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Development for Busy Leaders

CUSTOMISED TO YOUR ORGANIZATION

With two decades of experience working with senior leaders from around the globe, I understand the challenges of modern leaders. They are busy and overloaded and want practical solutions to their challenges.

I use research, stories, data, and real-life examples to capture leader’s attention and equip them with practical tools and insights to tackle their challenges.

Specialist Areas

  • SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE: Helping leaders grow and perform while maintaining their well-being.

  • LEADER RESILIENCE: Providing strategies to thrive amidst the constant change and high workloads.

  • LEADING IN COMPLEXITY: Equipping leaders with the mindsets and skillsets to deal with increasing complexity.

  • HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKS: Helping leaders adjust their networks to fit their present and future challenges, not their past ones.

Nick's Approach

  • MAKING THE COMPLEX SIMPLE: Taking complex, important ideas and making them simple, practical and actionable,

  • DESIGNED FOR BUSY LEADERS: Delivering impactful sessions in digestible bites (60 - 90 minutes).

  • FRESH, BOLD SOLUTIONS: Opening your leaders' minds to new, innovative approaches they’ve never heard of before.

  • RESEARCH-BASED INSIGHTS: Sharing approaches that are both evidence-based and proven to work for busy and overloaded leaders

Why Nick?

  • Relatable Credibility: Trusted by top-tier executives, yet down-to-earth in his approach.

  • Decades of Life Lessons: More than 20 years shaping the paths of senior leaders worldwide.

  • Harvard-Honed Expertise: Learning the ropes at Harvard, then mastering his craft at the Center for Creative Leadership.

  • Customised to Your Context: Tailoring approaches to fit seamlessly with your company's culture and language.

Nick is a wonderful presenter, and an absolute joy to work with. His research is thought provoking and insightful, and he delivered it in an incredibly engaging manner. Nick’s research, experience and facilitation style demonstrates that he thoroughly understands the challenges modern leaders face. Nick worked with us to tailor his content and delivery to ensure it captured our leader’s attention from the start. Nick provided our leaders with practical tools and insights which they could apply immediately in their day-to-day practice. I would highly recommend Nick for anyone wanting to explore sustainable performance, resilience and leading through complexity. Nick is a highly credible keynote speaker who resonated with our MDs, his session has had overwhelmingly positive feedback.

Rachel Teasdale
Senior Vice President, Academy Design Manager EMEA, Bank of America

“Nick has been a strategic partner of ours for over 8 years. He’s an exceptional leadership/culture expert, speaker, facilitator, and strategic advisor. He’s supported our Executive conference, top talent leadership programs, and many leadership team workshops. Across each audience, from professional talent to our C-Suite, the feedback has always been exceptional. Whether it is a keynote or in-depth workshop, Nick’s has a unique ability to translate research and complex topics into practical, high-impact insights, tools, and practices that resonate strongly with many different audiences.”

Renee Straber
Chief Human Resources Officer, Masco Corporation 

“Nick is an exceptional presenter who strikes the perfect balance of expertise and approachability. The feedback from our team was overwhelmingly positive. Many commented that his strategies for building resilience were immediately actionable. I'd recommend Nick Petrie to any organization seeking an outside presenter.”

Lindsey Quick
Talent Development Manager, nCino

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