Richard Gerver
Richard Gerver on The Power of Purpose
Richard Gerver
Keynote Speaker
World-Renowned Expert on Change, Resilience, Leadership, and Learning
The world needs to learn profound lessons from Covid; how we develop more proactive cultures, professionally and personally, how we build resilience, the ability to self-lead, to control change and to ensure a sense of proactive rather than reactive action. Richard Gerver has been at the forefront of this thinking for nearly twenty years. His expertise and lived experiences have never been more resonant.
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Richard, author of the number one bestsellers, Change: Learn to Love It, Learn to Lead It, and Simple Thinking: How to Remove the Complexity from Work & Life, offers a groundbreaking look into how the world is dealing with the challenge of unleashing human potential and embracing and leading change in the most uncertain of times. Gerver, a former globally renowned and life changing school principal, has taken innovation by storm. Over the last two decades he has transitioned his global reputation for leadership in education (He has been celebrated as one of the top 30 Education Gurus in the world) and is now regarded as one of the most original and authentic thinkers around human leadership and organizational transformation in the world. He has been named UK Business Speaker of the Year three times.
His time now sees him work with organizations at the forefront of global innovation and excellence including Microsoft, Deloitte, Google, TUI and Morgan Stanley, Visa, Puig, Telefonica and Technicolor. He has also worked with some of the world’s most iconic retail organizations including Harrods in London. His unique experience and insight into realizing human potential also finds him working in elite sport; with Olympic and Paralympic coaches, EPL Soccer coaches, England Golf and professional cricket teams. He has served as a Board member on everything from billion-dollar businesses to start ups, not for profits and Universities.
He has worked with an extraordinary range of people including former US President Barack Obama, The Dalai Lama, Prince Charles and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
He has two of the most popular LinkedIn Learning courses in the world, covering overcoming complexity and mental toughness.
Gerver’s unique insight into our development from infants to adults helps us to understand the nature of our personal and professional responses to risk, change, creativity and development. His ability to connect experiences across many often, seemingly different environments, helps people to expand their thinking and their own perception of their potential.
With his trademark humor and insight, Gerver shares his experience on cultural and organizational transformation, human development, and management with groups around the world. Thanks to his own story and his authentic first-hand experiences, Gerver has been described as one of the most inspirational leaders of his generation, he however, argues that his work is focused on three words; Communication, Empowerment and Impact.
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Richard Gerver’s Speech Topics
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Purpose
What do people and organizations that have enjoyed sustained success have in common? A sense of purpose. In this session, Richard explores how communication, skills development, leadership, and empowerment must be developed and nurtured to encourage a genuine sense of purpose.
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Simple Thinking
In Simple Thinking, Richard brings his pragmatic, insightful, and people-centric approach to success; what it is and how we can achieve it. He offers the strategies, and tools, individuals need to succeed both individually and as part of an organization. Based on the research in his book, Simple Thinking, Richard will share with participants the mindsets, behaviors, and attributes needed to aim higher and achieve more.
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Mental Toughness
Using his unique insights into human development, Richard has translated his work and experience from schools to high-performing corporate environments where the ability to risk, learn and develop are vital. Richard argues that it is often the most naturally gifted individuals who struggle with resilience and that having the confidence to fail and overcome adversity is critical if we are to get the best out of ourselves and our people.
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Change
Why does change feel so exhausting and why do we resist it? How can we nurture and develop an organizational culture which embraces change and encourages collaboration? In this session, Richard examines the challenges associated with change and how risk aversion can stifle individuals and organizations.
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