Donal O'Mahony, Career Coach and Product Design Mentor in Dublin, Ireland

Transformational Coach & Mentor

Helping you get from where you are, to where you want to be

I believe everyone is creative, resourceful, and possess unique strengths. My coaching role is to collaborate with you, drawing out your strengths and clarifying what matters most so you can design the next chapter of your life with energy and confidence.

Together, we’ll create momentum toward a more fulfilling chapter, whether that’s in life, purpose, or career. Coaching isn’t about fixing; it’s about discovery, energy, and celebrating transformation as it happens.

My personal approach to coaching helps you get unstuck, spark new possibilities, and builds momentum in ways that feel energising and fun.

I’ve navigated many career chapters myself - from music producer and film soundtracks, to university lecturing, to product design in the tech world. Each new chapter brought change, and its own exciting learnings and transformation.

Now, I help others turn their own journey into something they’ll look back on with joy and pride. With a blend of empathy and a positive approach we will work together on your next exciting chapter.

Coaching

I love coaching people from any industry, at any level in their career and life journey. My own journey is diverse with varied twists & turns, and I hope I attract the same diversity in my clients.

In my coaching sessions, we take a holistic and positive approach to growth and change. We use tools to help you see patterns, uncover strengths, and explore what gives you meaning.

  • Wheel of Life: explore balance across all areas of life.

  • SOAR: focus on Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Results.

  • Positive psychology tools: build energy and resilience.

  • GROW model & Force-Field analysis: turn insights into clear, practical steps.

The process is collaborative and energising. We’ll create space for curiosity and fun, while also working on real outcomes that bring a sense of fulfilment. More

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Mentoring

For UX, Product, Creative and Tech industry

Alongside coaching, I also mentor UX, product, and technology professionals. Drawing on my 25 years of global leadership experience in product design, SaaS, and innovation.

If you’re navigating leadership challenges, career pivots, or complex projects, I bring a practical perspective, combined with empathy and collaboration, to help you shape your path forward.

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Public speaking & Conferences

In addition to coaching and mentoring, I am an experienced public speaker who’s presented at numerous industry events. My talks blend personal stories with practical frameworks, giving audiences insight and energy to embrace what’s next.

“Whether you think you can,

or you cannot,

you are right”

Henry Ford

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About me

I have worked as a music producer & soundtrack composer, as a university lecturer and in software where I lead global design, research, and product teams through multiple waves of technology change. I have two M.Sc. degrees and a Professional Diploma in Coaching & Mentoring.

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FAQs

  • Sessions are 60 minutes and can be conducted via Zoom, in person (Dublin), or in the wild such as walking or coffee chats.

  • Thre is a wide array of tools that we can use but here are some of my favourites:

    • Wheel of Life: A visual tool to assess balance across key life or career areas.

    • SOAR: Focuses on your Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and measurable Results to build a positive growth plan.

    • Positive Psychology: Evidence-based practices that build resilience, optimism, gratitude and motivation.

    • Force Field Analysis: Helps you weigh driving and restraining forces around a change to plan effective action.

    • Journey Mapping: Visualising your career or life path to identify key milestones and future possibilities.

  • Coaching is a collaborative process focused on your growth, clarity, and accountability, often using tools like GROW, journey mapping and positive psychology.

    Mentoring offers targeted guidance based on lived & shared experience, in my case especially tailored for creative, UX, product management, and software professionals.

  • Co-Active coaching treats you as creative, resourceful, and whole. It’s a partnership where the coach listens deeply, asks powerful questions, and create space for you to discover your own solutions and strengths.

  • I coach anyone, across all industries and roles who want to grow, pivot, or find clarity.

    Mentoring is more specialised for creative industries, UX designers, product management, I coach professionals across industries and roles who want to grow, pivot, or find clarity.

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Get in touch

Interested in exploring a coaching or mentoring journey tailored just for you?

You can use the meeting scheduler to book a discovery call at a time that suits you.


Or alternatively you can just drop me an email 👉 here 👈