CHARLEY SWORDS

PASSIONATE ABOUT EMPOWERING PEOPLE

Leadership Strategist | Career mentor | Business Consultant | International Trainer & Speaker | Author

I EMPOWER LEADERS TO UNLEASH THEIR POTENTIAL AND THAT OF THEIR PEOPLE. I HELP INDIVIDUALS TO EMBRACE NEW LIFE APPROACHES AND RESULTS.

KICK START YOUR LEADERSHIP TRANSFORMATION

YOUR JOURNEY STARTS HERE

YOUR LEADER POWER HOUR

Feeling stuck? Uncertain about your future? Not sure if you want to lead or be part of a team anymore?

Immerse yourself in laser focused mentoring to uncover the cause of your discontent and longing for change.

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YOUR VIP DEEP DIVE DAY

An intensive six hours focused on YOU. You set the agenda and we will work together to deliver practical and actionable results which you can start to work on immediately.

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TRANSFORM YOUR CAREER

Are you wondering “what now?” or “where to next?” in relation your career path?

Taking the critical next step is about knowing your ultimate destination and working out how best to get there.  My five-step career program will do just that.

IMPACTFUL COMMUNICATIONS IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR

– FREE WEBINAR –

Are you working in the healthcare sector and ready to transform the way you navigate high-stress situations without alienating your colleagues or patients? Join me on this FREE webinar to either learn to be a more impactful communicator with your colleagues and with your patients or to refresh your communication skills.

November 23rd 1pm London time LIVE on Zoom for 45 mins

MASTER YOUR SELF-LEADERSHIP MENTORING PROGRAMME

ARE YOU READY TO FULLY MASTER YOUR SELF LEADERSHIP IN 2023?

Do you want to consciously change your thinking and ultimately your personal and professional results?  Are you feeling crippled by a toxic work environment or work colleagues?  Has lack of fulfilment, fear, low self-esteem, lack of confidence and/or a feeling of having no value become ‘the norm’ for you.

“I feel heard and respected by Charley, as she has great compassion and consideration for people.  She is the essence of ethical, she brings both her head and her heart to the discussion and Charley focuses on empowering me to change my thinking, resulting in sustained changed behaviours

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Clients who work with me on their leadership and career transformation, frequently use the same words to describe how they feel during my mentoring process: empowered, encouraged and heard. That’s because I recognise that each person’s needs and motivations are different. They are usually high achievers, with busy schedules who are willing to invest in themselves to accelerate their growth, thus having a greater impact on their employees.

MEET CHARLEY

Leadership Strategist|Career Mentor|Business Consultant|International Trainer & Speaker|Author

Charley Swords is a respected author and leadership expert having founded Charley Swords Consultancy in 1997. She has worked in over 27 countries since then, having worked for 18 years in a leading Irish commercial bank. She is a part-time associate lecturer in both Frankfurt School of Finance and Management in the areas of Executive Education and International Advisory Services; and with the International Academy of Business and Finance Management in the areas of strategy and leadership development training.

In her work as a mentor, trainer and consultant with individuals and management and leadership teams up to and including executives and Boards of Directors, she challenges conventional wisdom through sharp strategic insights, and in her unique approach and style, she presents a revolutionary framework for aspiring and experienced leaders alike. She offers transformative solutions in strategic thinking and positioning, modern people-led leadership and business transformation that empower leaders to unleash their own potential and the full potential of their people.

 

BOOK YOUR FREE STRATEGY CALL

What is the pivotal burning issue that is holding you back right now? How would it feel to clear it? To develop a strategy going forward? Take advantage of my FREE 15-minute Strategy Call and see what solution is best for you.

“This valuable time is ample to get you energised and committed to your growth” 

CORPORATE PROGRAMME

REVOLUTIONISE YOUR LEADERSHIP CULTURE

Whether you’ve chosen to implement transformational change in your organisation or it has been foisted on you as a result of the pandemic, your leadership team are firmly in the spotlight.  So is your leadership culture robust enough to deal with this?

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A REVOLUTIONARY LEADER?

To stop waiting for someone else to give you permission?
To stop waiting for change to happen?
To take the first steps to make change possible?

You don’t have to wait until you’re the CEO to start influencing people around you. Whatever level your career is at, Dare to be a Revolutionary Leader will help you to recognise your leadership strengths and weaknesses. It will give you the tools you need to move past those challenges.

REVIEWS

PACIFIC BOOK REVIEW

“With this book, Charley Swords earns her place as a thought leader. Her book, Dare to Be a Revolutionary Leader: People Are the Solution-Change Your Leadership Style, stands out from the rest on at least several counts. Unlike many other how-to books on leadership, this one successfully unites theory with practice. The reader is walked through a brief history of leadership approaches then is taken in hand and given step-by-step advice on how to broker outstanding leadership in his or her own sphere.”

KIRKUS REVIEWS

“A chapter on communication skills offers excellent tips and techniques, including some engaging listening exercises. In Part 2, Swords makes an impassioned case for ‘Know Your Employees’, illustrating a framework that can be implemented for a department or an entire organisation. The text is uniformly clear and easy to digest, with many bulleted lists to enhance readability. Also included are a wealth of exercises, primarily in the form of charts to be completed. A well-constructed, innovative guide to good management.”

BLUE INK REVIEW

“Swords’ manual on transformational leadership will help businesspeople of all levels bring a new level of self-awareness to the workplace and foster a culture of respect. Readers will benefit from her experience, acumen, and humanistic approach to the modern enterprise.”

THE US REVIEW OF BOOKS

“Leadership consultant Swords offers sound, practical steps for those who find themselves in a leadership role in their profession, whether by ambition or progression. She provides various methods for self-analysis, always advising that one may not need to change one’s basic traits, only align them with the new trends in corporate leadership. In the past, management was based more on rigid rules. But in today’s rapidly changing technological environment, Swords asserts that managers should concentrate on the people who work for them, understand them, offer them incentives based on their own goals, and help them function as a team, no matter what changes they may face.”

FOREWORD REVIEWS

“The book grabs interest from the first, proposing a shift of popular attention from the topic of achieving perfection to that of supporting incremental growth. This paradigm shift is designed to recognize that leadership styles cannot be uniform – after all, leaders and workplace situations are not. Written from a service-oriented, collective perspective, Dare To Be A Revolutionary Leader is a provocative career guide that recommends nurturing respect for one’s employees in order to achieve workplace success.”