Paul MacLoughlin is a Leadership Development Consultant, Coach, and Talent Strategist. His mission is to enable individual, team, and organizational performance. Paul supports Executives, Sr. Leaders, High-potential Leaders, Frontline Managers, and Individual Contributors attain their business and professional goals. His experience extends across multiple industry sectors (Finance, Insurance, Engineering, Technology, Energy, Hospitality, Higher Education), and encompasses diverse and global audiences. This broad range of experiences informs his belief that while situations differ, effective leadership relies on a core set of mindsets, skills, and behaviors regardless of the geography, industry, or audience.
Paul’s development philosophy is grounded on three core principles that provide the foundation for growth:
Action
We develop through our experiences and by reaching beyond our current abilities.
Interaction
We develop by learning with and from others.
Reflection
We develop by learning from what we have done in the past.
Whether he is working in-person or virtually, with large groups or one-on-one, these principles are embedded in every solution he delivers.
Paul is the Principal Consultant at AIGE (pronounced age) Consulting, an independent consulting firm leveraging a network of experts to deliver innovative and impactful talent development solutions. Their work is grounded on four central principles that define their identity, values, and services:
Agility
We must move fast and continuously adapt to enable success in our ever changing world.
Inclusion
We achieve greater outcomes by ensuring all voices are heard.
Think Globally
We must be curious, seek to understand, learn from, and engage with diverse cultures.
Excellence
We commit to and are accountable for delivering best-in-class support to enable others achieve their goals.
Paul has a PhD in Instructional Design and Educational Technology, and he is a Certified Leadership Coach. He lives with a natural curiosity about how and why things are as they are, and what we can do to make things better. He seeks to expand our knowledge of how we can more effectively enable organizational and individual development through his consulting and research pursuits.
Paul lives with his family in Charleston, SC. They love the beaches and the history of the region. He is originally from Ireland, and he divides his time between there and Germany outside of the school calendar.