Stella Axarlis …achieving excellence through empowerment.... From mathematics teacher to internationally acclaimed opera singer, managing director and Board member, Stella Axarlis consults with organisations that are undertaking significant ...
I don't think excellent is good enough to describe Stella. She is an inspirational and sensational speaker.
Hotel Grand Chancellor
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Gary Bertwistle …founder and director, Blue Moon Creative.... Gary is Australia’s new pioneer in creative thinking and problem solving. With over 20 years experience in Marketing and Promotions, he has extensive knowledge across a diverse ran...
Being a believer of simplicity, Gary was able to present this workshop in a very straightforward, uncluttered but outstanding substantial manner. From now, I will never see marketi...
AMI Institute
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Gavin Freeman …the Business Olympian.... Gavin Freeman is the author of the Business Olympian and the creator of the Business Olympian series of professional development workshops.
Gavin has a Bachelor of Science Degr...
Gavin provided Hudson with an engaging and insightful presentation on two fronts. Firstly a chance to look at the world of sport and athletics from the inside and secondly, an unde...
Hudson
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Keith Hanslow ...excellence in business and law.... Keith Hanslow is a leading Melbourne lawyer, and is currently a Director at Ross Millen Lawyers Pty Ltd. Keith’s breadth of expertise places him perfectly to bridge the gap between...
Keith is the best known for the inimitable manner in which he is able to present the law as it impacts upon business people. He has a particular gift for explaining the law in int...
Australian Institute of Company Directors
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Graeme Joy …leading a high performance team.... Graeme Joy is one of the most focused and motivating of all business presenters in Australasia. He is perhaps best known as joint leader and navigator of the International North Po...
Graeme's use of the theoretical constructs we were using (Good to Great, Jim Collins) was very good and his ability to combine his North Pole adventures made it very real for the a...
Barrington Consulting Group
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Robert Motton …the art of presentation.... When it comes to persuasion Rob Motton knows what it takes to have his audience accept the image and believe the message. Rob will amaze, inspire and challenge you to improve your ...
Rob gets 10/10. Co-operative, easy going in the preparation. The troops had a great laugh and it was a great hoax.
Department of Natural Resources & Environment
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Ian Stephens …sales results, coaching and talent retention.... Ian Stephens is one of Australia’s leading keynote speakers on customer service, business development and a variety of other subject areas. He is a speaker with a passion for the ...
In my 15 years as a HR professional, I have never seen a speaker capture an audience’s attention like Ian did with his speedball routine. Inspiring, fresh, and still talked about, ...
Cleanaway
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Bob Feldman ...improving your personal and professional life. ... Bob Feldman is an international professional speaker, corporate trainer, executive coach and management consultant for communication and presentation skills. Born and raised in Ch...
Bob Feldman is an excellent performer, uses theatrical techniques to bring life to the class. Unusual and very enjoyable!
Ministry of Education (MOE) (Singapore)
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Toby Travanner …entertaining and challenging.... R.E. (Toby) Travanner is a professional corporate trainer, keynote presenter, master of ceremonies and consultant. His primary area of expertise is coaching individuals and teams t...
Some two weeks later I am hearing comments like 'I'm telling everybody I meet about this great course I've just done'... you have given the team... the confidence to motivate them ...
Cumberland Lorne Resort
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James Adonis …leading expert on engagement.... James Adonis is a leading expert on engagement. James shows managers how to engage their employees so that they become loyal high-performers, and shows individuals how to engage th...
James Adonis conducted a thought-provoking and entertaining presentation on Employee Engagement. We had great feedback from our members and would recommend James to anyone who want...
Australian Institute of Management
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Joseph Alegre ...accredited image professional.... Joseph Alegre is an accredited image professional, highly experienced in all aspects of image management and one of two professionally-trained male image specialists in Australia. ...
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Nigel Allan …building people, making champions.... In 1972, Nigel Allan commenced his selling career in the motor vehicle industry and has since been Australia’s Number One Telephone Productivity Salesperson on five separate occasi...
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Kurek Ashley …master of success.... Kurek Ashley is a success and peak performance coach who has, for the past 20 years, shown people from all walks of life, the strategies to take their lives to a higher mental, fin...
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Wendy Attwater ...human resources expert. ... Wendy Attwater has over 25 years experience as a Human Resources executive in a number of industries including IT, Finance and Manufacturing, as well as in the public and private s...
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Simon Bailey ...facilitating brilliance.... Simon Bailey has spent the past twenty-five years in a range of executive management, advisory, training & facilitation roles in industries as diverse as manufacturing, science & m...
Everyone really liked the session and feedback was good.
Pacific Hydro
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Peter Baines ...leadership matters.... Detective Inspector Peter Baines is an expert at creating successful results starting from nothing – no time, no money, no staff, but as Peter says, “no worries”. Throughout almost...
I recently attended the breakfast at the Hyatt in Adelaide. Peter spoke on the work that he has done in the disaster area that was Thailand after the Boxing Day Tsunami. Never in m...
ANZ
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Blake Beattie …inspire, connect and motivate.... Blake Beattie is a director of his own consulting company and the Life Changing Experiences Foundation. Through coaching, speaking and training, Blake has provided long term, susta...
Your outstanding preparation and highly motivating presentation most certainly allowed us to achieve our goals for the day. The fact that you were able to develop and deliver your ...
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Michael Benoliel …best practices in negotiation.... Dr. Michael Benoliel is the author of the newly published book titled, Done Deal: Insights from Interviews with the World’s Best Negotiators (Platinum Press, 2005). It is ba...
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Craig Browne ...leading organisational development expert.... Recently described as "the foremost board game inventor in the world today", Craig Browne is definitely a leading game developer.
IN THE TOY AND GAME world he is best known as...
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Glenn Capelli …stimulating business results.... An author, songwriter, radio and television presenter and creator of the Dynamic Thinking course for Leadership, Glenn Capelli has delivered a message of creativity, innovation and...
Excellent - enormously successful - you were voted as the most successful presenter at the conference. 90% of respondents gave you an excellent rating with others rating you extrem...
Advanced Professional Systems Ltd, Auckland
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Matt Church …the chemistry of success.... Matt Church is best described as a scientific humourist. He is well known for his informative, entertaining and inspirational sessions. Matt is a specialist on productivity, burnou...
Thank you again for a great presentation. The initial feedback is that you will be receiving almost as many emails as there were participants and that, I fee, would be one of the ...
ANZ Funds Management
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Graeme Codrington ...intellectual capital expert.... Dr Graeme Codrington is an international speaker and best-selling author. He is the founder of a business strategy consultancy known as TomorrowToday.biz (NOTE: pronounced "Tomorro...
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Leonie Collins …achieving peak performance.... Leonie Collins is a nationally known and respected performer, presenter, communicator, motivator and a peak performance coach and a leading authority on the art of building rapport...
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Sarah Cornally …performance beyond expectations.... Sarah Cornally is a facilitator, speaker, consultant and executive coach with a unique ability for spotting maximum leverage points in businesses, people and organisations.
Sh...
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Rita Cozzi ... Rita Cozzi is a renowned professional speaker and expert in her field specialising in Women’s Health, PMS, Menopause and Beyond, Balancing Ideal Weight, Workplace Stress, and Keepi...
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Fabian Dattner …envisioning the future.... Fabian Dattner is well known to many Australians. She is a regular commentator in the media on corporate ethics, organisational alignment and leadership issues. Through her compan...
Fabian's session on leadership was extremely well received. Fabian very successfully included the entire audience in an understanding of "leadership" and its practical application ...
AMP Insurance Company
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Richard Day …speaker, facilitator, coach.... Richard Day is a dynamic Professional Speaker, Corporate Facilitator and a successful Life and Business Coach and has been working within the Leadership, Business Management, Healt...
It was a refreshing change to have a person of your talents address our delegates. Your professionalism and encouragement created an incredible reaction from many of the delegates ...
AMP Agents
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Tao De Haas …holistic approach to business success.... Tao De Haas is a highly experienced professional. He has a unique, holistic approach together with a remarkable ability to combine psychotherapeutic theory and social awareness wit...
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Amanda Ferguson …cutting-edge psychologist and hypnotherapist.... Amanda Ferguson is a registered psychologist and hypnotherapist. She has been in private practice as a counsellor and psychotherapist for over 14 years and for over 10 years as a c...
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Iven Frangi ...managing the customer experience.... Iven has a background in psychology and is a graduate in marketing. In sales, he has been a qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table and the youngest regional manager at...
Congratulations Iven on an exceptional result, and thanks for your gracious involvement. Feel proud you were one of the top two rated presenters
Australasian Franchising Conference
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Grace Gawler …the key to accessing your field of possibilities.... Grace Gawler is an accomplished speaker, qualified natural therapist and author with a high profile on the international and national speaking circuit.
Grace has 30 years of ex...
Grace has been a key speaker at three of our seminars. At each of these seminars, Grace has
provided inspiration and encourgaement to breast cancer sufferers, some of who have tra...
BCAQ
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Dorinda Hafner …international TV celebrity, businesswoman and author.... Dorinda Hafner is a breath of fresh air. Be in her company for more than a minute and you wonder what your life was like before you met her!
Dorinda is an international TV cele...
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Richard Hames …futurist, author and corporate philosopher.... Dr Richard Hames is a strategic foresight practitioner and one of the world’s most influential intellectuals. As founder of globally distributed think-tank The Hames Group, Richard...
Richard’s ability to rapidly understand our culture and impart a strategic thinking skills-set to groups with little previous exposure to this were crucial to our very survival.
Datacraft Technologies
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Pam Harris ...Think on Your Feet® and communication.... Pam Harris has twenty years experience in the field of Learning and Development and her training workshops are always enjoyable, high energy and involving. Pam puts people at ease...
Pam was professional and took the time to understand the organisation.
Metcash Trading Ltd
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Rob Hartnett …business performance coach.... Rob Hartnett delivers high octane presentations that ignite the untapped business potential that is inside every business large or small.
He has assisted many small, medium and ...
Rob was well researched and complemented our program perfectly. He entertained and held our focus superbly.
Agfa Graphics Systems
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Chris Helder …mastering communication with your clients.... Chris Helder is one of the most in demand speakers in Australia.
His messages can be life changing in both the personal and business spheres; and while Chris is often called u...
As a result of Chris’s skills the program was enjoyable and quickly absorbed. There have been immediate improved results in behaviour and increased selling skills.
ANZ
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Cellene Hoogenkamp ... leading teams and coaching personnel.... Cellene Hoogenkamp, the principal of Realperformance - has over 20 years experience in both private and public sector companies. Working as line manager, consultant, senior executi...
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Ian Hutchinson …leading lifestyle strategist.... Ian Hutchinson (B.Bus, G.Dip.Psy, CSP) is CEO and founder of Life by Design©. As Australia’s leading Lifestyle Strategist© Ian helps organisations engage and retain their top peop...
…rated the most useful session… interactive and fun, everyone took something away for themselves and their business
Commonwealth Bank
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Timothy Hyde …magician of the mind.... A Corporate Educator & Entertainer, Timothy Hyde is known as Australia's "Magician of the Mind."
An expert in Innovation and Creativity, his dynamic keynote and interactive wor...
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Edward A. Jacobson ...psychologist, business coach and consultant.... Edward Jacobson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, business coach, consultant and public speaker based in Madison, Wisconsin. Ed works with individuals and organizations to help them to id...
I’ve been extraordinarily touched by Ed in three separate day-long workshops on Appreciative Inquiry and financial planning. Each time I have received new and deeper insights, bett...
Center for Financial Planning, Inc.
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Sue Langley ...emotional intelligence expert. ... Sue Langley is an experienced professional speaker, who will tailor a presentation to fit your organisations needs. Her aim is to enlighten and inspire, whilst ensuring people have...
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Ron Lee …the corporate ninja.... Ron Lee is a motivational humorist, keynote speaker, executive trainer and an instrument of inspiration. He studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (where Judy Davis and ...
I doubt if we will ever come across a better opening session.
Count Wealth Planners
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John Lees …humour, motivation and business success.... John Lees is one of the most in demand sales and marketing speakers and trainers in Australasia. His work is characterized by a no nonsense, original, practical and entertaining s...
It has been almost 3 months since our annual sales conference and still the positive comments keep coming in about your performance as master of ceremonies. Our advisers have had t...
AMP
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Trent Leyshan ...entrepreneur, sales strategist and inspirational speaker.... Entrepreneur, sales strategist, and inspirational speaker, Trent Leyshan has an extensive background in sales performance and maximising human potential. Spanning over fifteen year...
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Margaret Lomas …property, business and the work and family balance.... Margaret Lomas is the author of the best-selling books "How To Make Your Money Last As Long As You Do", "How To Create An Income For Life", "How to Maximise Your Property Portfolio...
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Evelyn Lundstrom ...image and communication consultant.... Evelyn Lundström is one of Australia’s most experienced image and communications consultants. Evelyn is a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and is experien...
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Charlie Lynn ...expert on the Kokoda Trail.... Charlie Lynn is a former career soldier turned corporate leadership trainer. An acclaimed motivator and speaker, Charlie leads survival/leadership treks over the Kokoda Trail in Pa...
Just a quick note to let you know how much I enjoyed your presentation...
'Enjoyed' is the wrong choice of word... the sharing of your knowledge of the Kokoda Track and your abi...
Sydney Water
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Peter Malcolm …ecologist, explorer and coach.... Peter Malcolm is a climate and social change facilitator, international expedition leader and storyteller. He is Director of coolglobe and is passionately committed to meeting the...
Peter, Thank you for speaking at our team building day last Thursday.
I have received a great deal of very positive (and unsolicited) feedback regarding your presentation, the c...
Allan Hopson, Head of Program Management, ANZ Bank
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Jane Mara …the power of intuition.... Jane acts as an intuitive consultant to business leaders.
She has always known the power of intuition and developed Intuitive Thinking with the sole intention of educating peop...
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Clare Maxfield ...inspiring image consultant and author.... Clare Maxfield is an inspiring and entertaining image consultant, international author and speaker. Clare guides clients towards image excellence through her keynotes, workshops an...
Clare’s Image and Personal presentation was both amusing and informative. Clare’s presentation applied to all age groups within our company and how we present ourselves to our clie...
Airbiz Aviation Strategies
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Mark McCrindle …Generation X expert.... Mark is one of Australia’s foremost social researchers. He is a trained Psychologist and his research into the different generations is recognised internationally. By taking the so...
Thought he was spot on! Great speaker: entertaining and to the point. The best speaker on the day.
Accor
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Mark McGregor …helping others achieve their goals.... Mark McGregor grew up in the sport sector. After playing hockey for many years through minor, junior and university ranks, he became a hockey coach in Germany and in the Swiss Nati...
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Susan McInnes ...people skills development.... Susan entered the business community from a scientific background. On completion of her studies she worked as a research scientist within public and private sectors before underta...
10/10
Allianz Australia Ltd
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Susan Mitchell …the power of praise.... Susan Mitchell is a master of language who has documented and celebrated the vital and dynamic role of women in the history of our society.
She has published eight successful bo...
Susan raised the benchmark for motivational speakers who provide a life changing experience for their audience. She was evaluated as “The Best” at conference.
NSW Primary Principals’ Association
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Ricky Nowak … the communication catalyst.... Ricky Nowak is known as The Communication Catalyst and guides many of Australia's Top 100 companies towards business excellence through innovative keynotes, presentations and works...
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Alan Patching …leadership, negotiation and management.... Alan Patching is regarded as one of Australia's most internationally recognised leaders, consultants and business presenters in his field.
He has been described as the Australi...
Alan was terrific...He went out of his way to contribute to the success of the event, by offering improvements and ideas.
AITD
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Russell Pereira ...up-skilling today's business leaders.... Russell Pereira is in the business of up-skilling today's business leaders to reach higher levels of performance as quickly and effectively as possible. He believes that profession...
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Patsy Rowe …from professional to personal etiquette.... Patsy Rowe is a woman of extraordinary talent who has achieved enormous success, much of which can be attributed to her positive attitude, her wicked sense of humour and her impecc...
Patsy made a great job of energising and encouraging our salespeople. She's super enthusiastic and heaps of fun.
Sylvia Bradshaw, GM, Leader Newspapers
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Mike Schoettler …the power of focus.... Mike Schoettler is an entertaining pragmatist who blends humor and pathos with his own personal experience. Combining a background of sales and management success, Mike's creditabi...
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Ann Shannon …achieving business goals through people.... Ann Shannon has dedicated her 20-year career to helping people be the best they can be professionally and personally. She has an MBA with majors in Human Resources and Leadership ...
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Timothy J. Sharp …The Happiness Institute.... The Happiness Institute was established in September, 2003 by Dr. Timothy J. Sharp.
Dr. Sharp (also known as Dr. Happy) is a well-known, highly regarded clinical and coaching p...
If you think being happy is important, you need to check out The Happiness Institute and its Chief Happiness Officer, Dr Tim Sharp. I recently organised a visit from Dr Sharp to a ...
AGSM Melbourne Alumni
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Andrea Sloan …experienced corporate trainer and coach.... Andrea has extensive experience as a trainer and coach at the most senior level with several of Australia’s leading companies including CommBank, Shell and David Jones.
She’s ex...
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Paddy Spruce …the art of influence and inspiration.... Paddy Spruce is a much sought-after professional speaker with an impressive track record. In 2001, he was awarded the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) from the National Speake...
Congratulations and thank you for helping to ensure our conference was a complete success.
Association of AMP Agents
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Nique Stewart …performing without limits.... For the past several years, Nique Stewart has shown people, from all walks of life, the strategies to take their lives to a higher level; mentally, financially, physically and spir...
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Jim Stynes …outstanding footballer, youth-worker and Melbourne Demons president.... The 1991 Brownlow Medal winner, Jim Stynes has been the Melbourne Football Club's Best and Fairest four times. His most extraordinary performance was to play an AFL record breakin...
Entertaining, good story teller, has a message both if interest and of substance. Very well received… he was passionate, inspirational and an appropriate dinner speaker.
Australian Friendly Societies Association
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Fiona Taylor …high performance consultant.... Fiona Taylor is a High Performance Consultant and expert in human behaviour, consciousness and transformation; Winner of Seven World Titles in Windsurfing; 1992 Barcelona Olympian;...
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Shelley Taylor-Smith …developing a Champion Mindset.... Despite being told that she had "no natural ability", was "disabled" and "nothing above average", 7-time World No.1 Women's Marathon Swimming Champion Shelley Taylor-Smith is the o...
Having overcome so many issues in life really has placed you in a good position for businesses to learn from your life’s successes. We especially appreciated how you personalized y...
Angela Wakefield, Director, Master Lifts Pty Ltd
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Meena Thuraisingham …Director and Principal, TalentInvest.... Meena Thuraisingham, Director and Principal of TalentInvest, has lived and worked in Asia, UK and Australia, and advises global companies on succession planning, leadership develop...
A treatment of the subject that is refreshing, intelligent and rich with practical insights – a book to return to from time to time when assessing where you are with your career…
ANZ Banking Group
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Peter Thurin …blackbelt in excellence.... Peter Thurin is one of Australia's most sought-after speakers and has worked both internationally and with many of Australia's leading organisations as a compelling catalyst for po...
The day was wonderful, the energy levels and feedback from all staff were fantastic.
Blackbelt in Excellence was entertaining, friendly, interesting,motivational and relevant t...
Compuware Asia-Pacific
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Mark Tonelli … teamwork makes teams work.... Skills are transferable. Olympic Gold medals and business successes do follow the same basic philosophies. Business “athletes” are better equipped and conditioned to compete in to...
The thank yous have not stopped coming. The function in Darling Harbour hosted by Mark Tonelli was a fantastic success. Mark’s professionalism, humour & vast sporting knowledge en...
AMP
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Shane Toohey successful training designer and presenter...... Shane Toohey is the designer and presenter of one of Australia’s most innovative and successful training concepts.
Shane’s programs are based on a patent pending interactive DV...
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Robert B. Tucker …driving growth through innovation.... Robert B. Tucker is president of The Innovation Resource, and an internationally recognized leader in the field of innovation. Formerly an adjunct professor at the University of Ca...
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Paul Wade …Australian soccer legend.... "Wadey" as he is known around the world had a remarkable International career including the Olympic Games, 2 world cup campaigns and one of the toughest tasks in world football to ...
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Alan Weiss …world-wide expert in executive education.... Alan Weiss is one of those rare people who can say he is a consultant, speaker and author and mean it.
His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc. has attracted clients ...
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Jodie White …international hospitality, training and retail.... Jodie White has many years experience in the hospitality, retail and training industries dealing with Asian clientele within Australia and on an international basis.
With many ...
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Graeme Wood …founder of Wotif.com.... Graeme Wood revolutionised the travel industry in Australia when he created the concept for, and cofounded, Wotif.com in 2000. From his simple and innovative idea, Graeme has grown...
Graeme was not only an enthusiastic and comical speaker, but possessed a strong business acumen and expertise of his business and technology. An engaging speaker who held the crowd...
AM Breakfast Club
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Anna Zammit ...Managing Director, Xsell.... Anna Zammit is a recognised Sales Trainer and Master Coach, with over 20 years of sales experience in direct marketing and sales, retail and corporate sales. Anna consults to loca...
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