Executive coaching and communications training, Limerick
When it has to land, it has to land on time.
Executive coaching, communications training and broadcast-grade production from Limerick. Built on nearly fifty years behind a microphone and a long run in the room with doctors, producers, founders and leadership teams.
1977
First radio show, on RTÉ Community Radio Drogheda. On the LMFM launch team in 1989, RTÉ from 1994, and the launch of Lyric FM in 1999.
25 years
The voice of Iarnród Éireann. You’ve heard “Please mind the gap.”
RCPI · RCSI
Associate faculty, teaching leadership and communication to clinicians.
3,400+
People taken through fear of flying over fourteen years. The same method now helps people afraid of public speaking.
What we do
Four kinds of work. One standard.
Every brief comes down to the same question: what does this person need to say, to whom, and what has to happen in the room afterwards?
01
Executive coaching
One-to-one work for senior leaders, on-site or online, grounded in Immunity to Change and EQ-i 2.0. Plus media training for podcast and radio appearances.
02
Communications training
Pitching, presenting and facilitation for teams. Preparation for funding pitches and the speeches that can’t go wrong, and one-to-one help for people who dread speaking at all.
03
Conference hosting
MC and moderator for conferences, launches and panels. Keeps the running order honest and the speakers sharp.
04
Podcast & audio production
Concept to final mix, for organisations and independent hosts. Format, scripting, recording, editing, publishing.
The podcast
Mind the Gap
Short reflections on the gap between what we mean and what lands, drawing on psychology, philosophy and everyday life. Ninety episodes in, from the voice that has been telling Irish rail passengers to mind the gap for twenty-five years.
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“Michael has great technical skill and, importantly, can talk his interviewee through confusing jargon to produce excellent podcasts.”
Michael Collins, Author
On air
Shows we make
Mind the Gap
Podcast
The voice that told a nation to mind the gap, now on the one between what we mean and what lands.
The Interval
Long-form interview
Long conversations, unhurried, with room left for the pause.
Leading with Hearts and Minds
Client production
Marie Kilduff talks leadership with nurses, nursing directors and the people who shape healthcare.
Sounds Easy
Live95 Limerick
Sunday-night music on Live95, pitched, presented and produced by Michael.
Who we are
The person in the room is the person you booked.
Michael Comyn
Managing Director
Broadcaster since 1977 and associate faculty at RCPI and RCSI. Accredited in Immunity to Change, EQ-i 2.0, and as an MTI Master Trainer. Former pilot and Crew Resource Management instructor, which is where the habit of briefing properly comes from.
Paul Moriarty · Director / Producer
Paul presents Limerick Today, Live95’s main talk show, from nine till midday. He’s been on air for thirty years: presenter, producer and weather presenter across commercial radio and RTÉ, newsreader on Lite FM and Q102, and a presenter on Radio Nova.
Selected work with
Where the work has been
Surgeons and physicians, film producers, engineers and founders. Different rooms, the same problem: saying the important thing well, under pressure.
Healthcare
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
RCSI
HSE
Irish Association for Emergency Medicine
Infection Prevention Control Ireland
Leadership, quality improvement and communication programmes for doctors, nurses and health service leaders, and presentations at national conferences.
Industry
Kingspan
JJ Rhatigan
Altratech
MACE
Sanbra
Pitch and presentation training, workshops, coaching and leadership development, and hosting an AI innovation day.
Education & film
TU Dublin
IFS Internationale Filmschule Köln
EAVE
NovaUCD
One-to-one coaching for European film producers, a recurring Leadership and Resilience session at coco in Cottbus, teaching on the TU Dublin MBA and its services to industry, and pitch training for founders at NovaUCD.
Transport, media & events
Irish Rail
Simtech
Live95 Limerick
Bray Air Display
Precise Events International
Twenty-five years as the voice of Irish Rail, compering the Aer Lingus simulator opening, radio production, air show commentary and presentation courses.
Get in touch
Tell us what’s coming up.
A pitch in three weeks, a conference in spring, a show that needs making. A short note is enough to start.
michael@thetimesignal.com
Limerick, Ireland