Alison Edgar MBE

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“Alison delivers clear business impact, with a human touch and personable approach.”

Dr Alison Edgar MBE, is an expert in improving performance inside organisations. Throughout Alison’s years advising entrepreneurial businesses, she has analysed the important factors that make them successful. Alison takes these lessons and applies them to big companies, enhancing motivation, communication, and agility. She is known both for her practical tools that teams can implement immediately and for the ground-breaking and lasting impact she has on audiences.

Alison Edgar was one of the few women to be awarded an MBE on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2020 for her services to entrepreneurship and business. After gaining her knowledge and experience in the corporate arena for over 25 years, Alison has mentored some of the world’s leading entrepreneurs, from start-ups to multi-million-pound turnovers.

A dyslexic author of two international best-selling books, Alison Edgar has mastered the balance of how to enhance readers’ personal and professional development. Her debut book was not only a WHSmith Top Ten Business Book but named one of the top business books written by a woman in 2019 by The Independent newspaper.

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Alison Edgar Speaking Topics:

Intrapreneurship: Adopting an Agile Approach

At the heart of every successful business owner is passion. Passion for what they do, what they sell, and what they provide. Entrepreneurs maximise every second of every day, ensure no resources are wasted and see change as an opportunity to grow. How can we inspire employees to embrace this way of thinking? SMASH IT! The Art of Getting What YOU Want – In this interactive and upbeat talk, Alison inspires audiences to take control of their personal and professional goals, encouraging delegates to step out of their comfort zone to enhance wellbeing and motivation whilst building better relationships. From Castle View to View of The Castle: A story of Overcoming Adversity, Hidden Disability and Breaking the Mould – Follow Alison’s empowering yet relatable story as she breaks free from childhood adversity, poverty, and imposter syndrome to become a twice best-selling author, and one of the few females to be awarded an MBE for her services to entrepreneurship and business.

Intrapreneurship:

Wouldn’t it be great if every employee had the same passion, ambition, and drive as a business owner? An intrapreneur does. Intrapreneruship: “The act of behaving like an entrepreneur inside of a larger organisation” Intrapreneurs and Entrepreneurs share four fundamental values

Innovation
Persistence
Adaptability to change
Resilience

In this interactive and engaging talk, using the ‘What would I do if it was my?’ concept Alison delves into her years of research surrounding what makes top performers feel like they are running their own business, extracting the critical framework to enable your audience to harness an intrapreneurial mindset which will inspire continuous improvement and adaptability. This talk is perfect for you if:

You have a team of employees or leaders who would benefit from a boost in morale
You are looking for a way to inspire innovative and outside-of-the-box thinking within your team
You are looking for actionable takeaways that your team can implement straight away to improve work/life balance, well-being, communication, and motivation

Dr Alison Edgar – Key Talk Takeaways:

Why mindsets change over time and how they can maintain an agile approach every day to improve resilience and work/life balance
The four behaviour types to build effective relationships with customers and colleagues will enhance communication and reduce friction
The importance of their role and the impact they have in the broader organisation to boost morale and enhance motivation

SMASH IT! The Art of Getting What YOU Want:

Working towards your goals can often feel overwhelming and like you’re never going to achieve them, so what’s even the point anyway? The truth is, the reason we feel like that is that when we are setting personal and professional goals, we are missing the fundamental elements to success. Chances are, we haven’t analysed why we want what we want and what percentage of effort and resilience is required to achieve it.

Research shows that a lack of goals inside of an organisation can increase churn, reduce motivation, and ultimately have a significant impact on mental health and well-being in the workplace. In this interactive and upbeat talk, Alison Edgar MBE inspires audiences to take control of their personal and professional goals, encouraging delegates to step out of their comfort zone to enhance well-being and motivation. This talk is perfect for you if:

You are looking to enhance team motivation and morale by teaching effective personal and professional goal setting
You are looking for a solution to help your team overcome workplace hurdles and build resilience
Communication and effective collaboration throughout the workforce could be improved

Dr Alison Edgar Key Takeaways:

How to set effective personal and professional goals and actually achieve them
How self-awareness and influence can build brilliant teams.
How the thoughts, feelings and actions of an employee can impact the wider organisation.

From Castle View to View of The Castle: A story of Overcoming Adversity, Hidden Disability and Breaking the Mould:

Follow Alison Edgar’s empowering yet relatable story as she breaks free from childhood adversity, poverty, and imposter syndrome to become a twice best-selling author, and one of the few females to be awarded an MBE for her services to entrepreneurship and business. Leaving the corporate world and starting her own business at age 46, Alison Edgar tells the story of the important lessons she has learned throughout her life, showing that it’s never too late to achieve your goals, and no barrier should hold you back from achieving them. From fighting imposter syndrome to nearly losing her life during childbirth, Alison connects with audience members like no other speaker, empowering delegates to understand that no matter where they came from, anything is possible with the power of resilience. This talk is perfect for you if:

You are looking for somebody to inspire and motivate your team
You may have heard from Olympians or explorers in the past, but are now looking for somebody whom your audience can directly relate to
Your team may suffer from imposter syndrome or a lack of confidence in achieving their personal and professional goals
You want to boost resilience among your team

Dr Alison Edgar Key Takeaways:

How to overcome imposter syndrome to achieve your goals
Understanding that every day is a school day and how to remain resilient in the face of adversity
How to fight the shackles of negative past experiences to take control and mould your own future

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Your presence as a keynote speaker brought depth, insight, and inspiration to the day. You brought your unique voice and perspective to our theme of belonging, and in doing so, helped spark meaningful reflection and conversation that continued well beyond your time on stage.
Our aim was to create a space where people could connect more deeply – to themselves, to each other, and to a shared purpose. Your messages played a central role in achieving that. You challenged, encouraged, and uplifted the audience in ways that only authentic, thoughtful storytelling and experience-sharing can.

We have received overwhelmingly positive feedback about the conference, and your session has been consistently highlighted as a stand-out moment. Thank you for the time, energy, and generosity you brought to the day. Your contribution helped make the Thrive Leadership Conference not just an event, but a powerful experience of learning, connection, and, most importantly, belonging.
It was a privilege to welcome you.

Prof Mel Pickup – Chief Executive

“Alison Edgar recently spoke at our Travel Store Manager conference where she was a huge success. Alison was so engaging and inspirational in her approach on stage, immediately capturing the attention of her audience. I know that our managers went away with lots of things to think about and a few new tools that they can use as a leader within our business. We would be thrilled to work with Alison again and have no doubt in recommending her to anyone looking for a wonderful speaker & host!”

Shaun, WHSmith

“Alison Edgar is knowledgeable, practical and very entrepreneurial, so when we had an event where MetLife needed a speaker I didn’t think twice to recommend her. I knew she would deliver the best virtual, yet interactive session for our 500 women salesforce. Overall Alison is a pleasure to interact, work and learn from and I look forward to working with her again soon”

Rupi, Metlife

“She completely understood our goals and brief and had perfectly aligned content to share with the team. On the day itself she brought the energy we needed, it was interactive, thought-provoking and the content she covered around colour profiles and big balls appeared in most of the feedback forms we got from attendees on the day. A pleasure from start to finish.”

Kerry, GN Hearing

“Alison Edgar talks about her Big Balls and boy does she have them! We hired Alison for our Keynote slot at our event and would absolutely recommend her. She delivered her presentation with personalised touches and a kick-ass attitude that not only got the attendees in our room buzzing but also inspired the digital attendees. Communication with Alison and her team before the event was quick and efficient and it was a pleasure to work with Alison and her team. Thank you Alison & Co!”

Moet Hennessy

“Alison was extremely professional, friendly and engaging- I would highly recommend her.”

Porsche

“Alison Edgar was one of our keynote speakers and was absolutely wonderful. Alison spent time getting to know me and our requirements and spent the full day with us – which we always appreciate. Her talk was entertaining, and informative and is already have a lasting impact on the staff who attended.”

Bournemouth University

“Inspirational / Relevant / Practical/Fun/Authentic” – these are all words that I have had fed back to me from the recent Women in Business event that was hosted at SJP by Alison. I would not hesitate to recommend Alison for anyone looking to host Alison as a Keynote Speaker. Thank you very much Alison, the ladies thought you were Amazing!”

St James Place

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Alison Edgar MBE

For more details on how entrepreneurial sales speaker Dr Alison Edgar MBE can add value to your event, contact us on 0044 (0)1753 439289