PROFILE
An Intelligence officer turned entrepreneur with a passion for strategic innovation, communication and social impact.
Tim is a former Intelligence Officer and graduate of Sandhurst. His work as a Covert Human Intelligence Officer saw him recruit, run and build relationships with foreign agents worldwide. Often creating influence and effecting the outcome of extremely sensitive and dangerous situations.
Tim’s experience and understanding of creating influence, building resilience and leadership forms the basis of the work he carries out with clients and audiences worldwide.
He explores why leaders and teams are so often misguided by prioritising perception over reality. Too often processes override outcomes and decisions are left to one or two individuals. A fear of failure, and its repercussions means people avoid being associated with those decisions instead of being a part of them. Truly high performance teams need to be inspired to succeed rather than afraid to fail.
Combining the inspirational with the practical, Tim explores the common mistakes and important lessons in creating influence and resilience within teams and clients. It starts with Intelligence not information!
Tim founded, and is a director of Sandstone Communications, an international leadership and trauma training consultancy. He is Chief Executive Officer of the Sandstone Foundation delivering resilience workshops to schools and young people.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Enabling Resilience
Resilience has become a selfish subject with people focussing on themselves. The real key to effective performance is to enable resilience in the team around you. Being resilient on your own isn’t always helpful. The real role of an intelligence officer is to empower those around them and build resilience in their team with one eye firmly on achieving the mission.
Tim explores and teaches the secrets of how to build resilience, along with the tricks that enable individuals to keep going when all seems lost.
Influence and Persuasion
You are about to meet a dangerous stranger, you need to win their trust and influence their behaviour. Get it right, you dictate the outcome of the meeting and obtain the critical intelligence you need. Get it wrong and…
Tim exposes the techniques used to build rapport, reassurance and trust and how these skills can be translated into a corporate environment to create a workplace in which business is won and teams perform at their best.
Leadership: Why should I follow?
Are you in a legitimate position of power? Are you an expert in your field? If so, are you aware of the blind spots you are creating? It is exceedingly unlikely that your team will question you, no matter how much you tell them your door is always open! There is no such thing as a motivated team but you can have a team of motivated people. Understanding where you base of power comes from and which leadership style to adopt when can transform your teams outcomes.