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Simon Walker

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Simon is an expert in leadership, team and organisational development. He is a founding director of talentsmoothie, an organisation dedicated to understanding Generation Y and developing winning, high performance teams and leaders across all generations.

Background

Simon Walker is a powerful, dynamic and inspirational speaker and an expert in leadership and team dynamics. With great enthusiasm, he draws from his first-hand experiences in sport, adventure and business, having raced around the world twice, led expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic and led several high profile businesses.

He is also one of the UK's leading experts on Generation Y - those born since 1980 - and how to better understand and lead them, creating winning high performance teams across all generations. He is co-author of 'Generation Y: What they want from work' (Triarchy Press 2008)

He speaks at many events worldwide and recent key themes include:

• The challenges of leading Generation Y
• Team leadership
• Leading in difficult situations
• Motivating and inspiring others.

As well as a being an experienced keynote and motivational speaker, he is also an accomplished event host, workshop leader and conference facilitator.

Areas of Expertise

With a background in technology, he has held leadership positions in several SMEs and has worked with a number of leading consultancies throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. He was featured as one of 16 business leaders in Fast Company magazine's 'Who's fast in 2001'

As a highly-experienced professional yachtsman, he has raced around the world twice, the second time leading a widely-respected campaign as skipper of 'Toshiba Wave Warrior' in the BT Global Challenge 1996/7, the World's Toughest Yacht Race. He finished second overall in July 1997, the youngest skipper in the event.

He has also led and participated in sailing expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctica and draws from these many and varied experiences when working with clients.

As well as working with many blue chip organisations, Simon has also developed top flight teams in the sporting environment. This includes working with international yacht racing crews and with Sir Clive Woodward's England and British & Irish Lions Rugby Squads. He has recently worked with The English Institute of Sport and the British Paralympic Association.

Simon's recent work focuses on the challenges of leadership in an ever changing world and particularly in inspiring performance across all generations, especially the incoming 'Generation Y'.

He has delivered motivational presentations to international clients, including Microsoft, BT, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB, CSFB, Barclays, National Audit Office, Toshiba, Drivers Jonas, West Mercia Police, AWG plc and The Cabinet Office.

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