Alan LyonsRegistered PsychologistB.A., M.Sc., M.A., MSCP, C.Psychol.Ps.S.I. alan@kinchlyons.ie

Alan has practiced as a professional psychologist for over 15 years. As a registered psychologist Alan undertakes rigorous continuous professional development (CPD). He belongs to both the Division of Work and Organisational Psychology and the Division of Counselling Psychology within the Psychological Society of Ireland. Alan is a qualified coaching psychologist and a founding member of the Society for Coaching Psychology within the British Psychological Society. He is also a recognised professional member and accredited sport psychologist by the Irish Institute of Sport where he works with high performance elite athletes. He is a highly experienced and accredited facilitator who works with a large number of blue chip organisations, facilitating leadership and team development programmes as well as delivering individual executive coaching.

PUBLICATIONS

iChange: Invest in Changing Yourself (Management Briefs) 2014

COACHING/TRAINING EXPERIENCE

Within his business psychologist role Alan works internationally as a leadership coach, trainer

and keynote speaker. Alan is a partner at KinchLyons – where psychology means business! He

has being an executive coach working at senior levels for over 13 years. He designs and delivers

coaching programmes approved by the International Coach Federation (ICF). He lecturers on the

Diploma in Executive Coaching at the Irish Management Institute (IMI).

Alan is the creator of InsideiChange.com a site dedicated to assisting individuals, teams and

Leader’s to implement the paradigm shifting ideas contained within his bestselling book iChange.

Alan is passionate about helping people to perform at their optimal level through leveraging

emotional intelligence, clarifying purpose, disciplined execution and enhancing mental toughness.

He delivers coaching programmes globally in his role as an MHS EQ-i 2.0 Master Trainer.

COACHING PHILOSPHY

Alan utilises solution-focused coaching as a vehicle to harness the power of positive psychology

into executive’s lives. He has developed an acclaimed coaching framework called The Solution

Turbine which is highly effective at unleashing leaders (and their teams) toward high

performance. When used with an organisational focus it assists with optimising change, clarifying

strategy, enhancing performance reviews and conflict management etc.

The solution focus is not a traditional expert led coaching approach seeking to help managers

dissect their organisation’s problems and weaknesses, rather it looks at what is wanted instead.

Pointing the solution turbine at the organisation amplifies what is required as well as instilling a

sense of urgency to ensure its delivery. It is not an off-the shelf or ‘one size fits all’ approach as

each organisation (and individual) is different. A main tenet is to view organisations and their

people as the experts on themselves. A solution focus approach involves asking useful questions,

which is simple in essence but not so easy in practice. The solution turbine is there to assist

organisations and their people in realising their full potential - as Lewis E. Platt, former CEO of

Hewlett-Packard, put it, ‘If only HP knew what HP knows we would be three times more

productive”.

PRAISE FOR ALAN LYONS

“When I read Alan’s book, it felt like an echo of my own journey… a very readable book, with a

great combination of a unique framework and very useable tools. If you are ready for the journey

to your own personal change then this should be your handbook.”

Adrian Moorhouse MBE, Olympic Gold Medallist.

'Only read Alan’s book if you’re interested in becoming more successful.’ 

Dr Steven J. Stein, co-author of The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success

“An insightful and pithy collection of solution-focused principles for positive change – inspirational

and practical.”

Dr. John Sharry, Best-selling author and weekly columnist with the Irish Times newspaper