Speaker
Nigel has a highly engaging, enthusiastic and entertaining style. He speaks all over the world on Leadership and Performance and Leadership and History.
Nigel is equally at home as a key note on conference platforms or presenting to boards and small groups. He has spoken at dinners, in schools, and in companies. His audiences have ranged from entrepreneurs, directors, sixth formers, military, bankers. MBAs, NGOs, charities, investors, and has appeared as guest speaker at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
Nigel’s leadership and performance speaking is grounded in his own experience of leading both in business and in the voluntary sector. He draws extensively on his personal experience on boards and of chairing six companies, his mentoring of hundreds of leaders, mainly CEOs and MDs, as well as his work in leadership consultancy.
Nigel also has a lifelong love of history, and in leaders of the past. He draws out modern leadership lessons from interesting and entertaining stories from history. He has published two history books about his grandfathers which he speaks about. One based in the Army in World War One and the other in the Royal Air Force in World War Two. In addition, he has been fascinated in the leadership of Admiral Nelson, after whom he named his social impact business, Nelsonspirit.
Speaking about “Norwich – The city that financial services built” at the AVIVA Marble Hall, Norwich.
Speaking examples – Leadership and Performance
Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth, CEOs conference, Canada.
Bankers and Financiers meet up, Luxembourg.
Oxford University, Impact Investing Programme, Oxford, England.
All staff in a private bank, Nairobi, Kenya.
In company for senior executives, Geneva, Switzerland.
Leadership and NEDs, Institute of Directors, London.
Brands and Business – what do young people think? Research by Nelsonspirit presented at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Nigel’s Leadership and Performance Book
“Action Stations” – 100 things you can do to deal with stress, to improve your mental health, performance and leadership.
Speaking about “Spitfire! Freedom, Warden, and other lesser known stories” at Saxon Air, Norwich Airport.
Speaking examples – Leadership and History
Leadership lessons from Nelson: Battle of the Nile, public event, Norwich Castle.
Leadership and Nelson, Trafalgar Dinner, Norwich.
Leadership and Undefeatable Spirit – Albert and the lads in the desert 1915. British Army, London.
The story of the many and the few – Leadership in the Battle of Britain. Battle of Britain Dinner, RAF Marham, Norfolk.
Nigel’s Leadership and History Books
“Undefeatable Spirit” – the incredible real story of Albert and the lads of the British Army in the Mesopotamian (Iraq) desert in World War One.
“Wardens War” – the story of Thomas and the RAF ground crew in World War Two, working mainly on Spitfires, from the Blitz, through D-day to Germany and home.
