Blaire Palmer

Blaire Palmer is at the forefront of new thinking about what it means to lead in the 21st century. In her keynote speeches and development sessions she busts the myths of leadership and presents a more human, more diverse, more authentic, more collaborative and less hierarchical model of the leader of the future.

With so much uncertainty, with disruptors coming up your blind side to change your industry for ever, with the demand for a more empowered and engaged workforce and with dramatic changes in the digital world and the growth of bots and AI technology, it’s time to rethink the role of leaders in our organisations and what true leadership in this context looks like.

Based on 15 years of working with Boards and senior teams as a coach and “agent provocateur”, Blaire shares her thought-provoking ideas with audiences around the world, inspiring them to step up and drive change in partnership with their people.

As one of the youngest female producers of the BBC’s flagship “Today Programme” Blaire spent a decade breaking stories and shaping the UK news agenda before her fascination with leadership and change led her to train as one of the UK’s first corporate coaches. Since then she’s become a world authority on leadership, writing 3 successful books on the subject in the process and is regularly quoted in the media.

PUBLICATIONS:
The Hyper-creative Personality: How to Focus Your Ideas and Become the Most Successful Person You Know, published in 2007 (New Holland)

The Recipe for Success: What Really Successful People Do and How You Can Do it Too, published in 2009. (A&C Black)

What's Wrong with Work: the five frustrations of work and how to fix them for good, Published in October 2010 (John Wiley & Sons)

Blaire Palmer is a regular guest on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 and has appeared on BBC Breakfast News and Working Lunch. She is a regular columnist for HR Zone and AccountingWEB where she provides thought-pieces related to the future of business and the future of leadership.

Unlike many speakers on the subject, Blaire Palmer’s interest isn’t academic. She doesn’t speak as a business school professor or as a former CEO trying to generalise from one unique experience. Instead, Blaire draws on her insights as a jobbing coach who has spent a decade and a half challenging, supporting and guiding leaders as they shape their company.

Blaire Palmer’s speeches give audiences unparalleled insight in to what’s happening in the most innovative boardrooms in the UK and Europe, trends she’s spotting in her work and what actually works (and doesn’t) in real businesses.

Known for combining warmth and charm with a no nonsense, straight talking style, Blaire inspires audiences and leadership teams alike with her fresh ideas. Focusing on the need to re-think leadership for the 21st century she encourages audiences to challenge everything they thought leadership was about. Audiences love Blaire Palmer’s energy, her down to earth approach and her depth of knowledge.

Blaire Palmer speaks on:
• Change and the journey of change
• Leadership and authenticity
• Motivating yourself and others
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Trust and the search for meaning and purpose
• Breaking down hierarchy and silos
• Generation Y, Gen Z and the search for self-actualisation

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