Conrad Humphreys is a renowned professional yachtsman, who has spent the past two decades leading teams in some of the world’s most hostile places known to humankind. As a talented yachtsman, Conrad has raced three times around the world, demonstrating his prowess in working in a team and being mentally resilient to achieve his goals. A master storyteller, Conrad is now highly sought-after to deliver a range of keynote presentations, leadership masterclasses, conferences and award evenings, sharing his impressive stories from his life as a professional yachtsman.
As a professional sailor, Conrad has journeyed around the globe on the deep blue sea. Making many firsts in his sport, Conrad is famed as the youngest entrant in the Whitbread Round The World Yacht Race (now titled the Volvo Ocean Race), the winner of the BT Global Challenge with four out of seven legs and the fifth British yachtsman to complete the Vendee Globe, a legendary single-handed non-stop race around the globe without assistance. Marking his name firmly in the history books of sailing, Conrad has also recently been seen on Channel 4’s Mutiny on the Bounty, a recreation of Captain Bligh’s Epic Story of Survival, as the professional skipper aboard Bounty’s End. Cast 35 miles adrift from Tofua, Conrad and eight other men had to navigate 4000 miles of the ocean back to safety.
Spending a lifetime following his passions, Conrad has experienced incredible things that some of us may never experience. Aside from his three major races, Conrad has also competed in The Transat with Motorola, the Extreme 40 with Motorola, the Archipelago Raid with DMS, the La Solitaire Du Figaro with DMS and the Rout Du Rhum and GC32 Tour with Catphones. Each journey has tested Conrad’s mental resilience to the maximum, having to overcome extreme adversity such as boats being dismasted and capsized. Despite adversity, Conrad has finished victorious on multiple occasions, all experiences that he now shares as a motivational speaker.
A trusted corporate speaker, Conrad is a popular choice to deliver motivational and inspirational speeches. Sharing anecdotes from his remarkable career as a yachtsman, Conrad inspires people from across the globe to follow their own goals and dreams. Celebrated for the way in which he translates his challenges as a yachtsman into a business context, Conrad expertly understands business challenges to resonate with corporate clients. Leaving audiences with a takeaway ‘tool kit’ that will enable them to win in difficult circumstances and have a strong sense of self-belief, Conrad brings his presentations to life with exciting images from his time sailing the high seas. If you are looking for an inspirational speaker who is guaranteed to reignite teams, don’t hesitate in booking Conrad Humphreys today.
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Conrad Humphrey's official speaking topics are listed below:
- Leading in Challenging and Disruptive Environments - What does it mean to be a leader during uncertain times. Why authenticity and transparency are critical to forming relationships. How can you develop a culture of trust and knowledge share.
- Building Organisational and Personal Resilience - How to encourage real fast innovation that can turn the game with the competition. How to develop a mindset that is comfortable with ambiguity but still make decisions. How to lead by values rather than rules.
- Winning Business: Balancing Risk Vs Reward - The winning zone is situated in the risk area, so trust your evaluation to grab the opportunity. Taking risks requires courage, peace has its massive rewards, but it takes brave men and women to win them. Learn how to do a strength audit to help develop winning potential.
- Authentic Leadership and Personal Development - Develop your agility as a leader and understand your preferred styles. How to nuture influence without authority and create a culture of fellowship. Build creativity into your workflow and master the 'timeout'.
"Conrad has opened our workshop, our minds and our souls allowing our challenging intellectual and emotional journey of change to take place. Thank you!" - Airbus Defence & Space
"Truly engaging, inspiring and uplifting. Conrad was able to weave Canada Life's business themes throughout and wonderfully complemented my messages on the day" - Canada Life
"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" - Euroclear Group
"Conrad Humphreys delivered a very powerful and highly relevant talk on 'leadership' to a group of Ericsson's next generation executives" - Ericsson
