Hey, I'm Donal, creator of The Leader's Toolkit and a leadership development expert who has helped thousands of managers transform their approach to leading teams.
Like many managers, I loved the idea of leading people and making a real impact vs just being an individual contributor. But for years I struggled to really enjoy the work I was doing. I felt like I was always getting stuck in the "firefighting" mode for my team vs the strategic leadership work I wanted to be involved in.
Through years of experience working with diverse teams and studying what makes great leaders tick, I discovered the beauty of systematic management frameworks. This discovery led me to having more confident teams, better performance outcomes and more importantly: actually enjoying leadership in a sustainable way!
These tools allowed me to move from managing reactive work (which everyone saw as low value) to working with my team to help them solve their most important challenges proactively. I became a strategic partner to my organization rather than just another manager.
My toolkit "The Leader's Toolkit" is a distillation of the most effective management frameworks I've developed and refined through working with leaders across industries, and I hope you love using them as much as I do!
Donal McConnell
Creator of The Leader's Toolkit