Lucy O’Keeffe is a member of the Thoughtsmiths coaching team, accredited at ACC level with the ICF, and a facilitator on our coach training programmes. 

Her superpower is her ability to connect easily with individuals and teams at all levels and her style of coaching offers warmth, energy, creativity and humour, creating a safe, structured space for learning and growth. 

Lucy has been coaching clients since 2018. With 20 years of experience in the social impact space, her specific areas of expertise include leadership and organisational development, the non-profit sector, and international development research. 

She brings a wealth of theoretical and practical experience from her background in the development sector, and an MSc in Wellbeing and Human Development. When she’s not coaching or growing other coaches and leaders, Lucy works as a facilitator and strategic consultant supporting clients to scale up the impact of their solutions, develop and implement knowledge co-creation processes, and generate collaborative solutions through meaningful multi-stakeholder engagement.   

Her clients say:

“The value of Lucy’s coaching approach allows you to identify, develop and strengthen your leadership style. It is not a one-size-fits-all, but a personal journey of discovery and implementation while being challenged in a safe supportive environment.

“A well-read, thoughtful and strong strategic thinker moving between the theoretic and practical spaces seamlessly. Lucy has fresh ideas and is able to work across sectors and with diverse groups. A pleasure to work with!”

“Her attitude of being open to all allows engagements to move forward with all feeling safe and heard”

“Lucy took me through a process which led me to reflect on my purpose in relation to this work, helping me to develop some clear action points and ways of relating to my job, my organization and my team which have left me feeling calmer, more in control, happier and ultimately better at what I do.”