premier UK firm of Business Psychologists, as Head of Training & Development for a major logistics company and, for the past four years, as an independent consultant specialising in personal development and group facilitation.

His relevant qualifications include a Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management and an MSc in Psychological Assessment (Univ. of London). He is currently in the third and final year of an MSc in Change Agent Skills & Strategies (Univ. of Surrey). His focus has been on personal change and he is currently researching the effectiveness of interventions made by coaches in coaching relationships. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (MCIPD).

Bassistry Music Productions offers a Unique, Fun, Stimulating and Interactive Music Programme called ‘Co-music-ate,’ to energise, engage and build team cohesion (www.bassistry.com).

The programme facilitates communication, encourages expression, creativity and fun. Team cohesion is enhanced in an exhilarating and non-threatening way. Important principles of team work are identified and taken back to the workplace.
The team operate professionally around the world conducting workshops. They also work in television, theatre, World & Contemporary Music.