Focus
- 13.1: Assessments
- 13.2: Staff engagement and retention
- 13.3: Health and wellbeing
- 13.4: Nutrition
- 13.5: Stress management and prevention
- 13.6: Resilience training and assessment
- 13.14: Creating a positive work culture
Challenges
- 20.1: Performance management
- 20.2: Negativity, conflict and stress
- 20.3: Sickness absence in the workplace
- 20.4: Staff turnover
- 20.5: Workplace bullying
- 20.6: Mergers and acquisitions
- 20.7: Recruitment and retention
- 20.8: Downsizing and redundancy
Solutions
- 21.4: Expert advice
- 21.5: Cultural change management
- 21.6: Leadership and manager behaviour
- 21.7: Team building
- 21.8: Training and development
- 21.9: Coaching and mentoring
- 21.10: Assessments and surveys
- 21.11: Therapy and motivation
- 21.12: Research and analysis
- 21.13: Executives retreat
- 21.14: Conflict resolution service
- 21.15: The Stress Advisory Service
- 21.16: Code for health and wellbeing
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Fiona Thornewill
MBE, Explorer and Motivational Speaker
Motivational Speaking Fiona speaks to many organisations facing challenges with various aspects of their business. She majors in showing them how to breakdown and remove barriers, allowing their businesses to thrive.
- She overcame failure
- She overcame tragedy
- She overcame fear
- With her partner, they raised $½m sponsorship - cold calling
- She broke world records
Fiona practices what she preaches!
If you are looking for an inspirational speaker – someone that your audience relates to - look no further! Fiona comes from an unremarkable background - overcame huge challenges - broke numerous records - is living proof that we can all succeed!
Passionately, Fiona describes how a unique business-plan took her to the ends of the earth - making news headlines around the world with the picture of her and her husband renewing wedding vows at the Pole made front pages everywhere.
Travelling initially with her husband Mike, they persisted through a sea of negativity - to overcome horrendous difficulties - including frostbite, crevasses, tent-flattening storms - and a desperate sea crossing on an ice-boat. They faced their fear and did it anyway.
Later, Fiona dubbed by the press ‘The Ice Queen’, went a step further - becoming the fastest person ever to walk the 700 miles to the South Pole. This time she trekked bravely alone and without support. Fiona overcame many perils - beginning when her radio failed - to finding herself lost in a crevasse field - in bone chilling temperatures of –60C …with two stoves refusing to work any longer…
Success - Fiona's words:
- This time, there was no voice saying: "Fiona you can do more." Overhead, the sun blazed through a cobalt sky 'peppered' with flecks of silver spindrift. Behind me, a white horizon extended without boundary to a remote inlet 700 miles away. Then the tears came - like those of a child. And I saw vividly then, the faces of people I loved - and whose love - had pulled me on every step of the way. Of Bill, my friends, my family and my beloved husband - without whose belief in me - I wouldnít be there. My emotions were so rich: Relief, pride, utter contentment and a sense of achievement - fully proportional to what I'd overcome.
- I was deeply, deeply, happy - and that's how success feels!
All Fiona’s presentations are tailored to requirement with or without audio/visual e.g.
Entertainment/Education: 30-90 min
Short key note: 5-15 min
Key note business: 30-60 min - which can major in:
- TEAM SPIRIT
- WILL TO WIN
- PERSEVERENCE GOAL SETTING
- PRIORITISING TIME MANAGEMENT
- CREATIVITY
- MARKETING COLD SELLING
- CREATIVITY
- CUSTOMER SERVICE ETHICS
- ENVIRONMENT
- PLANNING FOR MORALE
References:
"I work with many speakers and have heard many presentations - yours was one of the most entertaining and thought provoking I have heard. I could have heard a pin drop - with one extremely moved audience who were quite clearly delighted by your story. Quite an achievement, and not easy for the speaker following on from you." Greater Nottingham Training & Enterprise Council
"I cannot thank you enough for the time and effort you put it to your presentation – it will leave us with a slice of your experiences for ever." J. Rothschild Assurance
"You were fantastic. There wasn't a person in the room not left totally inspired by what you said." Every Woman Solutions Limited
"Your speech made a great impression on our people. You managed to reinforce the key themes for our day by talking about your absolutely extraordinary life in an enthralling manner, mixing humour and sincerity. Your talk was inspirational and thought provoking and the relevance of your personal experiences to our business was very much appreciated by everyone at our conference. You have made us all appreciate both teamwork and our individual ability to achieve. Many thanks for a superb and professional presentation, which helped to make the event a huge success." Thomson Financial.
Fiona has also worked for Ford, St.James's Place, ABN Amro Bank, KPMG, Duke Corporate Education, IOD - Kent, Essex, Nottingham, Derby, Hertfordshire, International Women of Excellence, Cunard