Stephen McGown, Al-Qaeda’s longest-held captive, delivers his inspiring story of resilience and overcoming adversity amidst harsh weather conditions, a different culture, language and religion. Stephen holds the unenviable record of being militant group Al Qaeda’s longest held prisoner. The South African was kidnapped by al-Qaeda from the Mali tourist town of Timbuktu in 2011 and […]
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Rob Lilwall ‘s talks about having a Growth Mindset, overcoming fear, increasing collaboration, and building resilience have been proving very popular around the world. If you’d like to: motivate your teams and re-energise them and help them move their mindsets to the next level to overcome challenges then please do have a quick look at […]
YuJin Wong publishes new book Mental Rockstar: How to build mental toughness, face your fears, embrace change and unleash greatness. Does your brain suddenly become uncooperative when you desperately need it to come through for you? Have you been plateauing for months or even years, stuck on a level you can’t seem to get past […]
Pandit Dasa, Mindful Leadership Expert, talks about mindfulness and emotional intelligence in his most recent video. Developing emotional intelligence is essential for proper teamwork to take place. It allows to hear someone else’s perspective and put ourselves in their shoes. Mindfulness practices can not only help us reduce stress and anxiety, but also improve our […]
Alisa Camplin, Winter Olympic Gold Medalist, is ready to inspire your team on resilience with her virtual keynote presentations. Here are some examples: Australia’s first female Winter Olympic Gold Medalist, Alisa Camplin, possesses that rare story telling ability that inspires, entertains and transfers knowledge. Tens of thousands of people have been motivated, laughed and cried, and […]
Adventurer and motivational speaker Rob Lilwall recently spoke before corporate executives and got amazing reaction from the audience. Take a look at some of the event photos below: Rob Lilwall is an ordinary person who, through taking an adventurous attitude to life, has achieved the extraordinary. In the last two decades, he has embarked on expeditions […]
Peter Baines has spent most of his life’s work in positions of leadership, especially during international disasters and crisis situations. Peter draws from over two decades of experience and brings keynotes that inspire, engage and inform. One of his keynotes, “Where are our leaders coming from?”, touches on diversity and culture, resilience and empathy, and the changing landscape […]
Leadership expert, Keith Coats, spoke on Adaptive Leadership – and why it is particularly important in the business environment now. But what about those situations where the solutions are unclear, or even unknown. Even more difficult: what about those situations where the problem (or set of problems) is not clear? In this environment, authoritative experts […]
David Lim, Singapore Everest expedition leader, and survivor of GuillainBarre Syndrome, shares in his recent presentation the importance of resilience: how we need to focus, in order to bounce back from setbacks. David Lim David Lim is best known for leading the landmark 1st Singapore Everest Expedition in 1998 (as well as the second in […]