Terry Williams

Terry is an expert, author & speaker on engaging people, change and resilience, and getting better at getting better. He's been a trainer and facilitator for over 25 years, and also a columnist in 'Employment Today' magazine. His books, including 'The Brain-Based Boss', take psychological research and makes it interesting and useful for people wanting to engage the people they work with or influence. He's also a comedian, performing in several New Zealand International Comedy Festivals.

Fifteen years as a professional speaker, twenty-five years as a corporate trainer and a working lifetime as a manager and salesman of products, services and ideas gave Terry a lot of experience and success in positively influencing the lives of others. His book 'THE GUIDE: How to kiss, get a job & other stuff you need to know' was acclaimed in 2008 as a platform for people to reach the young people in their lives that they wanted to influence for the better. With that book still flying off the shelves, Terry has authored influential content about influencing in his books 'The Brain-Based Boss', 'Live Work Love', 'Getting Better Buy-In' & '2 Dangerous Things A Year'.

As a point of difference, Terry has a combination of a leadership training background, coupled with a sideline as a professional stand-up comedian. Those two elements create content that is practical and relevant delivered in a way that is provocative and memorable. They also often convince event bookers to utilise him as both a keynote speaker AND an MC.

There is a real concern amongst leaders that their people are unfit for change, stuck or settling for average. Picture your people leaving your event energized, having actively participated in discovering in themselves new skills & confidence they can apply straight away. How can we connect with people's own internal motivations and help them use their own inner passions to drive towards productivity, success and happiness? And hopefully have a few laughs along the way... Laughing and learning. Unforgettable, entertaining, fun, interactive and full of takeaway 'How to's.'

Terry does not engage in pointless motivational rah-rah. It's entertaining, interesting and a set of practical & purposeful tools to take away and put into practice. He's a trainer originally by trade and his comedy is a means to an end.

"Terry has recently facilitated/MC'd a day long conference of 100 leadership staff for me. The day was extremely successful due in large part to the way Terry carried out his role. He brought a unique blend of energy, humour, and focus utilising his skills as a public speaker and as a practicing comedian, and also his ability to think on his feet. This combination kept our team energised and engaged through the day and he capped it off with an excellent motivational talk that caused us all to reflect, in between the bouts of laughter. I can thoroughly recommend Terry for any event of this kind". Murray Bain, CEO TSB Bank

"Terry Williams is amazing, I have completed numerous personal training courses in NZ and AUS and I can say hand on heart that Terry is the most interesting and knowledgeable instructor I have had the pleasure of learning from. I would recommend his services to any of my professional colleagues." - Brad Almond, Kia Motors

"Terry is a delight. His energy and enthusiasm is contagious and his presentation hit the perfect note for our conference. He had the audience in the palm of his hand whilst sharing some great insights and nuggets of truth for everyone to take away. I would absolutely recommend Terry as a Key Note speaker "Great feedback from delegates regarding your presentation, rating 4.8 for facilitation out of a maximum of 5.0 (which I might add I've never seen delegates rate up to!)" - Susan Doughty & Diane Robinson, RemNet

Various verbatim optional comments from attendees of St John conference:

• Once Terry gave his speech, the whole conference changed for me. Very positive, very inspirational, actionable and engaging. Great choice of a key note speaker!
• Excellent
• Loved it and will apply it to my work in St John and my day job.
• Excellent presentation which sparked ideas about change / change processes.
• Great session
• W.O.W fuel for the future
• Recognise need to be more out there!
• Work with our youth they are our future.
• I'm going to take this up and do x 2 dangerous things this year.
• Entertainment
• Let's do dangerous things!
• Trying tackling something new.
• A real personal challenge - very good.
• Very inspiring & relevant