Ron L. - Motivational Humorist, Keynote Speaker, Executive Trainer
Ron, CSP, is a motivational humorist, keynote speaker, executive trainer and an instrument of inspiration. He studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (where Judy Davis and Mel Gibson trained) and was involved in the performing arts as an actor, director and theatre critic.
Over the past 22 years he has also studied six forms of martial arts. As well as regularly lecturing at the University of New South Wales, Ron trains senior executives internationally in leadership and personal power. He uses acting, humour and deeper martial arts philosophies.
Ron has been consulted by the CEOs of some of the top 100 corporations in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Asia, Scandinavia and Europe as well as politicians and sportspeople such as marathon swimmer Susie Maroney. Ron has also had roles in eight feature films including the legendary "Zombie Brigade".
Ron speaks about:
Attitude, Business Growth, Change, Character Portrayals, Communication, Dealing with Difficult People, Empowerment, Entertainment, Health, Holistic Medicine/Mind-Body Connection, Humor, Image/Self Esteem, Inspirational, Leadership, Life Balance, Motivation, Negotiation, Peak Performance, Performance Improvement, Presentation Skills, Spirituality, Stress Success, Teambuilding, Wealth Building
His clients include:
Hewlett-Packard, Roche, Deloitte., Sprint, Citigroup, IBM, Woolworths, Pfizer, Heinz, Goodyear, 3Com, ING, Dell, Toyota, Panasonic, AT&T, GlaxoSmithKline and a multitude of other multinationals as well as small-to-medium-sized companies.
Voice Coaching, Executive Speaking - over 17 years
Trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where Mel Gibson and Cate Blanchett also studied.
Each year, for eight years, conducted a series of courses for final year undergraduates at the University of New South Wales on the subject of effective communication.
Has trained hundreds of people who had never previously spoken in public, and many have successfully represented their companies and have been promoted at an unusually rapid rate. Many of these students have performed stand-up comedy in professional venues and several have become professional speakers.
Top salesperson in a company of fifty salespeople in the mid-1970s. Was promoted to sales manager and conducted sales training for that company.
Trained the top 14 salespeople, and also 350 staff of a state sales team in Australia's biggest telco, Telstra, and assisted them in achieving 130% to 170% of their target.
Trained the state Personal Banking section of one of Australia's largest banks, the St George Bank, and in seven months, they were on track to achieve 230% to 300% of their targets across the board. The targets were 125% of the previous year's revenue.
UAE, USA, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Denmark, Finland, UK, Canada, Malaysia, Thailand
Professional Memberships
National Speakers' Association of Australia
Strengths
Ability to impart knowledge, philosophies and practical usage of them.
I am an instrument for clients to understand and apply principles immediately and effectively.
Hobbies
Martial Arts
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'We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyfull of words and do not know a thing. The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education.' - Ralph Waldo Emerson
