Blaire Palmer

  • Authority on the future of leadership and leading through change

  • One of the youngest female producers of the BBC’s flagship Today Programme

  • Spent 15 years coaching and provoking boards and senior leaders

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About

Blaire Palmer is at the forefront of new thinking about what it means to lead in the 21st century. In her keynote speeches and development sessions she busts the myths of leadership and presents a more human, more diverse, more authentic, more collaborative and less hierarchical model of the leader of the future.

With so much uncertainty, with disruptors coming up your blind side to change your industry for ever, with the demand for a more empowered and engaged workforce and with dramatic changes in the digital world and the growth of bots and AI technology, it’s time to rethink the role of leaders in our organisations and what true leadership in this context looks like.

Based on 15 years of working with Boards and senior teams as a coach and “agent provocateur”, Blaire shares her thought-provoking ideas with audiences around the world, inspiring them to step up and drive change in partnership with their people.

As one of the youngest female producers of the BBC’s flagship “Today Programme” Blaire spent a decade breaking stories and shaping the UK news agenda before her fascination with leadership and change led her to train as one of the UK’s first corporate coaches. Since then she’s become a world authority on leadership, writing 3 successful books on the subject in the process and is regularly quoted in the media.

PUBLICATIONS:
The Hyper-creative Personality: How to Focus Your Ideas and Become the Most Successful Person You Know, published in 2007 (New Holland)

The Recipe for Success: What Really Successful People Do and How You Can Do it Too, published in 2009. (A&C Black)

What's Wrong with Work: the five frustrations of work and how to fix them for good, Published in October 2010 (John Wiley & Sons)

Blaire Palmer is a regular guest on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 and has appeared on BBC Breakfast News and Working Lunch. She is a regular columnist for HR Zone and AccountingWEB where she provides thought-pieces related to the future of business and the future of leadership.

Speech Topics

Unlike many speakers on the subject, Blaire Palmer’s interest isn’t academic. She doesn’t speak as a business school professor or as a former CEO trying to generalise from one unique experience. Instead, Blaire draws on her insights as a jobbing coach who has spent a decade and a half challenging, supporting and guiding leaders as they shape their company.

Blaire Palmer’s speeches give audiences unparalleled insight in to what’s happening in the most innovative boardrooms in the UK and Europe, trends she’s spotting in her work and what actually works (and doesn’t) in real businesses.

Known for combining warmth and charm with a no nonsense, straight talking style, Blaire inspires audiences and leadership teams alike with her fresh ideas. Focusing on the need to re-think leadership for the 21st century she encourages audiences to challenge everything they thought leadership was about. Audiences love Blaire Palmer’s energy, her down to earth approach and her depth of knowledge.

Blaire Palmer speaks on:
• Change and the journey of change
• Leadership and authenticity
• Motivating yourself and others
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Trust and the search for meaning and purpose
• Breaking down hierarchy and silos
• Generation Y, Gen Z and the search for self-actualisation

Videos

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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. By the end of her talk we were all looking at leadership in a completely different light and our audience was able to apply a new perspective to their leadership roles – exactly our reason for hiring Blaire! They learned the difference in being a manager, and being a leader.

Blaire was extremely relevant and was able to clearly and simply get her message across to our international audience. A complete professional, she was keen to research our organisation and discuss in advance what it was we were looking for in her keynote speech. This paid off as Blaire delivered exactly what we wanted in Istanbul! For someone with such an impressive CV she was delightfully down-to-earth and accommodating. She is a must have for any conference! Highly recommended!

Nicole Hardaker, EAIE Conference Programme Coordinator

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.

Petar Cvetkovic, Chief Executive, DX Group

Blaire offers a wealth of experience in her field, all relevant to todays 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!

Kosta Christofi, Santander UK

Anything feels possible when Blaire is in the room.

Jane Ginnever, Head of Talent, Consumer Intelligence

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

McCormick

We were very impressed with how flexible and attentive Blaire was when it came to understanding our brief and the audience that she would be delivering to. On the day she delivered exactly the messages we were hoping and she did with enthusiasm and conviction

The Open University

Blaire Palmer was interesting, funny, informative, enthusiastic and left everyone in the audience with positive thoughts. As an after dinner speaker she spoke for just the right amount of time and had obviously done her homework because she made her speech relevant and she engaged with the audience. I would recommend Blaire as I am sure that she would “add value” to any event.

Janice Drum, Chairman of the Jersey Compliance Officers Association

Blaire Palmer was the consummate professional with some added fun and sparkle. .. The delivery was fantastic, and the content was fun, insightful and inspiring which is exactly what we were looking for!

Victoria Yates, Head of Change and Transformation, Mabey Hire

Books and DVDs

Clients often ask about purchasing books for giveaways and delegate packs. Below you’ll find a selection of products by Blaire Palmer. Click the images to view on Amazon's website. For bulk orders, please speak with your Booking Agent.

How to book Blaire Palmer for your event

To book Blaire Palmer, please submit an online enquiry to booking.agent@nmp.co.uk or contact one of our booking agents on +44 (0)20 3822 0003.

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