Alex Phillips
Alex was skipper of the yacht Quadstone in the 2000 BT Global Challenge known as "The World's Toughest Yacht Race.
"Alex developed a group of amateurs into a high performing team and led them to victory against the odds through some of the hardest condition on this planet.
Overview
Alex Phillips will lead an interactive, practical and informative workshop which will show you how to get the best out of the people around you.
This fascinating day will start with Alex's inspirational story of how she led a group of amateur sailors from all walks of life to become a winning team. She will talk about motivation and focus in the most arduous of circumstances and against a rollercoaster emotional background of exhilaration and frustration.
Whether on the deck of a yacht or in the office, the techniques for getting the best out of your people are exactly the same. The honesty of Alex's delivery and huge relevance of her leadership lessons will inspire anyone who is leading a team, no matter what the environment.
Throughout the rest of the day, Alex will complement her story by exploring some leadership and motivational models and theories, and investigate how participants can put them into practice in their
business lives.
Takeaway (Benefit to Client)
As a result of this session, participants will:
Make their own connections between the lessons learned by a skipper developing and leading a high-performing team in the BT Global Challenge, and the challenges they face in their worlds.
Understand more about what motivates different people, so that they can get the best out of the people around them.
Identify their natural leadership style, and learn how to adapt it to suit different individuals and situations.
Leave with an action plan describing what they plan to differently as a result of this session, and how they are going to do it.