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Blaire Palmer

Blaire Palmer is the authority on disrupting the future of leadership, and wants to provoke senior leaders to think more critically about the idea of work and leadership itself.

 

After starting her career as producer of the BBC’s Today programme, she took the leap from this safe and respected job to train as one of Europe’s first corporate coaches and start her own company. Since then, she has worked with many multinational corporations and organisations such as Mattel, Airbus, Roche Pharmaceuticals and the FA.

 

Blaire can help make sense of the perfect organisational storm of generative AI, hybrid working and the long tail of the pandemic, growing understanding of mental health, the rising cost of living and cost of supply, and global unrest.

 

For more details on how leadership and change speaker Blaire Palmer can add value to your event, contact us on 0044 (0)1753 439289

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Blaire Palmer is the authority on disrupting the future of leadership, and wants to help you lead the workplace reformation. She brings more than two decades of experience in coaching boards and senior leaders to provoke everyone to think more critically about the idea of work and leadership itself.

As an expert keynote speaker, Blaire uses her bold and provocative perspective to bust myths about what it means to lead and to educate today’s leaders on how they can truly inspire their teams to step up and take on the challenges of operating in constantly changing times.

Blaire leaves her audiences feeling stimulated by fresh ideas and empowered to rethink their approach to work. Blaire spent a decade as one of the youngest female producers in the fast-paced environment of BBC’s Today programme, over which time she became increasingly fascinated by the idea of leadership. This led her to take the leap from this safe and respected job to train as one of Europe’s first corporate coaches and start her own company to spread her refreshing ideas about leadership and how businesses need to evolve for the new century. Over the last 25 years she has worked with a wide variety of multinational corporations and organisations such as Mattel, Airbus, Roche Pharmaceuticals, GSK, the FA, Havas Lynx, DX, Travis Perkins, the BBC and Rexel.
Blaire is able to use her expertise working in such a diverse range of businesses to make sense of the way generative AI, hybrid working and the long tail of the pandemic, growing understanding of mental health, the rising cost of living and cost of supply, and global unrest have all come together to create a uniquely contemporary crisis in the workforce. More than that, she proposes uniquely contemporary solutions for businesses whose workforce is not just geographically dispersed across the world, but whose needs and wants have changed substantially in the past few years alone.
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Blaire Palmer Keynote Topics

Punks in Suits: It’s time leaders revealed more of the Punk underneath their suit. At a time when trust in major institutions is in crisis, when a disrupter is threatening to come up your blind side and change your industry forever, when your Gen Y (not to mention the incoming iGens) want work to be meaningful and purposeful, and when digital disruption, global teams and agile working are making the job ever more complex, it’s time to get back to basics.

Audiences Will Discover

  • The cultural, social, technological and political trends that are changing the context in which business operates
  • The urgent business imperative to redefine leadership in a fast-changing world
  • What the future of organisations looks like and how leadership will need to adapt
  • The big questions today’s leaders need to be asking themselves in order to change from the inside
  • And how to reveal more originality, humanity, bravery and creativity beneath the suit

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A Brilliant Gamble: Everyone knows that change is now a constant. But actually letting go of habits, beliefs, processes and attachments that no longer serve you (or your company) is another matter. Too many companies talk about change but keep a foot in both camps – carrying on what they’ve done historically while trying to innovate. Sorry folks. It’s time to place your bets. Stay in the past. Or embrace the future. And if you’re serious about change relying on outdated notions of how to bring it about is going to get you in to deep trouble.

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Audiences Will Be

  • Exposed to some of the game-changing trends due to hit business in the next 5 years
  • Challenged to re-think deeply engrained assumptions about how people and organisations change
  • Inspired to reimagine their own role during change
  • Provoked to make a choice – stick with the status quo…or leap into the unknown
  • Given practical ideas for leading in constantly changing environments
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Seeking Expansiveness: Embracing Individuality: Of course, inclusion is a huge buzzword right now. But what does it mean to your organisation? If it ends at the hiring stage, you won’t be creating thriving, loyal, motivated teams. You’ll simply be meeting a quota with no discernible benefit to your business or the clients you serve. Blaire will inspire and energise your team to think about a future of work and leadership that enables everyone – with their own strengths and needs – to thrive for you.
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Audiences Will Learn

  • How to approach diversity and inclusion as a gift to the workplace
  • How to meet people in their uniqueness
  • How to create a culture that prioritises wellness in exchange for individuals doing their best work
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Speaking Topics

Blaire Palmer, a visionary speaker, guides you through navigating disruption with adaptability and innovation for success.
  • Business & Finance
  • Conference Facilitator
  • Consumer Trends
  • Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
  • Female Speakers
  • Keynote
  • Leadership & Teamwork
  • Parenting
  • Personal Development
  • Sales & Marketing
  • Speaker
  • Virtual Speakers

Testimonials

Blaire Palmer was everything the EAIE wanted in a leadership speaker. In only 45 minutes she was able to turn everyone’s perceptions of leadership and management on its head. Blaire was extremely relevant and was able to clearly and simply get her message across to our international audience. She is a must have for any conference. Highly recommended!
Conference Programme Coordinator, EAIE

Blaire’s presentation was inspiring, relevant, fresh and fun. There was a great sense of collaboration at our top 100 leaders meeting today and that was, in no small way, down to the thought-provoking messages and enthusiasm that Blaire brought to the event. Just what we needed.
Chief Executive, DX Group

Blaire captivated our audience in presenting her experience and advice with regard to empowering McCormick’s staff to succeed and develop. She was upbeat, engaging and gave us confidence that we are on the right journey with regard to diversity in our company.
Melanie Williams, VP Human Resources EMEA, McCormick UK Ltd

Blaire offers a wealth of experience in her field, all relevant to today’s business demands, and coupled with an engaging, warm and thought-provoking delivery style, has given me and my colleagues some valuable insights and actions to take and make a positive difference!
Santander UK

A very energising, fresh, relevant, even provoking but still enthusiastic and positive presentation. A warm, shared show based on strong experience in the field. A real inspirational speaker!
Airbus

I deeply believe Blaire has a gift and it is to inspire people and make them believe they are valued and unique. Blaire transfers good and positive energy that makes you feel your worth. Blaire is magical! Thank you Blaire for everything. Please keep inspiring people and being a “business muse”!
CRG

Blaire Palmer gave insight to the core of what it takes to be a leader today. Blaire brought a sense of realism, humour and practicality to an energising session, leaving a deep impression on the audience.
Ian Gregory, Head of Learning and Development at Foreign Commonwealth Office

Blaire has done a fantastic job. Not only does she engage the crowd during the live event, she’s also really got involved in tweaking the actual event design. She really has been a joy to work with. we would not hesitate to work with her again.
Sarah Scarth, Founder Resonate EWvents

Blaire Palmer is a world authority on the changing face of leadership.

She is an author, speaker, coach, consultant and commentator on future trends in business.

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