Use Your Edge was started in 2006 by Séamus Ó Muircheartaigh. Séamus works as an NLP Coach, Mentor Coach, and trainer in organizational and educational settings. He works extensively with coaches, trainers, and educators, as well as leaders and managers in a wide range of professional business contexts.
He is a certified Trainer in the Applications of NLP in Education, Coaching and Business through Christina Hall, a co-owner of the Society of NLP. See Séamus’ NLP Trainer certificate.
Séamus also holds an Professional Certified Coach credential through the International Coach Federation and is a Coach U and Corporate Coach U certified graduate. See Séamus’ ICF PCC certificate.
He is also a Certified Mentor Coach through inviteCHANGE. See Séamus’ Mentor Coach certificate.
Séamus designs and delivers a wide variety of innovative courses, programmed and trainings in Coaching and NLP including ICF-accredited courses for Continuing Coach Education (CCE) such as ‘Integrating a Compass Coaching Mindset’, ‘The Compass Coaching Model in Action’, and ‘The Applications of NLP in Coaching. He also offers Practitioner in the Applications of NLP in Education as well as developmental and assessment based mentor coaching for coaches.
Séamus is also a licensed facilitator of ‘The Coaching Clinic®’, a two-day programmed in core coaching skills for managers and leaders and he coaches clients across a wide range of industries and from all over the globe.
Born and educated in Ireland, Séamus started living and working in Spain in 1990. He began providing general and business language training to learners of a wide variety of nationalities and backgrounds. From 1995 to 2018 he also worked as a teacher trainer, developing and training nearly 1,500 teachers on Cambridge University CELTA & DELTA courses, as well as with over 1,000 primary and secondary school teachers through a variety of Spanish governmental educational organizations.
Séamus started his coach training in 2006 with Coach U, a leading global provider of coach training programs. He has trained in NLP under Owen Fitzpatrick and Brian Colbert at The Irish Institute of NLP, Kate Benson at Meta Education and Christina Hall at NLP Connection.
Séamus became a certified Trainer in the Applications of NLP in Education, Coaching and Business in January 2016 and an International Coaching Federation PCC certified coach in March 2021. He became a Certified Mentor Coach in 2023 through inviteCHANGE.
Séamus’ experience in living with another language in another culture gives him a deep insight on how to adapt to and manage change. As an expert in communication, he can see things from a wide range of perspectives and he has a keen sense of what brings people together and what makes them diverse. Séamus’s sensitivity and awareness as a second language trainer, as well as his fluency in the language, allow him to successfully coach, mentor and train in Spanish as well as in English.
You can get in touch with Séamus at seamus@useyouredge.com
