Education
MA in Applied Psychology, Diploma in General Management, MSc in Strategy, MSc in Strategic HRM, Diploma in Quality – Lean Systems. Dermot’s professional accreditations include Chartered Psychologist [BPS] and Associate Fellow Psychological Society Ireland [PSI]. He is also a professional member of CIPD, IITD, and IMI.
Career
Dermot started his working life in the Health & Social Care Services in Ireland working as a remedial teacher and later as a clinical psychologist. He then moved to the UK and worked in the National Health Service [NHS] as a clinical team leader and subsequently General Manager. He moved back to Ireland to head up Saville & Holdsworth [SHL] Ireland, a psychometrics and HR Consulting business. Dermot built this business up over 10 years before setting up his own consultancy. He has been Managing Director of The Performance Partnership [TPP] since 2001 as well as working as a networked partner with Paul Mooney/Tandem Consulting.
Strengths
An accomplished consultant with a background in organisation psychology, business management and performance consulting; Dermot has a track record of leading change projects in the public and private sectors in Ireland and the UK. He offers high-level expertise and organisation support in a number of inter-related areas: