Cara Bermingham
Human centred digital leadership
I work with digital leaders and organisations to move faster and deliver value without breaking things or people.
Team coaching
High-performing leadership teams don’t just happen accidentally; they need to be built intentionally.As a qualified team and systemic coach, I love helping leadership teams at every stage navigate complexity, build trust, and establish a shared direction.I truly believe that well-functioning leadership teams mean more engaged employees and better products and services.Whether you are launching a brand-new team or looking to re-energise an existing one, I will partner with you to make real and lasting improvements.What we will focus on:
- Building connection and trust
- Developing clearer roles, responsibilities, and expectations
- Aligning on purpose and strategy
- Improving processes and ways of working for more effective collaborationMy role as your coach: I provide the structure and dedicated space your team needs to pause, reflect on how you operate, and intentionally strengthen your collective performance.
"Cara is knowledgeable, effective, supportive and insightful. She helped us come together as a more powerful team, providing guidance, support and constructive challenge in a safe space. Today, we are really proud of our senior leadership team, and the early investment we made with Cara set us off on the right path to become that team."
Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Digital Public Services
Product Delivery
Many teams and organisations have adopted agile ways of working, but now find themselves struggling with rigid processes that get in the way of real delivery rather than adding value.Conversely, there are teams struggling to maintain any kind of delivery process having had to scale and grow quickly with no time to pause and put things in place.As an experienced practitioner, I start wherever you are today. I help you quickly improve your delivery and results, regardless of your team's size, shape, or focus.
Bringing a hands-on, practical mindset, I use tried-and-tested tools and techniques that make an immediate impact on how your team operates and delivers.I partner with your teams to establish better ways of working, break down silos, and build resilient, connected teams that can handle whatever the world throws at them.This could look like:
- Establishing or growing a product delivery capability in your organisation.
- Scaling better ways of working across a growing business—without breaking things (or people).
- Creating the right environment for your teams to do their best work, collaborate naturally, and deliver quality faster.
- Designing bespoke training and coaching teams to successfully put it into practice.
"Cara is a rare breed…steep digital knowledge combined with a business knowledge of how to create valuable change. This means that her specific expertise in Agile delivery and product management, can be practically applied...She’s an awesome coach, trainer, and just a super wonderful human..If you were looking for someone with deep digital experience and delivery methods, she can help you learn and change."
Chief Customer Officer, The Co-op Group
About
I've worked in the digital industry for 20+ years in both hands-on delivery and leadership roles I am capable of working right across your organisation with people at any level.How I work (in my own words)- Hands-on, hands dirty
- Curious and collaborative
- A 5 minute sketch over a 20-page deck
- Realistic and direct
- Flexible and adaptable
- Plain language over industry jargon
- Holding space with positive energy, even in tough times
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