Clodagh Swords

Captain
DISC Type : DS

Education Project Manager at Real Nation

Greater Dublin, Ireland

Overview

Clodagh Swords is an award-winning voice coach and founder of Simply Voice, leveraging a background in acting and a Masters in Applied Drama/Voice from Trinity College Dublin. She specializes in helping senior leaders develop confidence, presence, and impact in high-stakes communication. Colleagues and clients describe her as passionate, encouraging, and an amazing trainer.

Clodagh is passionate about empowering others to overcome self-doubt, drawing from her own journey of finding her voice. She has a particular focus on advancing womens leadership, helping them communicate with authority. She finds inspiration in personal growth and aims to catalyze empowerment and self-acceptance through her work.

Her consultancy, Simply Voice, won the Career Pivot award in 2024, recognizing her successful entrepreneurial transition.

Personality Overview

Decisive But Calm

Planner & Achiever

Long-Term Thinker

They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.  Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.

Topics They Care About

Leadership Presence
Her consultancy is dedicated to helping senior leaders and executives develop vocal presence, authority, and influence in high-stakes environments.
Female Empowerment
She runs masterclasses specifically for women, encouraging them to "own their voice" and has a recognized specialism in advancing women's leadership voice.
Public Speaking
With a background in acting and advanced public speaking, her work centers on helping professionals master vocal power and deliver messages with clarity and confidence.

Media Appearances

Clodagh has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2024 - 9-2024
Education Project Manager at Real Nation
9-2022 - 6-2023
Regional Coordinator ( Training Dep) at Business in the Community Ireland
12-2018 - 11-2020
Partnerships Manager at Common Purpose
1-2018
Founder & CEO at Simply Voice

Education

3-2025 - 7-2025
Diploma from UCD Professional Academy
2016 - 2016
QQI Level 6 - 'Train the Trainer' Award from Kingstown College

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Insights For Selling To Clodagh

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Focus on the results that your product produces, expect some strategic questions in return
  • Use phrases like 'your team deserves', 'best in class' etc.
  • Ask them at the end if they see a strong value prop in your product; expect an honest answer

DONT's

  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Don't go over them unless you are left with no other option
  • Avoid putting conscious effort into relationship-building

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Clodagh is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Clodagh

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Clodagh move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Clodagh take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Clodagh

Personality Compatibility


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