About

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Hello!

I am Moira Quinlan, founder of Quinlan Coaching and Consulting.

I’m a senior professional in human resources with 20 years of business experience, across heavily regulated operational environments, including global maritime transportation and pharmaceutical CDMO manufacturing.

My career background includes an SPHR designation and an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University. As an internal HR Business partner I have done extensive work leading successful projects to increase engagement, as well as advising stakeholders, from individual contributors to executives, across all facets of the employee experience.

How I Deliver Value & Business Outcomes:

  • Develop Emerging Leaders: I coach operational and emerging leaders looking to expand their scope, transforming technical experts into effective people leaders. This directly improves employee retention, accelerates project execution, prevents critical leadership failure in high-pressure roles, ensures thorough communication cascade and strengthens the executive talent pipeline.

  • Support Internal HR Teams & Growing Organizations: I serve as a flexible extension of in-house HR teams and operational leaders on organizational design, change management, and workforce strategy, giving lean internal teams the extra bandwidth and senior expertise required to execute major initiatives.

Mission, Values and Vision:

Today, my practice is intentionally dedicated to the mission of strengthening the operational core of organizations. This is achieved by coaching leaders, and aspiring leaders, in fast paced environments, equipping them with the skills needed to replace feelings of overwhelm with a calm confidence in their ability to lead successful teams. Also, by supporting internal HR functions and growing organizations to onboard and retain engaged talent, on time and on budget, as they scale.

My practice holds the following core values:

TRUST - Ensure a safe environment for clients to identify root cause of challenges and explore solutions

INTEGRITY - Honor commitments and ownership of outcomes.

EMPATHY - Active listening for understanding, without judgement, to guide for growth.

Quinlan CC’s vision is for supported clients to have agile workforces, aligned on a grounded cultural foundation.