Nick Davies
Barrister & Founder of "The Really Great Training Company"
About Nick
Nick started off his career in sales, but at the age of 23 decided he would like to become a Barrister, however he didn't have a degree so studied Law in the evenings over 6 years whilst working full time and is now a qualified LLB (Hons), Barrister.Some years ago Nick was asked to do some training by legal clients so wrote and delivered some courses. Shortly afterwards Nick left the recruitment business and began training full-time, establishing the 'The Really Great Training Company' in January 2008.
Over the years he has accumulated a wealth of experience, training and teaching lawyers, accountants, and civil servants, from the exceptionally junior to the incredibly senior, all over the UK, how to sell, persuade, close, speak, negotiate, network and develop business and has loved every minute of it. As well as training he also performs stand-up, delivers after-dinner speeches and hosts award ceremonies.
Sample Topics
Selling & Developing Business;
Networking;
Becoming Self-Employed;
Presenting/public speaking;
Influence, persuasion and negotiation
Testimonials
"We all preach the mantra to those around us that "its not what you say but how you say it" and you have truly nailed the precious skill of holding the attention and engaging the audience.""I have had the pleasure of sharing a stage and working with Nick a couple of times and on each occasion he was both very clever and very funny." - Alastair Campbell (Author & former Press Secretary to Tony Blair )
"We work with a lot of speakers who often just deliver their standard stuff, even after having being briefed. Nick took the time to listen to our requirements and did some research around our company before delivering his session." Specsavers
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Nick began his first business when he was 19, and discovered he was good at selling but wanted a dependable income and became a sales rep. At 23 he decided to become a barrister but didn't have a degree (in anything) so he studied law in the evenings for six years, whilst working full time at Russell & Bromley in Manchester where he sold shoes to, amongst others, Vera Duckworth and David Beckham. He was called to the bar in 1999 and ended up working for Hammond Suddards in Manchester working on contentious health, safety and environment work but left after just seven months.He then moved to Edinburgh and started a recruitment business with his sister and was the director responsible for the legal sector for six years. They also established the Scottish Legal Awards. Some years ago he was asked to do some training by legal clients so wrote and delivered some courses. Shortly afterwards he left the recruitment business and began training full-time, establishing the 'The Really Great Training Company' in January 2008.
Over the years he has accumulated a wealth of experience, training and teaching lawyers, accountants, and civil servants, from the exceptionally junior to the incredibly senior, all over the UK, how to sell, persuade, close, speak, negotiate, network and develop business and have loved every minute of it. This has included one-to-one coaching, small group training, right through to delivering seminars to entire employment, real-estate and corporate teams, of between 12 to 120 individuals. He has extensive experience of delivering training to lawyers from across the globe, in networking, business development and presentation skills as well as negotiation and influence and persuasion. He has been asked to talk to groups ranging in size from 6 to 65, where none had English as their native language. Although the majority of this work has taken place in London, he has also delivered training and spoken at conferences in: Monaco, Dublin, Brussels, Leuven, Malaga and Riga. As well as training he also performs stand-up, delivers after-dinner speeches and hosts award ceremonies. Over the past few years he has worked with and shared stages with a buffet of reasonably well-known people; including: The Rt. Hon. Michael Portillo, Sir Digby Jones, Jenny Bond, Kate Adie, Roger Black MBE, Max Clifford, Alan Hansen and Alastair Campbell.