Two Limerick All-Stars Recognised at All Ireland Business Summit 2018

All Ireland Business Summit 2018, Business All Stars in Croke Park were Neil Pakey with John Fitzgerald, Harmonics Group. Picture: Keith Wiseman.

Two Limerick All-Stars Recognised at All Ireland Business Summit 2018

All Ireland Business Summit 2018, Business All Stars in Croke Park were Gavin Duffy with Bernie Caroll of SPIL. Picture: Keith Wiseman.

Two Limerick business people, John Fitzgerald, managing director at Harmonics Group, and Bernie Carroll, managing director of Student Programmes Ireland Ltd, received All Star Accreditation for their fields of expertise at the All Ireland Business Summit 2018 that took place April 19th.

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John Fitzgerald received an All Star Accreditation for Thought Leadership in Career Management and Bernie Carroll was Accredited All Star Social Entrepreneur (Cultural Exchange) 2018.

Leading lights in Irish Business descended on Croke Park for the Summit, where a 1000 strong audience from all 32 counties were captivated by the speakers who revealed their top secrets, confessions and the do’s and don’ts that have helped them achieve their business success.

The Business All-Stars competition final was one of the key elements of the summit. The Business All-Stars is an annual competition designed to identify, recognise and accredit Irish companies and individuals that have distinguished themselves in the conduct of their business over the last 12 months.

In response to the announcement, John Fitzgerald said, “On behalf of Harmonics I would like to express our sincere thanks for being accredited as Thought Leaders in Career Management. Achieving All-Stars accreditation is a great source of pride for us and we look forward to continuing to meet and indeed exceed the standards set by the All-Star programme. 

The process which led to this accreditation truly stretched us, the structure of the competition required us to put our brand story on paper and gave us the opportunity to reflect on who we are, our growth strategy and above all the value we create for our target audience,” he concluded.

Bernie Carroll, noted, “The opportunity to hear first-hand feedback from our Judge-Mentor, our existing customers, partners and suppliers through the reference module combined with the results from the mystery shopper round was invaluable.

I would like to thank all at the competition for making the effort to listen to our story, understand and accredit our business and above all help us to promote it.”

Speaking at the summit, Dr. Briga Hynes, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Chairperson Adjudication Panel summed up the entire process by reminding the enterprises honoured with All-Star that:  “Both Harmonics and SPIL demonstrated an ability to innovate and has impressive growth plans which no-doubt reflects the resilience and optimism that are the hallmarks of Irish entrepreneurs. They brought a real inspiration for what is possible in business in Ireland and provides important role models for the many aspiring entrepreneurs and existing small firms.”

Harmonics and SPIL are now included in the 2018-19 All-Stars Role of Honour, the list is published annually to coincide with the All-Ireland Business Summit at Croke Park. Applications for 2018-19’s competition open on 1st June 2018.

ABOUT HARMONICS

Harmonics specialises in helping organisations plan for change, manage change and support their people through change.  The company works with many of Ireland’s leading organisations across all sectors from financial services, pharmaceutical, consumer, telecommunications, and software, as well as public sector clients and Universities.  Harmonics has a nationwide team of over 30 people with offices in Dublin, Cork, and Limerick.

ABOUT SPIL

SPIL offers a wide variety of programmes for international students to suit all ages, interests, and budgets.  Set up in 2009 to cater for the increased demand of foreign students coming to Ireland to learn English, the company currently has over 550 active host families and works with over 70 secondary schools and primary Schools all over Ireland.

ABOUT BUSINESS ALL-STARS COMPETITION:

The Business All-Star program is an annual competition designed to identify, recognise and accredit Irish companies and individuals that have distinguished themselves in the conduct of their business over the last 12 months.

The Role of Honour of All-Star accreditees reflects the diverse stages of development and vertical specialisation of Irish enterprises. The Role of Honor includes special categories for social enterprises, charities, and rising stars. 

Those included represents the highest current performance level in Irish business, and are presented as a standard or benchmark to be equaled or exceeded.

All-Star accreditees prove through a rigorous matrix based 100 points, four steps judging process (application, phone interviews, reference checks, incognito contact to measure customer service, live judging), to be on merit, worthy recipients of their accreditation.

The  Business All-Stars Role of Honour is published annually to coincide with the All-Ireland Business Summit at Croke Park. Applications for 2018-19’s competition open on 1st June 2018.

For more information on SPIL, go here.

For more information on Harmonics, go here.

For more information on Business All Stars, go here.

For more stories on the All Ireland Business Summit, go here.

For more information on the All Ireland Business Summit 2018, go here.