

Organisational Transformation Specialist & Lean In Ireland Co-Founder
Breda McCague is an energetic, engaging speaker who is known for her naturally dynamic performances. She has the ability to engage her audience easily and to keep them enthralled. She is a breath of fresh air on stage, who provokes new ways of thinking and helps her audience arrive at new approaches to age old business and societal issues.
Biography
Breda McCague is an energetic, driven, impressive Transformation Specialist whose biggest passion is Motivating and Engaging People!
She delivers authentic keynote presentations to large groups on Motivation, Empowerment,Emotional Intelligence, Branding and Networking. She also delivers inspiring innovative talks on Culture Change, Diversity and Transformational Change Delivery.
Breda Co-Founded and leads the Lean-In-Ireland organisation. Lean-In is an international organisation, founded by Sheryl Sandberg COO of Facebook in the United States . As part of the roll out of Lean-In-Ireland, Breda has successfully created a number of peer mentoring networks across large corporates, industries and a variety of communities.
Having also worked across Financial Services for almost 20 years, Breda has driven and overseen extensive technical change programmes across a number of institutions in Ireland and the UK. She delivers talks for companies and conferences on using ‘Wagile’ methodologies.
She plays music with two bands, one rock band and one traditional band. She was once ‘Lieutenant McCague’ as she spent 20 years in the Reserve Defence Forces having been the first female to be commissioned as an Officer in her unit. She works full time, commutes extensively and is a Mum to three young boys . She also finds time to enjoy networking and researching using social media platforms.
Topics
- Transformational Change
- Organisational Change
- Cultural Change
- Innovative Change
- Gender Equality
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Time Maximisation.
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Testimonials
“We chose Breda as the keynote speaker for our empowerment month event at eShopWorld. The presentation she put together was thoughtfully tailored around the values we wanted to promote within our culture.Breda’s enthusiasm and passion for helping people reach their fullest potential was clear and her talk created a real buzz around how individuals could step up and take ownership of driving the outcomes they wanted to achieve.I would highly recommend Breda to organisations looking for a inspiring speaker for their next event.” Robert Tracey, Product Owner, eShopWorld
“I was delighted when Breda accepted my invitation to speak at an event in HMH Dublin recently. The event was the
launch of our employee development and growth program for our Engineering group and I couldn’t think of a better
person to inspire and motivate. Breda gave a great talk on the subject of individual goals, branding and individual legacy.
It was very well received by all there and left everyone with something to think about. Breda is an excellent speaker. She
is very passionate and had the group engaged from the beginning. Her energy and enthusiasm is infectious. Her delivery
is fun. She is an excellent motivator and a true inspiration.” Colette Heanue, Director, Agile Delivery at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Breda is an inspiring, engaging and entertaining speaker. Hearing her speak recently
at an entrepreneurial event, she captured everyone’s attention with her energy and humour. Sharing her story with us she passed along a few gems to encourage and motivate us all. I would definitely recommend Breda!” Áine Nic an Ríogh, Director @TheDrawingRoom, Architectural Services, Louth
“On behalf of the HR Partner team I would like to thank you very much for your time last Thursday in joining us for our final module of our Thrive programme. You brought such practical and informative insights into the subjects of transformational change and the area of diversity which is so important to us here at UCD. Your practical, informative yet simplified advice was hugely impactful for the team and your warm and engaging style was deeply appreciated.” Joanne and the UCD HR Business Partner team
“Breda has starred in multiple Role Model presentations to hundreds of our staff and the feedback has been consistently positive – Breda has a fantastic, natural and accessible style that is simply inspiring to her audience, her infectious enthusiasm is so motivating for all and colleagues would love the opportunity to engage with Breda all day.” Andrew Keating, Chief Financial Officer, Bank of Ireland
“I loved Breda’s energy and can-do attitude. Breda lives the ‘no hurdle to big’ mentality. She is engaging, authentic and relatable.” Bank of Ireland staff