testimonials

Valerie Carroll, Co-Founder and Operations Director, SCRI-IS Technologies, November 2024

"Subsequent to the culture & strategy create workshop and talent masterclasses we did with Conexion.ie back in January 2020, our partnering model has continuously evolved, in line with ongoing SCRI-IS expansion including the addition of technical services, reliability and asset management, and - most recently - digital transformation divisions. Current support from Conexion constitutes a monthly model of both leadership and HR ops and internal comms bi-weekly scheduled connects, in addition to external employer branding content and various development focuses. Dave continues to closely provide us with strategic organization development and HR 'steering', always responsive when pressing talent management items require timely perspective outside of the scheduled sessions too"

Garrett O'Rourke, Training & Development Manager, Cork Chamber Skillnet, November 2024

"As a recurring Cork Chamber Skillnet collaborator, with both September 2024's 'Talent Management in the Evolving World of AI: The Time is Now' and May 2023's 'Cork Talent & Skills: What Lies Beneath?' Cork Chamber Skillnet events, Dave designed, moderated and spoke at each. With deep expertise in - and passion for - the subject matters, plus an energetic delivery style, Dave tangibly engaged audiences throughout both in-person events. This was validated by high room energy on the days, and similar levels of social media activity that continued into subsequent weeks. Particularly in the people, leadership and talent spaces, delighted to highly recommend Dave as a speaker or MC."

Cathal O'Mahony, Managing Director, Induchem Group, November 2024

"Following the culture & strategy connect workshop and talent masterclasses Induchem Ireland and UK did with Conexion.ie back in August 2019, our partnering model has continuously evolved, in line with ongoing Group expansion including subsequent Tredwell Electrical, ALLSAFE and Insteco acquisitions. Current support from Conexion constitutes a monthly model of scheduled weekly HR ops and internal comms connects, external employer branding content, leadership connects, and various development focuses. Dave continues to closely provide us with strategic organization development and HR 'steering', always responsive when pressing talent management items require timely perspective outside of the scheduled sessions too."

Pat King (VP & GM, Europe) and Breda Martin (Senior Manager, HR), VelocityEHS Europe, June 2022

“As OneLook Systems continued to integrate into VelocityEHS, we partnered with Conexion over January and February 2022 primarily via Dave’s impactful online delivery of the Brand and Hiring, Managing and Developing, and Engaging and Retaining people masterclasses. We really got a lot out of these sessions, which validated our talent management strategy but also identified certain opportunities for VelocityEHS Europe consideration as we further expand into said region.”

Valerie Carroll, Co-Founder and Operations Director, SCRI-IS Technologies, June 2022

“A couple of years into start-up at that point, we first partnered with Conexion in January 2020 via the ‘Preparing for growth and team expansion’ workshop, during which we redesigned SCRI-IS’ vision, mission & purpose, and values for going forward. Since then, during ongoing company expansion Dave continues to provide very close support, including impactful online delivery of the Brand and Hiring, Managing and Developing, and Engaging and Retaining people masterclasses during COVID-19 times, and several other organisation development team initiatives too. We look forward to continued successful partnering with Conexion in exciting SCRI-IS times ahead.”

Cathal Doorley, CEO, Rezoomo, December 2019

“At Rezoomo we are passionate about helping our clients use and promote their employer brand and culture as a key part of their talent acquisition strategy. As a startup ourselves it's very important to identify our mission, vision and values that contribute to our culture as we grow. A couple of weeks ago we had our good friend Dave of Conexion.ie spend half a day with the full Rezoomo team. It was fantastic to hear what each team member thought of our mission and what they perceived to be our values. It has helped us to focus and reshape our mission and values moving forward and we will use this as a core theme when we are adding to the team. I highly recommend companies of all shapes and sizes go through this and can't recommend Dave and Conexion.ie enough.”

Stephen Jiang, Founder & Managing Director, Fervor+Hue, December 2019

“Subsequent to attending his Talent Management masterclasses at Cork Chamber Skillnet, and with the overall Ballymaloe business looking to more-align from both company and Talent perspectives, we were delighted to partner with Dave on Culture, Strategy & People workshops, the outputs of which we are now rolling out to our people leaders. Though still early on this next-phase journey, after more than 50 years in operation we are delightedwith the ‘connection’ of new values, objectives, practices etc., and very excited re now implementing same.”

Vicki O’Callaghan & Michelle O’Riordan, Co-Founders, BabyBoo.ie, December 2019

“After 5 successful years in business, and with exciting growth plans, BabyBoo.ie was at a point where we needed to further ‘connect’ our Culture and People to achieve our strategy, we needed to revise our vision, mission, goals and values and wanted to include the team in this vision for the next 5 years. We were delighted to partner with Dave on a Culture & Strategy Workshop in October 2019 and subsequent follow-ups, the results of which we are quickly implementing and are already seeing the positive impacts within the team and the business. We look forward to working again with Dave and Conexion.ie.”

David Carroll, Managing Director, Induchem Group, December 2019

“In August 2019, Dave held a Culture & Strategy Workshop to help us define the values and vision of Induchem going forward. This was a very productive and insightful half-day where we prioritized what was important to the group to ensure we continue down a path of Integrity, Flexibility and Excellence. The aim of the following day’s People Connection Masterclass was to improve Talent Management at Induchem Group and to ensure that staff are clear on the vision of the company so that we can continue to grow. The workshop has helped to define our new Mission & Purpose of ‘Expert people, best-in-class products and exceptional services, maximizing customer uptime through innovation and reliability’. We will continue to work with Conexion.ie to improve on various processes in the company from recruitment to onboarding etc.”

Anthony Cotter & Justin Cronin, Co-Founders & Directors, Coolgrey Strategic Creative Agency, December 2019

“Celebrating 15 successful years in operation, and with exciting plans for further evolving Coolgrey’s service offering going forward, we recognised the imperatives of taking time to ‘connect’ our Culture, Strategy and People, to better align our vision and core business values. We had designed Conexion.ie’s branding in October 2018, and were inspired by the clear vision and purpose behind the brand proposition in helping businesses optimise their organisational resources. We were delighted to partner with Dave on our own Culture & Strategy Workshop in May 2019. The process was engaging and the outputs have been instrumental in guiding our strategy for growth. And we look forward to continued alliance with Dave and Conexion.ie, into the future as an integral member of the Coolgrey Connected initiative to deliver an enhanced, value-adding brand communications service to clients.”

Marian Kennedy, Founder & CEO, anewmum (PPR Healthcare Ltd.), August 2019

“Dave was fantastic and brought a wealth of knowledge to the table to help us get our foundations established at such an early stage for the culture, strategy and people in anewmum. I’m so grateful for the learning opportunity and insights we had from Dave and we look forward to working with Conexion.ie in the future as anewmum grows. I feel relieved and confident to be in a position to have fine-tuned and created the future vision, mission and values of the company.”

Valerie Finnegan Cahill, Founder & Owner, Ikon Hair Cork, May 2019

“This year, it was an aspiration of mine to put cultural health and effectiveness at the heart of every business decision that we make in Ikon. We realized that culture was one of the core sustainable business advantages that we could grow and develop in this rapidly changing time. Investing in our culture and people first would be key to our success. Knowing that this would take commitment and absolute buy-in from the whole team, we turned to Dave to help us establish our company values, goals and Talent Management. The Conexion.ie workshops were amazing! Dave created a space where the whole team got involved and took ownership in deciding who Ikon is, what do we want to be known for and where are we going, to help establish our company values, objectives and Talent Management. We started laying the essential foundations, and with Dave’s guidance found the right balance between the ideal culture we wanted to create and the practicalities of growing Ikon, via the alignment of our culture, strategy & people. We now have clear purpose and focus which we can implement. Our culture maintains the essence of our identity, mission and values alive, while evolving to reflect the changing make-up of our business and team.”

Maxine Hyde, Marketing & Sales Manager, Ballymaloe Foods, November 2018

“Subsequent to attending his Talent Management masterclasses at Cork Chamber Skillnet, and with the overall Ballymaloe business looking to more-align from both company and Talent perspectives, we were delighted to partner with Dave on Culture, Strategy & People workshops, the outputs of which we are now rolling out to our people leaders. Though still early on this next-phase journey, after more than 50 years in operation we are delighted with the ‘connection’ of new values, objectives, practices etc., and very excited re now implementing same.”

Kieran McAuliffe, General Manager, The Shine Centre, November 2018

“After 16 successful years in operation, Shine Ireland was at a point whereby we were looking to further-define our organizational culture and people practices for going forward. We were delighted to partner with Dave on both people leader 1:1s and a team workshop, the outputs of which we rolled out earlier this year. We are delighted with the definition of new values, practices, communication etc., which has already had a tangible positive impact on our culture and people.”