Leadership Keynotes

Are you searching for a keynote speaker who’ll give your audience more than just a ‘good time’? Someone who’ll provide real leadership strategies that your audience will actually use? Someone who will make a lasting impact on organisational performance?

There are lots of great speakers out there but if you are looking for one who balances energy and motivation with powerful content then you’ll find Paul Mitchell’s Leadership Keynote Presentations to be right on the money.

Paul is more than just an entertainer. He brings to his keynotes an extensive background in training and facilitation. He understands the tools and techniques needed for conveying information in a way that commits audiences to action!

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Paul offers the following leadership keynote presentations:

Why Should Anyone Be Led By YOU?

What it takes to be an authentic leader

When business results depend on leading others, it helps to understand what followers need. Yet too many leaders emulate celebrity CEO's or bosses they admire, trying to be people they aren’t. As a result, they often fail. If your leaders fail, your organisation will too.

Successful leaders remain true to who they are, while simultaneously modifying their behaviour to respond to the needs of their followers and the circumstances they encounter. They are able to be themselves — more — with skill.

Drawing from the research of Professors Goffee and Jones from the London Business School this compelling keynote presentation challenges audiences to consider their own authentic approach to leadership and learn the essential leadership practices required to excite their followers to exceptional performance.

Your audience will:

  • Examine authentic leadership and the challenges of leading in our current environment.
  • Explore the 4 critical needs of followers (Community, Authenticity, Significance, Excitement) and consider how effectively they are meeting these.
  • Learn essential leadership practises allowing them to be themselves – more – with skill.
  • Begin to formulate their own authentic answer to the question; Why Should Anyone Be Led By YOU?

Engage: Creating Partnership Across Boundaries.

Getting full engagement is too big a job for senior management alone. You need to get everyone, at every level of the organisation, to take responsibility for making it happen. This keynote is designed for audiences made up of representatives from all levels of your organisation – "top", "middle", "bottom" and even your customers.

It shines a light on the ‘worlds’ that exist at each level in your organisation and creates the understanding necessary for each person, regardless of title or rank, to build better relationships with everyone they work with – the key to engagement.

Your audience will learn:

  • How their position within your organisation affects their (and others) behaviour.
  • How to approach others – no matter their position – in a way that brings about partnership and engagement.
  • How to look beyond their ‘patch’ and think more strategically.
  • How they can take responsibility for building engagement.

Merging Cultures

Merging two organisations, business units or teams is a strategy that is supposed achieve synergy right? But in the midst of financial and operational targets, two (or more) groups of people – often very different to each other – find they need to work together. Integrating these groups is usually where the merger process comes unstuck.

This Leadership Keynote presentation is designed for audiences who have recently experienced or are about to go through a merger or acquisition. It demonstrates to people how their culture, with its own “rules”, generally unaware and unspoken, can influence their behaviour. The overall goal is to have your audience gain an appreciation of those with a culture different from their own and emerge a united business unit.

Your audience will learn:

  • The differences between “dominant” and “other” cultures.
  • Key strategies for understanding and building relationships with cultures different from their own.
  • How they – no matter their position – can take responsibility for the success of the merger.

The Energised Leader

Leaders are the stewards of organisational energy. They use their energy to get things done and inspire others to do the same. But how do you maintain the energy levels required to lead day after day, year after year?

This entertaining keynote demonstrates how great leaders maintain their energy. But it’s not about time management. It’s about the practices needed to build energy and capacity into your daily business (and life) practices.

Your audience will learn:

  • How to use their personal energy as distinct from their time to remain energised.
  • What daily rituals and habits you can build into your daily routine to stay on top.
  • How to set personal and professional goals that really inspire you.

What Next?

If you would like more information about Paul’s Leadership Keynotes simply:

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What Others Say

Paul presented "Why Should Anyone Be Led By You?" to 60 leaders in our business. The feedback we received indicated that not only is Paul a knowledgeable, authentic and passionate presenter, but also that his anecdotes, real-life examples and stories were very much appreciated. Personally, I found Paul to be friendly, energetic, diligent and highly professional. I won't hesitate to work with Paul again.

Ryan Tracey, Learning and Organisational Development Manager, AMP

At the end of today, I am pleased to report that there are a lot of “bowling balls” being placed on desks, lots of “Door B’s” being chosen and still plenty of buzz from the day. Your presentation has provided the “hook” to keep us on song. Thanks again.

Karen Edwards, A / General Manager Human Resources Strategy, Roads and Traffic Authority

Paul Mitchell recently spoke at a breakfast event titled “Why Should Anyone Be Led By You?". The audience was made up of 50 of our clients mainly Chief Financial Officers and Chief Executives. These events are a core part of our business in terms of our marketing and the promotion of our brand and therefore the calibre of speaker and content are critical. Paul delivered a session that was outstanding, the content was clear and strategic and delivered in a captivating and energetic way. I have known Paul for many years and his insights into leadership coupled with his enthusiasm and compassion are a winning combination.

Stephen Moir, Director, Moir Group

Paul met our high expectations and was a motivating, energising and humorous speaker...We had excellent feedback from the attendees and we are now using the “top”, “middle”, “bottom” jargon around the office.

Vanessa Beer, Director, Practice Services Enterprise Application Services, Fujitsu Australia & New Zealand

Wherever I walked today in the Human Resource Strategy area of our building, everyone was buzzing about your session. All day there has been lots of talk about “Door A”, “ponds”, “bowling balls”, “top”, “middle”, “bottom”, “stuff”.

Thank you so much. It was just the right session for this group and for the time of the day. It really engaged them, while conveying to them some very valuable lessons. As always your style is so stimulating that we just want to spend more time with you.

Elinor Crossing, Principal Advisor Leadership & Management Development, Roads & Traffic Authority

Paul’s irreverent style, unique perspective, and great sense of humour was captivating from the start and provided a fast- paced energetic whirlwind of an afternoon.

The simple, everyday, common-sense advice had the team nodding in “this just makes so much sense” kind of way, and all have been genuine in their positive feedback since.

The session was the stand out of our Conference, and other people in the business are hearing about its success.

The team have already adopted phrases into our vernacular and have energetically taken parts from the program and are putting them into practice ... great signs of how valuable they personally found it.

Andrew Clarke, Managing Director, Mars Foods Australia New Zealand

Your Keynote address to 300 of our staff included very practical examples, easy to understand concepts and, most importantly, humour. Your energy and enthusiasm never ceases to amaze me

In my view, your address left our staff motivated and engaged to make the "small tweaks" our business needs.

Michael Stibbard, Director, Deloitte Private

We recently had the pleasure of hosting a Boardroom Lunch with Paul Mitchell as Keynote speaker. The lunch was attended by 25 leading HR professionals and in line with our philosophy of providing "learning with a difference"we asked Paul to create a unique and memorable experience for this senior group.

Paul's presentation was absolutely fabulous. His use of research and theory balanced with his insights and relevant examples struck a chord with the audience. He managed to keep our attention, create real energy in the room and provide considerable take home value in what was really a tough and limited time frame.

The feedback from our guests has been overwhelmingly positive.It was certainly a great outcome for Hattonneale and helped us achieve our own goal of providing value and building trusted partnerships.

Jane Neale, Managing Director, HattonNeale

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