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Brian's Keynotes

Benefits

Why book Brian?

Inspire

Using powerful stories and techniques, Brian delivers unforgettable takeaways that will stay with your people for years to come. Peppered with practical and powerful takeaways throughout, your audience will take inspiration from Brian that can be applied to everyday life.

Inform

By combining evidence-based research with his own lived experience, Brian will convince even the most determined doubters that change is possible for everyone. Always grounded in science, you are assured of keynote engagements that are both insightful and informative.

Ignite

Through his down-to-earth approach combined with an emotionally controlled delivery, Brian will truly energise your audience. And by giving them the fuel to ignite their own motivations, Brian’s carefully tailored keynote engagements will ensure people leave feeling like they can take on the world.

Overview

Introducing Brian’s Keynotes

KEYNOTE #1

How to Find Your True North: A Guidance System for Life

Bring your people on a robust, hands-on journey to find their true authentic selves.

Too often, we allow our feelings determine how we act instead of ensuring our actions determine how we feel. But how do we know what actions to take? In this talk, Brian will demonstrate the immense power of creating a values-based framework. And he will show how our values provide a pathway to help us define what’s important in our lives and provide the guidance to get there.

  1. seeking to enhance a sense of unity, connection, and belonging within the organisation

  2. Aiming to highlight the significance and meaning of company values and culture

  3. Dealing with major organisational change

  1. A framework that will help you to identify and develop your values

  2. Tools that will help you to recognise emotions and stressful reactions that can drag us off course

  3. A Technique to help you take actions and make decisions that align you with your true north

KEYNOTE #2

How to Pause and Create Space During Emotionally Challenging Events

Give your team the capacity to successfully control their internal response to external events.

Where do our real struggles lie? Through a combination of neuroscience, wisdom from Eastern philosophy, and his own lived experience, Brian expands on one of his core beliefs: It is not life’s everyday challenges that cause us to struggle, but how we react to them is where success unfolds – both personally and professionally.

  1. Customer-facing teams working within a fast-paced, hectic environment

  2. Executives under pressure to react to a changing working environment

  3. Leaders challenged by internal industry transformation and evolving working patterns

  1. Learn how to stay calm under pressure

  2. Harness the ability to catch emotional reactivity in full flight

  3. Develop a framework that will help you to avoid emotional burnout

KEYNOTE #3

Beyond Resilience: How to Use Adversity as Fuel for Growth

Watch your people learn how to use life’s challenges to their advantage, and ultimately use adversity as fuel for growth.

Resilience is developed over time, through lived experiences and facing the hard knocks of life head-on. In this talk, Brian explores how we need to move beyond resilience and adopt life challenges to work for us, not against us. Through his own life story of overcoming heroin addiction to completing his PhD from Trinity College, he shows why our own resilience is one of nature’s most powerful forces.

  1. Sales executives and teams that deal with rejection on a regular basis

  2. Customer service teams who deal with challenging customers and complaints on a regular basis

  3. Project teams who face unforeseen obstacles, changes, and uncertainties that can derail their plans.

  1. Science-backed tools to navigate chronic and real-time stress and anxiety.

  2. A new perspective that will help you to bounce back from setbacks using obstacles as fuel for growth.

  3. A powerful visualisation technique that will help you to rehearse for future challenges

Testimonials

What our clients say

“Working with Brian has opened me up to a completely new way of thinking. I can now attack problems from multiple angles, and no matter how complex the issue, Brian’s multidisciplinary approach always moves the needle.”

Jack Benson Sales Director at LED Group ROBUS

“Brian opens people up to a new way of thinking about taking ownership for their own performance, health, and happiness."

Bernard Byrne CEO at Davy Group

“Brian possesses a natural talent for inspiring individuals to conquer adversity and thrive, making him an invaluable asset to any audience seeking profound personal growth.”

Kathryn Whyte Chief People Officer, Enterprise Ireland

“Through his personal change journey and the story he tells, Brian sets himself apart from all other speakers. His authenticity is utterly compelling and the lessons he shares are relevant and easily applicable for work, for life, and relationships.”

Mark Doyle CMO at AIB

“Whilst sharing his incredibly personal story with our team, Brian provided powerful and practical tools to help us manage our reactions to stressful situations and personal anxieties. This is what makes us fundamentally resilient and ultimately what makes us great at building genuine connections with others.”

Emma Horsley Head of Culture at Hawksmoor

“It is no exaggeration to say that Brian’s programme has been life-changing for me. I feel happier, more compassionate, more focused, more connected, and more alive. I really couldn’t recommend the programme enough and I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t benefit from Brian’s insights and energy.”

Aoife Nally Solicitor at Hayes Solicitors

“I want to absolutely hammer home how brilliant this course was. Every aspect of it. I am gutted it is finished, and truly believe that there is not an employee here that wouldn’t benefit from the course.”

Christopher Neville Finance Analyst at NTMA

“Brian facilitates like a pro and gives great advice. Highly recommend his courses to anyone needing a bit of head space from a very busy life.”

Dr. Leanne McMenamin

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