Jane Downes lives in Dublin and practices personal and executive coaching on a full time basis and runs her own business from Pembroke St in Dublin City Centre. In addition, Jane also co owns Irelands first Development Assessment and Coaching Centre for Emotional Intelligence – Emotional Intelligence Ireland www.EiIreland.com. Articles relating to this can be viewed on www.irishjobs.com and www.recruitireland.com and www.irish-times.com and the Sunday Business Post www.sbpost.com

Jane has a First Class Honours Social Science Degree and Training/Facilitation Qualification. Jane is also a Qualified Life & Business Coach (Accredited by the European Coaching Institute ECI) and is an active member of the Life & Business Coaching Association of Ireland and the International Coaching Federation. Jane is also a qualified Career Coach Assessor (www.fireworkcoaching.com) and a licensed and qualified Emotional Intelligence Assessor (EQI).

Jane worked within the area of Executive Search & Recruitment and HR consulting where she excelled as a manager. These assignments involved carrying out consulting projects for some of Ireland’s brand name clients. Jane uses this vital experience gained in her Executive and Career coaching sessions with her clients. Jane initially commenced her career in a full time support worker/counselling position within a public sector/charity which she feels gave her excellent “life skills” working with homeless people. She continues to do part time Charity coaching work today for homeless people in transition on a voluntary basis.

Jane works on an associate basis with the Positive Success Group Dublin. She has been a co facilitator on the Diploma in Executive and Personal Coaching Dip Prog, in All Hallows College Dublin. She also co runs coaching Programmes for Schools and the Corporate Sector and facilitates day seminars in areas of coaching and training and emotional intelligence for managers and works with numerous businesses providing one to one business coaching for Managers and Leaders and Employees. Jane also works on a part time basis for NetExpat (www.netexpat.com) a global Coaching Operation which specialises in Coaching for Senior Expats and their spouses and is program manager for Ireland. This gives her an International Dimension to her coaching work which she enjoys. She also works for a London based Coaching House www.brightfuturecoaching.com on an associate basis.

Jane now works with clients whether it is within a life coaching context or business/career coaching context,who feel they are "stuck in a rut" and want to move forward. Jane believes in clients living full lives. I always advise my clients not to let their limiting beliefs limit their life. Live a full life - think BIG. Life as we know it is short so why live only half of it?

Jane’s main area of specialisation is using the concepts of emotional intelligence to assist in life coaching and personal development along with specific business/executive coaching covering such areas as: confidential support/role clarification/work life balance/ delegating skills/time management/political skills within the workplace/goal setting and self limiting beliefs.

Within a career coaching context, Jane uses her career coach assessment qualification along with industry knowledge to work with an individual to get his/her career back on track and improve feelings of wellbeing in the workplace or to hatch a new career direction plan. Jane also works with clients providing interview coaching to ensure her clients get that job.

Jane strongly believes in working on both personal and professional goals. She feels the line between personal and business life has blurred and it’s so important to work with ALL aspects of your life.