The Leadership Academy Breakfast Club
The Leadership Academy Breakfast Club
One of the most important roles of a leader is to build collaboration - within their team, with their clients and other stakeholders. But what are the ingredients of successful collaboration?
Well we don’t know, but we found some people who did!
This event will discuss Leadership and collaboration. We will ask:
- What collaboration means to them as leaders
- What are the most important elements of buildings strong collaboration
- How to balance issues like ownership and shared decisions making
- What are their collaboration styles.
This event is free to attend, but registration is required.
- You can book places for yourself and/or colleagues by clicking the button below.
- This event will take place in Longford.
- Please email ciarapower@wheel.ie if you have any special requirements.
Meet Your Speakers
Anthony Burrowes has a strong background in community and youth work, with experience over the past 12 years working across the community sector in roles spanning mental health promotion, youth advocacy, education, and housing. This foundation has shaped his values-led approach to creating meaningful social impact. He is currently a Social Value Manager at Sisk, where he supports the development and delivery of social value strategies across projects in Ireland and Europe. Anthony focuses on embedding measurable, meaningful impact into project delivery, ensuring alignment with client priorities, national frameworks, and the needs of local communities. With a background in the charity sector, Anthony brings an innovative perspective to social value, with a particular interest in how organisations can measure, communicate, and embed social impact beyond a “have to do” exercise.
Tara Farrell is an NGO leader specialising in strategy, organisational performance, governance and equality, with extensive experience at CEO level in the not-for-profit sector. As Chief Executive of Longford Women’s Link, she leads strategic development and equality-focused initiatives across a growing organisation of 70 staff. Tara brings significant board and governance expertise, currently serving as Chair of Irish Rural Link and holds roles across community, education and sport sectors. She is also a lecturer in equality and human rights and holds an MBA from the University of Galway.
Meet Your Facilitator
Sharon Hughes is the Leadership Academy Manager in the Skills Team of The Wheel. Sharon has been involved in membership organisations for over 20 years. Before working for The Leadership Academy, she was C.E.O. of a nonprofit. Her background is managing member Events and Communications. Sharon is a qualified Coach, is a member of the Teaching Council of Ireland and is currently studying Psychology. She is low-key obsessed with Leadership. If you are interested in learning more about the Leadership Academy or you have a great idea you would like to share, please email her at sharon@wheel.ie or feel free to connect with Sharon on LinkedIn.
Feedback from previous attendees
"For me personally, the benefits to the Breakfast Clubs have been many but key are the value of think-time, the cross sectional networking and having a product to offer staff looking to consider upskilling – in this regard promoting the breakfast club internally in Trócaire, in particular to my own team, is very relevant to the area of continuous leadership learning and development." Karen Casey - Head of Community Engagement & Outreach, Trócaire
"As a young professional in the sector, it seemed as though there was ‘in theory’, a lot that this kind of idea sharing and information website could offer the sector although it seemed slightly wishy washy; just another website with links and articles. The Breakfast Clubs created a networking space that feels open to all leaders, future and established, so that we can meet and make connections. Sharon encourages the early career professionals in the room to be the leads for discussion and she connects people with such ease who may have been to shy to make an introduction before... I have found TLA events extremely interesting and engaging, having enjoyed the variety of topics covered in sessions and the space to network freely. I would encourage anyone who is thinking of attending a Leadership Academy breakfast to attend and get involved." Amy Ennis, former Recruitment Coordinator at 2into3
"The Leadership Academy is a wonderful initiative and space to foster leadership and personal growth for those of us working in the nonprofit sector. It is great to be able to share insights but also to learn and gain new insights from fellow participants in the events. I really enjoyed my involvement as a panellist on a Leadership Academy event, which was wonderfully organised by Sharon with great support from her colleagues in The Wheel. Would highly recommend getting involved and responding positively if asked to be a speaker, panellist or facilitator at one of the Academy events. Ní neart go chur le chéile – There is no strength without unity. " Diarmaid O’Corrbuí - CEO, Carmichael
