PEOPLE FOCUS - CIPD

REGIONS: Southern
PEOPLE FOCUS
Work life balance Southern Region Dinner Dance
Work life Balance was the topic of the February meeting of the
CIPD Southern Region in association with Insurance Institute of
Ireland at the Maryborough House Hotel.
The speaker, An Coppens, is a regular expert in the area of
business coaching, work/life balance and time management on
the RTE and Sky Travel programme “How Long Will You Live?”.
She works with individuals to achieve their maximum potential.
In 2006 An was awarded the European Coaching Achievement
Award for lasting client results, the only coach in Ireland to
achieve this accolade. She is a master practitioner of NLP and
hypnosis. She holds
an MBA from the
Open University
and an honours BA
in International
Marketing and
Languages from
DCU. She also
tutors for the
Institute Of Public
Administration in
the areas of
Organisational
Behaviour, HRM
and Performance
Management.
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Picture shows (from left) Tom Nolan,
President of Insurance Institute Cork, Ann
Coppens, Speaker, Mary Scannell, Insurance
Institute Cork and CIPD Southern Region,
Damien Burns, CIPD Southern Region Chair.
(Left to Right): Jim Scannell, Audrey Burke-McCarthy,
Brenda Cooper and Donal McCarthy
(Back row L to R): Tom O Sullivan, Niamh O Driscoll,
Michael O Mahony, Doreen Freeman, Don Hegarty, Middle
Row, Suzanne Hegarty, Hugh Morley
(Front Row): Mary Scannell, Sean O Driscoll Honorary Chair
CIPD Ireland, Damien Burns, Chairman CIPD
Southern Region
Pictured At Rear (Left to Right): Tim Danagher, VhI; Jim
O Sullivan, Vhi; Neil O Shea, VhI; (Front L to R): Tom Hennessy,
Vhi; Cathy Barry, Vhi; Sean O'Driscoll Honorary Chair, CIPD
Ireland; and Damien Burns Chair, CIPD Southern Region
(Left to Right): Damien & Catherine Burns,
Sean O'Driscoll, Vera & Val McNicholas