Sometimes the best way to sow the seed of personal and interpersonal change is to introduce it in a non-threatening medium: rather than mandating people to attend ‘compulsory’ skills training, they can be invited and encouraged to be open to new ideas and to try them out for themselves. A keynote or conference is one way of reaching a wider audience and raising their awareness.

I tend to shy away from the label ‘motivational speaker’ and instead prefer ‘speaker on motivation’ as it is motivation and change that I like to talk about. Motivation can cause us to do things that are not in our long-term interest. I tell it as it is. Motivation covers a wide range of subjects and can focus on specific issues, such as motivation and mindset, wellbeing and healthy habits, and psychological safety and leadership.