Simon Smith – author of Inner Leadership - REALise Your Self-Leading Potential -  is an inspirational and thought-provoking speaker for all occasions, including conferences, courses, corporate hospitality and in-house seminars. Simon is a full member of the Professional Speakers Association and the Institute for Leadership and Management. Genius, Power and Magic Simon’s latest powerful seminar / speech is Genius, Power and Magic – Yours. What are the limits of your success, fulfilment and happiness? This seminar, using metaphors and exercises to bring you real experiences, challenges you to explore that vitally important question. Participate. Be challenged. Be moved. Use your imagination. Learn how to discover and use your Genius, Power and Magic, to transform your life and work to make them even better than now. This seminar is tailored to the context of each audience. “Revealing. Fascinating. Transformational.” Nigel Temple. Leadership seminars If you are looking for a speaker on leadership themes with a different perspective and an inspirational and engaging style, book Simon Smith now.  His approach takes leadership development onto a new curve with real leverage to bring sensational results. His experiential sessions will change the way you see yourself and give you practical help to realise your leadership potential. “Thank you on behalf of the Association for the excellent presentation you made to our members and guests. The feedback we received was very good and it is clear from the comments, it gave many of the audience food for thought.” David Spreadborough. The Association of MBAs. Simon Smith is the author of Inner Leadership – REALize Your Self-Leading Potential, published by Nicholas Brealey in 2000. "A highly accessible book with simple and powerful concepts that can be applied from the first moment.  Inner Leadership describes a powerful psychological system to release the leadership capability and potential residing within you. "I recommend Inner Leadership to anyone committed to transforming and empowering themselves and their organisation for superior results." Raj Dhingra. VP. 3Com. Buy Simon Smith's Guide to Inner Leadership    In a typical session you may: Engage in a self-awareness exercise you can immediately use in your work; Learn about your assumptions and attitudes which limit you and unconsciously influence your decisions and behaviour; Explore some of the diverse parts of yourself -  semi-autonomous beings residing within, and release their qualities; Experience the still part of yourself which observes all this and can respond, not react, to situations.    Simon Smith’s business career in venture capital and corporate finance combines with a professional psychotherapy training for a unique blend. Through this training he has found the personal power and self-motivation to create the life and work he loves. Having created Inner Leadership, he now delivers courses, consults and lectures on leadership development in both private and public sector organisations.  Simon Smith delivers seminars and lectures on a range of subjects including: ·          extraordinary leadership and management; ·          personal power and self-motivation; ·          emotional intelligence; ·          making change happen; ·          dealing with stress; ·          creative work and decisions; ·          leading high-performance teams; ·          changing corporate culture. Speaking for whom? Simon Smith’s work spans private industry, including pharma, IT, professional firms, manufacturing, banking, and the public sector, including the health service, education, transport, central and local government. His sessions suit a range of events, including conferences, courses, corporate hospitality and in-house seminars. Speaking career Simon Smith is an experienced speaker and course facilitator, delivering seminars from 45 minute lectures to 4 day courses. Recent engagements include a two-hour seminar for 40 people at AMED’s European Mentoring Conference 2000, and a series of 2-hour seminars for over 120 people on Cranfield’s MBA course in 2001 (20% were inspired enough to buy the book), a seminar for Warwick’s MBA students and a booking to headline the Emerging Leaders Programme in Australia (www.emergingleaders.com.au), with other speakers including Arie de Geus and Joe Jaworski. Inner Leadership is seen to be the core competence for leaders of the 21st Century by Emerging Leaders. The conference, scheduled for December 2001, has been postponed as a result of September 11th. Testimonials “A most inspiring session” Liz Borredon – AMED European Mentoring Conference. “Very interesting and insightful. Really relevant”. AMED EMC feedback. “Inner Leadership gave me a deep insight into my motivations, personality and leadership style.” Matt Hotson MD Legal and General Assurance Direct  “Inner Leadership has changed my life. It has helped me at work and outwith.” Cathy Macgillivray. Director of Nursing. Argyll and Clyde NHS Trust “It is a unique approach that has actually got to the core of the key issues that help in today’s leadership roles. It’s priceless.” Ann Buckingham. Principal. Dartmouth Community College. “Revealing. Fascinating. Transformational. Inner Leadership gave me a new insight into my life and work.” Nigel Temple.  “Excellent. Unique. Inspiring.” Floriana Rand. Senior Manager of Finance and Operations. Banco Populare di Milano “Kick off your straight jacket and get into your favourite clothes - the power to be me in the moment.”  Nick Marson The Parallel Mind Simon Smith’s fees A one to four hour programme is C. £2,500 plus expenses and VAT. A whole day programme is £4,000  plus expenses and VAT.