Corporate Community supports people in organisations to pause, reflect together and take courageous action.
Our work is informed by a whole-systems perspective, activated by a relational approach, and anchored in the values of social justice, solidarity and inclusion.
We work with established cultural, public and not-for-profit organisations and with emerging partnerships and community initiatives.
We are excited by the power of collaborative action and by purposeful ambition that is generated and held collectively.
We believe that leadership, empowerment and creative thinking can be nurtured throughout a whole organisation.
What we do
Everything starts with conversation.
Our work takes many forms and is shaped by the needs of each organisation and context. This includes:
Strategic advice and organisational support
Generative strategy design
Facilitation, engagement and consultation
Research, critical inquiry and creative development
Organisational development and cultural change
Leadership development and whole-systems learning
Corporate Community is both an organisational development consultancy and a community of practitioners committed to the power of meaningful conversations to generate real change for people, for organisations, and for society as a whole.
We collaborate with a network of associates who provide expertise for specific projects, and who also broaden and challenge our thinking. Our core team members are:
Dr Liz Hayes
Director
As a practitioner academic, Liz assists organisations and communities to create the conditions and cultures that enable them to blend strategy, critical reflection, action and human connection in imaginative and new ways.
Liz holds a PhD in Organisational Development from the University of the West of England for her thesis on reluctant leadership and the playful subversion of fundamentalist thinking in organisations. She continues to sustain a scholarly practice through research, writing and teaching in higher education.
Anna FitzGerald
Senior Associate
Séamus O’Leary
Senior Consultant
As a practitioner in organisational change and development, Anna draws on her communications expertise and diverse cross-sectoral experience encompassing culture, design, philanthropy and business. Her approach is founded on a belief in the power of connection, conversation and critical reflection to generate shared understanding, ambition and possibilities.
Anna holds a masters degree in the history of art (collecting & display) from the University of Oxford and in recent years has developed a depth of knowledge in contemporary business and leadership theory.
Séamus has spent most of his working life working in the state and voluntary sectors as both an employee and an external consultant specialising in HR and Management consultancy. He has particular expertise in the design and implementation of complex consultation programmes and the formation of leadership and programme teams.
Séamus enjoys facilitating groups and encouraging people to find the bespoke solution that has the best chance of working in their particular context. He is fully committed to inclusive approaches to problem solving and champions a hands-on approach to working with community initiatives.
Clare is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences and programme leader for the MSc Specialist Practice at the University of the West of England, Bristol. She has over 20 years’ experience of facilitating critically reflexive action inquiry groups working with a variety of professional disciplines predominately in the NHS.
As a result of her own action research doctorate, More than a good gossip: An inquiry into nurses’ reflecting in the ward, she is interested in the embodiment of unconscious systemic dynamics and their influence on leadership and culture in the NHS.
Key members of our advisory team are:
Dr Alan Taylor
Key Associate
Dr Clare Hopkinson
Key Associate
Alan completed his PhD thesis, Queering the Organisation, in 2009, having worked with Liz Hayes and Clare Hopkinson at SOLAR, Social and Organisational Learning and Reanimation, an innovative research grouping at the University of the West of England, in Bristol.
Alan works regularly with Liz and Clare in writing collaboratively, critical discussions and creative thinking regarding leadership, management and organising. He currently holds the position of Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Management and Service Development in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Coventry University.
Selected Recent Clients
Let’s start with a conversation!
Liz Hayes | + 353 (0) 87 249 7533 | lizhayes@corpcom.ie | Linkedin