The PKC Offering
PKC People is a boutique HR Consultancy with advanced expertise in all aspects of strategic and operational Human Resource Management. We bring that invaluable fresh perspective, experience and enthusiastic engagement to tackle complex problems. We focus on supporting inhouse HR teams through challenging change projects, building confidence through connection and allowing creative solutions to emerge. Having worked in multiple workplaces and environments, we quickly understand the unique culture of every organisation.
PKC People believe that nurturing employee engagement is both complex and ever evolving in the post pandemic unstable global economic environment organisations now find themselves operating in.
PKC People now offer bespoke wellness programmes concentrating on practical leading edge employee wellbeing sessions, outdoor team bonding events and building connections between workplace vitality and good employee self care.
PKC People has unparalleled experience in international multi-market HR management across all aspects of the employment lifecycle. Leveraging more than 30 years of executive HR leadership, combined with research, analytics and the latest industry insights, PKC People design and execute HR, talent, leadership, reward and change programs that enable business performance through its People.
EMPOWERING EMPLOYEE EXPERTISE, ENGAGEMENT AND WELLBEING
About
Founded by Pat Casey, formerly Chief People Officer with Digicel Group with previous HR experience leading complex and diverse organisations such as Ford, Apple, Intel and Dell across multiple geographies. Pat has resided and worked in Ireland, London, the United States, India and Jamaica.
Pat Casey
PKC People has assembled a small network of experienced professionals to support the HR needs of both large and medium enterprises including specific individual executive assignments.
“For us at PKC People we strive to find the lighter, fresher perspective for our clients. Our depth of experience means, we see and understand complexity quickly enabling sensitive and tailored execution.
The bottom line is we know what it is like to deliver to tight budgets and timelines. ”
We believe a sense of humour and laughter is a major source in connecting teams and finding creative solutions to people centred issues.
We bring depth and drive to our assignments whilst understanding that employee‘s engage much better when sharing humour and laughing with colleagues. Fun increases productivity, connectivity and delivers tangible results.
Pat@pkcpeople.ie
Empowering employee expertise, engagement and wellbeing
Director and Senior Associate
Deirdre Casey joins PKC People’s team of experts in June 2022 as a Director and Associate with a specific focus on financial and tax expertise for HR Teams.
Deirdre Casey
Deirdre has over 20 years’ experience of working as an inhouse tax and finance specialist in large corporates in the financial services sector. She has led and implemented the finance aspects of many HR related projects such as large scale payroll and benefits reviews, pension schemes redundancy and mobility programmes.
Since 2010 as both teacher and trainer she has also lead many wellness programmes and workshops in the healthcare and community sector.
Fluent in French, she is a skilled trainer in programmes promoting confidence and overcoming blocks to expression.
She has designed and implemented employee wellness programmes with specific emphasis on employee vitality, mental and emotional wellbeing.
“I integrate and consolidate the intellectual with the practical learned from wisdom teachers and more recent pioneering thinkers and writers about human growth and potential and contextualise them in a visionary way to create wellbeing sessions very relevant to the needs of today’s workplaces”
Deirdre is a qualified accountant and a charted tax advisor of the Irish Taxation Institute. She holds a Masters in Business Ethics from KU Leuven in Belgium together with recognised teaching qualification in Physical Education. She has completed several complimentary health and personal development trainings and over 200 days of practice in meditation retreats since 2014.
She describes her own wellness journey as follows :
“While I trained originally as a PE teacher and worked in the health and leisure industry at the beginning of my professional career, my drive for further intellectual endeavour continued to dominate my career path resulting in amassing more professional qualifications and moving to management roles in large corporate workplaces. I also felt I ticked the wellbeing box by being a strong middle distance runner.
However my interest in wellbeing evolved and expanded more through necessity when my own life suddenly seemed to mirror the global economic collapse in 2008. Through many personal and professional setbacks all happening at the same time, my life as I knew it crumbled. No amount of intellectual endeavour or elite running could help me figure it all out at that time and I was at a complete loss on how to regain a sense of peace, contentment and purpose in my life.
Through the exploration of many approaches centred around thoughts/feelings/emotions/vitality /mind trainings, I gradually rebuilt my life from the inside out which first lead to major mind shifts within myself and ultimately many transformative life changes. “
Deirdre@pkcpeople.ie
Empowering employee expertise, engagement and wellbeing
In September 2023 Kate Ostasz joins us as Senior Associate with specific focus on Training , Mindset Coaching and Group Facilitation
Kate Ostasz
Kate Ostasz has joined PKC People’s team of experts in 2023 as Senior Executive Coach and Business Trainer with a specific focus on employee mindset development, facilitation and training for the medium to large corporate sector.
Kate has over 17 years’ experience working in Media, Recruitment and Training sectors and since 2014 she has been running her own coaching business and representing Silva method in Ireland.
“Kate is a person who pours her heart into her work. Her passion for sharing the knowledge and way of sharing it with the clients makes everybody at ease. She presents the knowledge in a practical and interesting way. You never get bored and you always benefit. You always feel inspired, motivated and relaxed in the same time.” – Kate’s client feedback, Team building session 2022
Kate has designed and facilitated various employee training and organisational change growth mindset programmes for the SME sector and large corporate teams in Ireland and Poland with a specific approach on training practices to positively impact sales targets, leadership goals and breakdown communication barriers within an organisation.
“Kate is a marvellous teacher. She shares her knowledge and experience in a gentle yet persuasive manner, encouraging participants to achieve quality results. Kate’s welcoming nature & professional approach is eminent. I fully recommend Kate as a trainer & coach.” –Kate’s client, Mindset Training February 2023
For almost 14 years, she has been learning from leading personal development and neuroscience visionaries around the world, collecting the best tools for life, business and organisation transformation and development.
Kate@pkcpeople.ie
Empowering employee expertise, engagement and wellbeing
Agata Domagala joined PKC People’s team of experts in May 2022 as a Senior Consultant with a specific focus on assisting with in house financial projects for clients.
Agata Domagala
Agata is a highly competent and committed consultant with extensive financial reporting and accounting system experience. Having worked in many multi nationals from financial services to retail sectors, she has developed strong analytical problem solving and interpersonal skills.
Agata specialises in inhouse finance projects and integrates seamlessly. She works well as a team player as on her own initiative due to well honed multi tasking abilities from juggling month end deadlines and being sought after to participate in multiple projects as well as being a working Mom of two school going boys. In a nutshell, she get things done, on time, on budget to a high standard and always with a smile!.
Agata@pkcpeople.ie
Empowering employee expertise, engagement and wellbeing
Some Feedback regarding PKC Principal – Pat Casey
“Pat is a fantastic asset to any HR team. His coaching style is both hands off and practical and is willing to get stuck in to help deliver any HR solution necessary for the business.”
“Pat has worked tirelessly and way beyond the brief to help us realise the optimum solution for the management board. He has a charisma that brings lightness and tenacity , enabling us not to lose hope in finding the right fit for the organisation. In fact his input has allowed us to see the management team and our challenges in a clearer light. We have great hopes and optimism for this continuing improvement in 2022”
“Pat has helped me get the one job I wanted . While I really wanted the position and believed it a good fit I was feeling despondent due to a number of personal setbacks. He inspired optimism and gave me key tips to excel in the recruitment process. Without him and his positive outlook and clear outline of my skills I don’t believe I would have been the successful candidate. Thanks so
much Pat.”
Some Feedback regarding PKC Associate – Deirdre Casey
“She is so professional and helpful in all HR dealings .When we don’t have payroll on site, her knowledge is invaluable to me. Nothing is ever a problem to her. She is always available to support.”
“We’ve had a couple of very tricky tax issues with employees recently. Once I asked Deirdre to get involved, she immediately took ownership of the
issues , got a thorough understanding of the matters and worked diligently through to bring it all to a successful conclusion.”
“Deirdre went to great lengths to assist us , came up with solutions and indeed took full control of closing out some of the actions when she could. I’d like to note her contribution to the HR team
has been really appreciated, she worked collaboratively with us and thought around and beyond the initial issues. Thank you!”
“Deirdre, Thank you for the great workshop yesterday. The tools and experiences you gave them at the workshop will be a great support for them as they move into their career. Overall, the structure and flow of the day was really well planned and delivered with a lovely and well balance array of exercises and discussion.. We’d be delighted to have you back to work with other groups
in the future .”
Some Feedback regarding PKC Business Trainer
“Your facilitation was powerful and positive and was just what we needed to get out of the daily grind mindset and remind ourselves that we can choose to do things differently if we put our mind to it.” ”
“Kate is an excellent coach, she’s influenced me to make immediate changes in my life with a long term perspective. In addition, I was impressed by her professionalism, positive energy and high effectiveness she’s delivered with only three consultations. Moreover, she’s a very warm, friendly and empathetic person who I felt I could trust and pour my heart out to. I highly recommend Kate as your coach.””
“Having worked with Kate over the past several months, I’ve found her to be excellent. She’s someone who helps to carry you along on her wave of optimism and energy. Kate’s enthusiasm for what she does is infectious and she really does help to bring out the very best in people. Most importantly her enthusiasm is combined with realism and sound advice providing fresh insights which are tailored to the individual. She’s also spontaneous and willing to go off in directions not initially anticipated to help her client get the most out of themselves. Kate is super well organised with meticulous attention to detail and is professional in everything she does. In one word she’s AWESOME – I would highly recommend her.””
Some Feedback regarding PKC Consultant – Agata Domagala
“Agata is a consultant who acts like a highly committed and engaged employee. She gets things done seamlessly and is especially strong around data analysis and approaches her work with speed , efficiency and a smile!”
