Lisa Fallon Keynote Speaker

FIFA High Performance Consultant
TV Football Analyst/Columnist
UEFA Pro Licence Head Coach - first ever female to coach in the professional men’s game.

Lisa Fallon's Biography

Lisa Fallon is a high-performance Strategy Specialist and UEFA Pro License Manager/Coach – this is the highest UEFA coaching badge a person can have. Lisa is also a top sports columnist and commentator – she was the first female football panellist on national TV in Ireland to cover men’s international and Champions League matches. She was the first ever female to be a head coach in the professional men’s game in Ireland or the UK.

Lisa’s expertise in analysis and the development and execution of high-performance strategies have led her to being involved with some of the highest profile teams in soccer and football including roles and honours such as: Team Analyst for five years with Northern Ireland Men’s National Team including qualification for, and reaching the last 16 of Euro 2016; Head Coach of Galway United men’s first team; a crucial member of the Dublin Men’s 5-in-a-row All Ireland Winning Senior Football Backroom Team, Game Strategy Coach with Chelsea FC Women.

She is also currently serving on the Board of Paralympics Ireland as a non-executive Director and is Chair of their High Performance Committee.

Lisa draws on her remarkable experience, expertise and valuable insights to share her views and perspectives with business audiences internationally. She covers many topics including the importance of leadership, strategy, team work, culture, mindset and high performance.

Parallels Between High Performing Sports and Elite Sales Teams

The Power of Making Marginal Improvements

Giving and Taking Feedback - the Right Way

When and How to Change a Winning Formula / Team ?

Paths to Realising True Potential

She helps leaders understand how to build and execute high-performance strategies, using lessons from elite football to show how clear planning, analysis and preparation translate into results.
Her approach to teamwork and culture explores how individuals with different roles and strengths can perform as one unit, creating the trust and shared purpose needed for sustained success.
She brings a distinctive perspective on leadership and mindset as a UEFA Pro Licence coach and a barrier-breaking figure in football, including becoming the first female head coach in the professional men’s game in Ireland or the UK.
Her experience spans elite teams including the Northern Ireland Men’s National Team, Galway United, Chelsea FC Women and Dublin’s five-in-a-row All-Ireland winning Senior Football backroom team.
As a Non-Executive Director of Paralympics Ireland and Chair of its High Performance Committee, she combines hands-on coaching experience with strategic oversight of performance at the highest level.

Articles, Media & Podcasts

Ireland's first woman to manage a men's soccer team

RSVP

If we want elite players ithen we need a serious soccer industry

Irish Times

Potential Everywhere

Sport Chronicle

Account of a personal attack at 18

Irish Times

Comments & Testimonials

"I’m earning a living working in football. I say forget the glass ceiling, take off the roof. Don’t set yourself limits and keep going when your opportunity comes. And judge yourself on what you’re going to be, not on what you are today.”

Lisa Fallon