Having worked as a coach and across a range of management and pastoral roles in education for 16 years, Polaris Teams director, David Sharkey, knows what it is like to have a room full of people look to you for direction.

High performing leaders in sport and business around the world, trust him to assess and to refine their design and delivery of key messages.

David spent years exploring the area of ‘character-coaching‘, which aimed to bring elements of mental health and emotional well-being into everyday use, because he knew that individuals and groups that were more connected, would perform better. The vacuous and transitory nature of initiatives that claimed to support these areas, he found to be ineffective and randomized ‘events’.

A pioneer in the design and application of ‘Themeing‘, David uses it to bring key messages to life for groups. He see themeing as far more than just a communication tool; when done effectively, it shapes culture, organisations and people.

The most established client within Polaris Teams Ltd’s portfolio is Ronan O’Gara, Head Coach at Stade Rochelais, and David has worked with them over the past four seasons, the most successful period in the club’s history, becoming double European Champions. (See below for more details.)