Aoife Teehan - COPD, Certified Organisation Design Professional | Qualified Executive Coach | CEDR Accredited Mediator

Helping organisations evolve – and leaders lead through change

My career has been shaped by a consistent focus: helping organisations adapt, perform and grow while enabling people to do their best work.

Over the past 20 years, I have worked across consulting and senior in-house leadership roles, supporting organisations through transformation, growth, restructuring and change.

I bring together deep expertise in organisation design with executive coaching experience to help organisations think clearly about how work gets done — and to support leaders as they navigate the complexity of making change happen.

I have worked with organisations across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in Ireland, the UK and beyond, on organisation-wide transformation programmes as well as focused organisation design projects across frontline and corporate functions.

As a Certified Organisation Design Practitioner (COPD®), qualified Business and Executive Coach, and CEDR Accredited Mediator, I combine specialist organisation design expertise with practical leadership experience, a coaching mindset and strong facilitation skills. This enables me to help organisations and leaders navigate complex change, align diverse stakeholder perspectives and build commitment to the way forward.

My approach brings together both the structural and human dimensions of change — helping organisations design effective operating models, structures and ways of working, while supporting leaders to engage people, build alignment and deliver lasting results.

My work spans organisation design, operating models, workforce strategy, transformation, change adoption, mediation and executive coaching.

This breadth allows me to look at change from both perspectives: how the organisation needs to work, and how leaders can bring that change to life.

 

My Values

 

Collaborative

I work with people, not around them — building ownership, insight and momentum as change takes shape.

Practical

I focus on solutions that can work in the real world, not just on paper.

People-Centred

Sustainable change happens when people understand it, contribute to it and are supported to make it work in practice.

Rigour and Care

I bring structure, challenge, insight and care to every engagement.

Common Challenges I Help Solve

 
  • Our structure no longer supports our strategy

  • Roles and accountabilities are unclear

  • Decision-making has become slow and complex

  • We need to redesign our operating model

  • We are preparing for growth, integration or restructuring

  • Our transformation programme is struggling to gain traction

  • Leaders need support navigating change effectively