Austin O’Malley has stepped down as the manager of the Cuala Senior Football team three weeks after leading them to the AIB All Ireland Football Club Championship.
He took over the side, working alongside three senior mentors from within the club three years ago when they were just promoted to Division One in Dublin.
An impressive leader, O’Malley was a guest of Sport for Business last November speaking about non executive leadership to our 11th Annual Sport for Business Women and Sport Conference, alongside Anne Kiely of Aer Lingus and Clodagh NicAnna of Volleyball Ireland.
He spoke of the three qualities he looks for as being Energy, Authenticity and Trust. That simple EAT mnemonic has been played back to us on numerous occasions already and clearly struck a chord.
In his letter to the club he said that he was stepping down due to personal and business commitments.
He runs Hexagon Consulting, a performance coaching business that is thriving and clearly has to be a major commitment.
Quitting at the top is not a luxury afforded or taken by many in sport but he leaves the club with an indelible memory of a journey to history as only the second club in history to win AIB All Ireland club titles in Hurling and Football.
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Players win Championships but the role of a manager in enabling them to become their best versions of themselves as individuals and as a group is vital and was memorable to watch at close quarters as a member of Cuala.
WHAT’S UP NEXT?
Austin is a young man with a winning reputation and will not be lost long to the sport.
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