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adapt change and thrive

Conrad is a professional sailor who knows how important it is to adjust your sails. He's spent over two decades leading teams through some of the most challenging conditions on the planet and believes the teams that adapt to change, thrive.

 Sailor – Speaker – Storyteller – Leader – Adventurer -

 Sailor – Speaker – Storyteller – Leader – Adventurer -

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Inspiring Change Through Adventure

Conrad Humphreys brings a unique perspective to the speaking circuit, blending his extraordinary leadership experiences with practical business insights. His talks are designed to motivate, challenge, and inspire audiences to navigate their own journeys of personal and professional growth.

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Keynotes

Set sail with conrad's signature keynoteS & workshops

Elevate your next event with Conrad’s battle-tested presentations. Each keynote is crafted to ignite passion, foster resilience, and chart a course for success in your organisation. Book now and bring Conrad’s ocean-to-boardroom wisdom directly to your team.

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As a leader what you do when your team are cast adrift in the middle of the South Pacific

What's included:
  • Establishing a sense of present - How is moral right now?
  • Creating a sense of excitement - Is everyone onboard?
  • Creating a sense of belonging - What are our shared values?
  • Creating a sense of performance - How can we optimise our environment?
  • Creating a sense of purpose - Can you give meaning to your journey?
  • Creating a sense of future - Where do you want to be?

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This is Conrad's benchmark keynote, developed during his team's emphatic win of the BT Global Challenge.

What's included:
  • Values and Culture - The building blocks of a high performance team
  • Management v Leadership - How to be an Inspirational Leader
  • Lifelong Learning - Why Leaders need to become better coaches
  • A Sense of Belonging - How to build trust and gain commitment
  • Winning - What made the difference
Testimonials

What they say

Our senior team remained attentive, competitive, energised and above all took some profound learning back to Motorola. You made a real difference!

Steve Mostyn
EMEA Manager, Motorola Office of Leadership

Conrad’s presentation was inspiring! His approach to leadership sets an example we should all aspire to. A highly motivated individual, Conrad’s passion and enthusiasm are infectious.

Leanne Middleton
Chief Operating Office, Euroclear

Conrad provided the Pfizer team with an inspirational presentation which had the whole audience on the edge of their chairs. An incredible achievement delivered in a moving and emotional way.

Jane Spree
HR Director, Pfizer

Conrad delivered a wonderful insight into the world of high performance and teams from his experiences both as solo sailor and skipper. He has undoubtedly spent time reflecting on and distilling these ideas and he presented them in a deeply engaging way. For all his achievements he expresses a humility that is an example and only serves to strengthen his message.

Dr Alistair Hellewell
Founder, Philosophical Breakfast Club

Fantastic session, pitched perfectly to our audience – the briefing session beforehand was also very useful and meant we all had plenty to “take away” to apply in our work place

Tracy Wilson
Head of Marketing and Communications, Smile Together CIC

The story told by Conrad was very exciting and the presentation was highly inspiring. It gave us stimulation for further thoughts, encouragement, advice and was at the same time most interesting and entertaining and fascinating. The feedback from the participants was very, very positive.

Peter Maute
Director of Marketing & Communications, Eurofighter

Very interesting and engaging session, with a real modern and historical story to underpin key points on leadership which apply to different degrees in all walks of life.

Alison Campbell
Deputy Director, GCU

Conrad Humphreys delivered a powerful and highly relevant talk on ‘leadership’ to our group of Ericsson’s Next Generation Executives

Stephen Newman
Programme Director for Executive Development, Ericsson

Inspirational, challenging, professional - Conrad asks questions of us all and takes those less fortunate to better places whilst engaging with those who are fortunate enough to help

Lord Digby Jones
House of Lords

The reference to Shared Leadership & Empowerment, ‘rings a lot of bells’ in the way we operated at Signs Express. Great performance...

Chris Reilly
Director, Signs Express

Thank you Conrad ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Amrei Wiederin
Head of Culture and Evolution, Airbus Defence and Space

Conrad was truly inspiring and left each and every participant mesmerised, both through his stories and style. We would recommend him for any motivational event.

Paul Sewell OBE
Managing Director, Sewell Group

As always your stories bring colour and real-world experiences to the party. Loved it - thank you for opening our eyes to some new angles on a really interesting subject.

Dr John Siddorn
Chief Executive Officer, National Oceanography Centre

Thank you Conrad. Truly inspirational and interesting to link back into business leadership - exactly why the Armed Forces invest in Adventure Training for our people.

Lt. Col Alex Hutton
Ministry of Defence, DES

This is leadership in the real world, and how to be leaderful engaging and influencing others. An inspirational presentation. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tracey Wray
Director HR and Communications, University of Sheffield

Conrad’s talk was a great insight into team work and leadership which was hugely helpful and applicable to the work place.

Pamela Milne
Director of HR and Organisational Development, University of Dundee

Truly engaging, inspiring and uplifting. Conrad was able to weave Canada Life’s business themes throughout and wonderfully complemented our messages on the day

Ian McMullan
Managing Director, Canada Life Insurance

Conrad is a highly intelligent, thoughtful and engaging speaker. He has a great breadth of leadership experience on land and water, and has a good grasp of how this relates to the latest research evidence on leadership. He is incredibly approachable and a pleasure to work with.

Will Harvey
Co-Director of the Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter

An entirely interactive presentation with excellent illustrations of leadership and followship.

Robert Mccallum
Head of HR, SRUC

As a business leader it is rare to hear about an experience which offers not only a wealth of learning and insight but manages to reach each listener in a uniquely personal way. Conrad is a joy and inspiration to listen to. It was a privilege to hear him speak.

Hanif Lalani
CEO, BT Northern Ireland

A belated thank you, your presentation was perfectly pitched and I don’t think I spoke to a single person who failed to be inspired by your exploits and learning. I will be passing on your details to my colleagues who would find the experience equally valuable.

Andrew Smith
AstraZeneca Senior Director - Global Operations

Conrad did an excellent job coordinating the key messages/topics for his audience with his own personal experiences. The feedback from the team has been fantastic.

Dean Poillucci
Senior Vice President, Skanska

Conrad has opened our workshop, our minds and our souls allowing our challenging intellectual and emotional journey of change to take place. Thank you!

Massimo Cavalcanti
Head of Commercial, Airbus
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