Paul Polman
Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, encourages a mindset shift in the business world towards creating value through clear values and serving all stakeholders.
A leading motivational speaker, he shares lessons from his experience with studying Lion prides in the wild.
Last Updated on 19 February 2020 by Jan-Paul Steggerda
Ian Thomas is a business graduate who’s studied lions at close quarters during 20 years as a game ranger in Africa. In his high energy and deeply motivational presentations, he uses that deep knowledge to transform teams. A dynamic and inspiring presenter, Ian believes business people can absorb and learn from the animal kingdom. Sound business sense is interlaced with humour and an ability to tell stories. The audience leave enthralled and repeat the stories to friends and colleagues resulting in immense “take home business value”.
The study of lions in the wild has involved Ian in far more than the gathering of biological data. Discussions with business men and women while viewing lions has made him aware of the social interaction, hunting techniques and defence strategies among individual lions with vastly different personalities, strengths and weaknesses. His two keynote addresses, The Power of the Pride and The Spoor of Success have been heard by delegates in thousands of companies in more than 30 countries.
The Power of the Pride is a riveting and informative account of how lions, the only cats that hunt in teams, can be compared with how businesses operate as teams.
The Spoor of Success illustrates how a daunting challenge can be a powerful motivator, with the potential to lift the performance of both the individual and the business.
His book, ‘The Power of the Pride’ is a bestseller. He is a frequent guest on radio and television talk shows and has featured in many local and international management magazines. He is also one of South Africa’s foremost wildlife photographers.
Last Updated on 19 February 2020 by Jan-Paul Steggerda
Last Updated on 19 February 2020 by Jan-Paul Steggerda
“Through your “Power of the Pride” you managed to connect, and unite, every single person in our audience of 450. One of the most difficult things to achieve is a common platform in a very diverse audience: you held them in the palm of your hand – executives, middle managers, call centre staff – every single one of them hanging of every word! It was incredible! The message of team work and collaboration hit home – and I can’t describe the change in energy and in attitude after the session.”
Last Updated on 19 February 2020 by Jan-Paul Steggerda
“It was very satisfying to me, as organiser of the workshop, to continuously hear delegates referring back to the messages presented by Ian, as well as seeing the delegates applying some of the principles discussed by Ian, during the rest of the workshop.”
Last Updated on 19 February 2020 by Jan-Paul Steggerda
“A gripping and inspirational presentation – the animal kingdom teaches us basic common-sense business principles which on application could have an awesome effect on our performance.”
Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, encourages a mindset shift in the business world towards creating value through clear values and serving all stakeholders.
Stefaan van Hooydonk consults global corporations, leadership teams, and individuals to help build stronger curiosity muscles. He helps them in baselining individual and workplace curiosity and supports them with designing and implementing intentional curiosity improvement projects and learning initiatives.
Kelly Vero is a futurist, a game developer and an architect of the metaverse. She has shipped several very successful AAA video games with mass-market appeal for adult & children’s franchises and household-name IPs. Kelly created and refined characters in the Transformers continuous universe.
Rhea Mazumdar Singhal is the founder and CEO of Ecoware, India’s first and largest sustainable packaging company. She was appointed A World Economic Forum “Young Global Leader” and has commended with The Nari Shakti Puraskar, the highest civilian honour for women in India.
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