Resilience Speaker
The world is spinning faster than ever and is throwing an increasing number of challenges and obstacles our way, be they social, technological, economic, medical or personal and the key to successfully navigating these periods is mental toughness; resilience. It won’t just help you survive but it’ll prepare you to thrive in the complexity and uncertainty.
Whether we like to admit it or not, professional and personal lives often become intertwined – no matter how hard we try to prevent it. Stresses in one can soon take their toll on the other, and skills learned at home can also be brought into the workplace. For this reason, it’s of utmost importance to ensure your team has everything they need for mental resilience to allow them to shine – not just in the workplace but at home too. When we find ways to deal with the tough stuff, we can focus, with greater clarity and precision about a proactive future.
Why hire Richard Gerver as your resilience keynote speaker?
Proven. Global organisations have trusted Richard since 2007 to motivate and inspire their teams, through his down to earth, real and pragmatic approach.
Experienced. Richard has led organisations directly and indirectly through seismic shift and change. He has profoundly influenced thousands through his work as an educator, author, trainer, advisor and board member and spoken at hundreds of events throughout the world giving him key insight and knowledge to share.
Personable. Every speech is crafted with the individual business in mind, in line with your mission, vision, values and goals.
Motivational. Teams leave Richard’s keynote presentations with actionable insights on building resilience, mental toughness and how to overcome adversity. As well as being entertained and moved.
Immersive. Richard uses his original thought-provoking stories of resilience and inspiring keynotes on personal growth and mental wellbeing to uplift, educate and reignite your team
What are the outcomes for hiring Richard as a resilience speaker?
Inspire audiences to persevere in challenging times
Help people to understand their responses to uncertainty and change
Motivate teams to continue to strive for success
Provide people with the inner strength to resolve challenges
Transform the mindset and thinking ability of your people
Bounce back from disappointment and use the experience of any setbacks to succeed
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Resilience & Adaptability
We can face hardships in all stages of life – work, home, relationships and even finance – and these can all have their impact on our mental health. A motivational speaker like Richard can build your team up to be able to deal with any events and emotions.
Cross-functional collaboration
When team members from different departments work together, results can be enhanced, and productivity can soar. However, varying human behaviour and personalities can be difficult to manage and keep up with. Richard can help to bridge any gaps and build a galvanising and collaborative mindset.
Re-energising teams to tackle Big Bold Goals
Endless to-do lists and corporate targets can have a huge impact on the way we feel about work. Richard will reignite the passion within your team, highlighting how their individual strengths and values have a huge role to play in overall outcomes.
How to build teams to set and achieve Big Bold Goals
Mental resilience isn’t just about supporting your team to be able to tackle adversity. It’s also about giving them the tools and mindset needed to take control of their goals and make it happen.
Virtual leadership and team building
The virtual way of work and new leadership approaches has brought with them a number of new challenges. None more so than the well-being of our team. Richard can bring your team together through – wherever they’re based and whatever their role.
Adapting and prioritising in times of change
The business world is ever-changing and, if you want your organisation to stay afloat, you need to follow the same path. This in itself requires your team to have mental toughness, dedication and an ability to face challenges head on.
Self-leadership
To be a good leader, you need to have skills in communication, listening, and management. But how can you lead someone else if you’ve lost the way yourself? By recognising potential barriers to your own development, you’ll be on a track to personal and company-wide success.
Resilience In Different Sectors
Corporate Resilience
Richard uses his 18 years of working in a variety of corporate and high-performance settings to educate attendees on how to thrive in a constantly changing business environment.
He offers valuable insights to help businesses navigate challenges such as mergers, leadership changes, or economic downturns.
Discussing important topics such as risk management, contingency planning, and effective communication, he can guide organisations in developing resilience and staying competitive.
Resilience for Schools & Education
Richard draws on his 3 decades of working in schools, colleges and universities to share inspiring stories and practical tools to help staff and students build resilience and coping skills. His own story is also highly motivating for education settings experiencing high levels of change, uncertainty and a perception of a loss of control. He provides insight into critical functionality, emotional intelligence and mental health care.
He teaches techniques for managing stress, developing a growth mindset, and overcoming obstacles. Richard provides whole learning communities with valuable life skills for their future.
Resilience for Non-Profits
Richard has worked as a board member and chair for a range of non-profits and as a result has a deep insight into dealing with the challenges of fundraising and managing volunteers. He crucially helps with achieving their mission in a competitive and challenging landscape.
Richard offers insights into how to develop strategies to overcome setbacks, stay focused on organisational goals, and inspire their supporters.
The Booking Process
To book Richard for an event or to check his fees and availability, please contact Michael Levey at Speaking Office:
In an initial call, Richard will first seek to understand and listen to your challenges, and what’s going on for your audience. He will want to get clear on the precise outcomes you want, what current initiatives you are running and any red flags to be aware of.
Once he has understood your needs, he will suggest some options covering different talk ideas, different messaging and whether it’s a talk, half-day or full-day workshop that might best fit your needs.
Based on your feedback and initial reactions, Richard will then send through a summary of what you have discussed to make certain he has fully understood the brief.
He will suggest options and next steps.
Once you are in a position to proceed, we will arrange a further call to walk through all the details of the event and Richard will then prepare and send his materials to you in advance of the event.
Richard and his team will remain in contact before, during and after the event to make certain that we deliver at the very highest level so that you achieve your event outcomes to set your team up for success for the year ahead.