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Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Paddy Barr.

The Paddy Barr Commentaries

On a recent Price of Business show, host Kevin Price interviewed Paddy Barr, from Dublin Ireland, Managing Partner of Barr Performance Coaching.

Host Kevin Price interviews Paddy Barr, owner and Managing Partner of Barr Performance Coaching, on the Price of Business Show. In this segment, Paddy discusses the challenge of turning senior executives into cohesive, high-performing leadership teams.

Key Takeaways

Individual Motivations vs. Team Goals: Senior leadership cohorts often consist of high-performing functional heads who may be competing against each other for internal succession or performance rankings on a bell curve.
Addressing Systemic Root Causes: Business issues usually manifest as symptoms; sustainable solutions require diagnosing underlying team dynamics and fostering an environment of psychological safety rather than applying quick, short-term fixes.
Managing Multiple Team Loyalties: Senior leaders face the dynamic challenge of balancing loyalty across different groups, including the executive leadership team, functional department teams, and their specific disciplinary domains.
Creating Time to Think: In an era of “time poverty,” leaders must step back from daily micro-issues to focus on strategic long-term planning, taking key insights directly from their customer base where roughly 90% of successful business ideas originate.

Patrick has over 30 years international leadership experience in Operations, Supply Chain & Strategic Management, he has held senior roles in Ireland, the UK & the USA in the airline, FMCG & IT industry sectors. He is currently the owner & Managing Partner of Barr Performance Coaching. His clients are predominantly senior leaders in both domestic and international enterprises ranging in scale from Micro SMEs to major multi-nationals and in the public sector. Prior to taking on his current role Patrick was a Senior Director at Microsoft with responsibility for leading a major operating model change program. Previously in Microsoft he had responsibility for leading the Global OEM physical & digital Supply Chain Team. Prior to joining Microsoft Patrick attained an MBA from University College Dublin and held senior Supply Chain and Procurement management positions in Diageo and British Airways. He is passionate about leadership development and performance management and has attained post graduate qualifications in Business Mentoring and Leadership Coaching. He is a member of the Enterprise Ireland Mentor Panel, a faculty member of the Irish Management Institute, and a member of The European Mentoring & Coaching Council. He is an International Coach Federation certified coach. He was a volunteer board member of the ISPCC from June 2016 to March 2025. His book “The Successful Career Toolkit” – a quickfire guide to mastering business skills, was published by Kogan Page in May 2019. It was translated in to Chinese in March 2020, the audio version was published in April 2021. His 2nd book on “Effective Strategic Sourcing” was published in June 2022. Patrick is married with two sons, he lives in Dublin.

Coaching Approach:
Patrick’s commitment is to collaborate with clients to design, develop and implement high quality business, career & personal development strategies using challenging innovative processes and creative, insightful thought leadership. Specifically, he works 1 on 1 and in groups with business leaders, their teams and individuals to improve their performance by helping them become inspirational, open minded & more resilient leaders. His primary value proposition is ability embrace the coaching engagement backed up by >30 years hands on international business experience working with leaders from both large corporations and start up businesses.

Areas of expertise:
Patrick’s coaching focus primarily covers the following areas;

* Business Leadership & Performance Coaching
* Inspiring confidence to realise potential
* Business Strategic Planning & Change Management Coaching
* Aligning People, Process and systems to deliver impact.
* Career Management Coaching
* Including career transition

Patrick is certified to use Hogan Psychometric Reports, Birkman Psychometric Reports and the Roche Martin Emotional Capital Report (ECR360) as and when required by clients.

Learn more at https://www.barrperformancecoaching.ie/.

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