Ignite your event & energise your audience with a professional business speaker
I have been giving speeches for over 30 years and I believe it is important to tailor each speech to the specific audience. A speech is there to inspire, motivate, and also to have business impact. This is the reason why I work very closely with the event organisers to ensure that my speech meets their business objectives.
My talks are flexible in duration to easily fit around your event. I can talk from 10 minutes, 20 and 30 minutes to an hour and two hour long as well.
Unique approach
Delighting audiences is my mission and over the years, I have a developed a unique approach which always hits the mark. I tailor the specific content of my talks, live and in the moment, according to what the audience wants to hear. After agreeing the topic with the event organiser, I give the audience a menu of options. And right there they can decide which areas they would like to focus on. I then go on to deliver my talk.
It is rather exciting to watch the engagement that is immediately developed in the audience as they are now involved, first hand, in what is going to happen next.
You have to experience it to fully grasp the power of this approach.
Signature topic
“How to Scale up and Be More Profitable “.
Strategic planning and implementation are the foundational pillars for business growth. In this insightful talk, Norman will show you:
How to use uncertainty to drive better decision-making.
How to develop a Game Plan for Growth - a practical and easy to follow guide for your business.
How to avoid some common implementation pitfalls.
How to create an effective implementation process to increase productivity and efficiency.
How to use the right financial and performance metrics to track what matters.
You will walk away with golden, easy to follow, and sometimes counterintuitive, tips that you can put into action straightaway.
Specialist topics
“The 10 Secrets of Entrepreneurial Success”
In this fun and engaging talk, Norman will share his insights from his 30+ years of experience, what he learned the hard way and mistakes he made that you don’t have to. There are 10 ingredients to success and you are about to discover what they are.
“How to Plan the Sale of your Business in the Next 3 Years”
How can you sell better for more money? There is no right answer on how to increase the value of your business, but many wrong ones. Over the years, Norman has helped hundreds of businesses prepare to sell. This insightful talk will reveal the key areas to focus on, help you assess your current business value and allow you to work on maximising it – starting today.
“How to Raise Investors’ Monies”
Raising investors’ monies is an art and in this talk Norman will highlight the main things to consider including the contents of your Business Plan / Information Memorandum, timescales and how to present the financial projections.
“What Business Owners Can Learn from the World of Sport”
How can you achieve peak performance for you and your team? How do you overcome adversity and keep going when it’s tough? There are a lot of valuable, and practical, lessons that business owners can learn from the world of sport. In this fun talk, Norman will inspire you with compelling stories from sporting legends.
“Back to the Future: What Business Owners Can Learn from the Past to Address Tomorrow’s Challenges”
How can we create tomorrow’s solutions today? No need to reinvent the wheel - this is Norman’s key message in this talk. It is worth first looking at business history to understand what worked for the top entrepreneurs of years gone by - we can learn so much from the likes of Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, Benjamin Franklin - and even going back to the Romans and Greeks.
Here are some examples of what my speeches include:
The importance of having a Mentor / Coach
Visualisation - raising the bar
Having total belief in oneself
Perseverance versus Change
The Work Ethic
The importance of having an interest outside of work
Better people make better business people
The size and appropriateness of one’s network
Leadership
Plan Your Work and Work your Plan
Doing It Your Way
The more I practice, the luckier I get.
Taking personal responsibility
Acting Under Pressure
Focus
Doing the Basics
Being True to yourself / Self acceptance
The Imposter Syndrome
Getting the best out of every day
Sleeping Better
Nutrition
Five Core Values of Rugby Union
The Devil is in the Detail
Last word from the Referees