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ABOUT KEVIN

Kevin Parr has an impressive track record of achievement as a top flight sales and marketing maverick. He specialises as a motivational facilitator/host, keynote speaker and business coach -  helping to set, build and drive team and business development strategies.

Spanning a career that includes Rolls Royce, Vickers Aerospace, Thorn EMI Electronics, Almex Control Systems, Plasmor, Furfix and Simpson Strongtie. Kevin has achieved excellence and experience in multiple disciplines from a real world and results driven business perspective.

He has front line experience in working with hugely successful entrepreneurs, corporate giants, business to business solutions, private and public sector disciplines, engineering, manufacturing and Sales & Marketing.

Kevin has worked with The Academy for Chief Executives, Best 100 companies and businesses such as Pepsico, Gerber, Genuit, Shell, Cisco, Lloyds Bank and Industry organisations such as the NMBS and the BMF.

He also has vast experience in Building brands, motivating and developing teams with career experience in selling businesses, acquisition, mergers and change management.  He was even the Chairman of a top flight professional Ice Hockey club, winning a major trophy whilst transforming the commercial performance of the organisation.

Kevin has developed in to one of the most highly regarded speakers around and has expanded this on to the international stage.

Audiences now demand more opportunities to engage and contribute at conferences. They want more interactivity and relevance from speakers. Kevin ensures this is achieved by being well-briefed and understanding the clients requirements which in turn makes a significant improvement to the delegate experience and conference outcome.

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HOST/
FACILITATOR

Kevin has developed in to one of the most highly regarded facilitators around and has expanded this on to the international stage.

Kevin has hosted and facilitated corporate events and conferences around the world both in situ and as a virtual online host.

 

He recognises how audiences now demand more opportunities to engage and contribute at events and how they want more interactivity and relevance from speakers.

 

Hiring a professional facilitator who is well-briefed and clear about meeting objectives, can make a significant improvement to the delegate experience and the meetings’ outcome.

 

Before any briefing takes place, you need to fully understand the differences between an MC/compere/host and a true facilitator.

A facilitator can fulfil the role of a compere, but a compere rarely has the skillset to be an effective Facilitator.  If you are told they can be briefed the night before when they get on-site, they are absolutely not a Facilitator!

 

Their fee must include adequate briefing time - at no extra cost.

A compere can be brought in after all scripts and presentations  have been finalised.  By contrast, it is highly recommended you book the Facilitator at the beginning of the planning and content creation stage.  An experienced Facilitator can help you transform the meeting design whilst simultaneously building trust with your senior team, develop a deep knowledge of your desired outcomes and the challenges you face, and absorb invaluable knowledge about your organisation that will help build credibility with your audience.

 

A conference Facilitator’s role is to be ‘constructive’, to help build a bridge between the on-stage contributors and the audience. They should be the conscience of the audience at all times.  Just because radio and TV interviews are invariably confrontational, that is not always appropriate for conferences. Make sure your chosen Facilitator knows and respects this, especially if they are broadcaster.  An effective conference is not designed like a radio or TV show.

 

The more ‘business’ focused your meeting is, the more important it is NOT to hire a celebrity who can sometimes distract attention away from the purpose of the meeting.

 

Allocate more time for your briefing than you think you need. Involve the most senior stakeholders in the briefing.  Be open to having an initial conversation that may appear to be going nowhere for the first 30 minutes or so. Have patience.  Discuss with your Facilitator in as much detail as possible, why you are holding the meeting ‘We always have an annual conference’ is not a good answer!

Speaker

SPEAKER

In his Keynote talks, Seminars and Workshops Kevin focuses on the need to understand your own personal motivation and how your performance depends upon how you manage that on an ongoing basis. Kevin utilises his vast experience in business to provide tangible tools and techniques for delegates to transfer into their place of work. He unlocks the door in his audiences minds to simple but highly effective changes that they can make to enable them to be the ‘Best They Can Be’.  

 

Having worked with a wide range of elite performing teams - from Olympic Gold Medalists and Elite Footballers right through to high performing businesses and entrepreneurs - Kevin believes their common denominators can be put into perspective and harnessed to create a personal and team plan for continuous improvement to get the very best out of life.

 

His talks are interactive, entertaining, full of passion, energy and fun, which will leave delegates inspired, motivated and ready to look at things with a totally new perspective.

Kevin's topics include:

Leadership and Collaboration

High Performance Teams

Choosing a Growth Mindset

Coaching a Growth Mindset

Selling for Success

Negotiating for Success

Networking for Success

High Performance Marketing & Building Your Brand

High Performance Presentation Skills

 

Coaching

'BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE'

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COACHING

'Not all heroes wear capes'

 

KEVIN'S FOCUS IS TO PROVIDE HIS CLIENTS WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENT TO HELP THEM TO ENGAGE AND IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH CLEAR ACHIEVABLE OBJECTIVES.

 

IMPORTANTLY HE HELPS THEM TO CREATE QUALITY TIME TO THINK MORE CLEARLY, PRIORITISE AND FOCUS ON WHERE THEY CAN IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND GET THE BEST RESULTS POSSIBLE.

 

When managers have better coaching skills and embrace coaching themselves then their people will continue to learn and develop, they will be more engaged and perform better.

Our focus is to provide, engaging and practical support in the area of personal coaching which will help to crystallise priorities, key goals and objectives and provide a real personal focus.

 

People on Kevin's coaching programmes will be supported to... 

Have the courage and faith in their ability to step out of their comfort zone, dare to dream and be the best that they can be.

Achieve more of their potential.

Effectively engage with a robust coaching model.

Apply a real world approach to creating clear and focused objectives which also have balance.

Challenge existing thoughts and beliefs about goals.

Receive feedback in a constructive and effective way.

Develop strategic and tactical objectives.

 

The benefits Kevin believe's in generating are...

People who better understand themselves and how they can focus on their strengths and not worry about their allowable weaknesses – We all have them.

Motivated people who can really focus on their goals.

Energised people who are more engaged, confident and passionate about what they do.

Managers and Directors who have more time to look at the bigger picture.

More effective priorities, results achieved and balanced quality of life.

People who take more responsibility for themselves and work smarter towards their short term and long term objectives.

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