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“Made a genuine difference to the team – gave them the tools to understand their own blockers and how to overcome them.” – Landmark Geodata
How do you sell if you hate selling?
Creator of Mindful Selling and Agile Mindset Principles, Anis Qizilbash helps leaders and teams unlock growth in the moment with practical tools they can use right away. Her keynotes are research-backed and built for real-world challenges.
She helps leaders and teams from around the world create value for their clients, grow their businesses, and – most importantly – achieve their goals. individuals and companies alike have grown their sales, boosted performance, and gained renewed self-belief and motivation after a talk or workshop with Anis.
Through her interactive and inspiring keynotes, your team will not only discover simple strategies to break through blocks. They will be excited to implement them, too.
Her speaking topics include resilience, courage, personal leadership, confidence, reinvention, creativity, self-belief, commitment, focus, drive, determination, growth mindset, emotional intelligence, adversity, sales performance, and enchanting customer service.
With 25 years in sales, entrepreneurship, and leadership, including coaching leaders and founders in high-growth startups, plus two master’s degrees and a background in acting and comedy improv, Anis Qizilbash blends credibility, humour, and deep relatability. She has worked with clients from Fortune 500 to high-growth scale-ups to improve performance, build confidence, and strengthen culture in moments of transformation.
She speaks on topics including personal leadership and self-belief, resilience and adaptability, AI without anxiety, courage, confidence and focus, commitment and creativity, emotional intelligence and connection, growth mindset and adversity, high performance under pressure, building trust in hybrid cultures, sales energy, purpose and performance, and enchanting customer service.
Her practical, science-backed tools blend insights from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and timeless Eastern wisdom practices like mindfulness. It resonates deeply with corporate audiences who want more than inspiration; they want tools they can implement tomorrow. No Everest climbs. No Olympic medals. Just practical insights for real teams who need to lead and perform now.
Anis is the author of Mindful Selling, where she shares practical tools and mindset strategies to help sales teams perform with confidence, resilience, and authenticity, even under pressure.
Anis’ work aims to:
Enlighten: Your team will realise the blockers stopping them, and how to overcome them, helping you to develop emboldened teams, grow your business, and achieve your professional goals.
Inspire: Your team will discover simple strategies for breaking through blocks, as well as feeling excited about implementing them.
Empower: Your team will receive practical tools to help them develop self-belief, bounce back quickly from setbacks, and change their mindset to deliver consistent, predictable, and powerful results.
She is the author of Grow Your Sales, Do What You Love: Mindful Selling for Entrepreneurs and Freelancers (2015), and Mindful Selling: Seven Principles to Banish Stress and Boldly Grow Your Impact Your Way (2018). As of 2024, she was working on a new book titled Agile Mindset, looking at tools and strategies to overcome life’s greatest obstacles.
She has also featured in publications including The Guardian, Forbes, Psychology Today, Entrepreneur Magazine, and USA Today.
Below Anis Qizilbash talks about what mindfulness really is:
As part of our Top British Speakers, our director Jane Farnham chats Anis Qizilbash about her experience as a keynote sales speaker and her Mindful Sales technique
ANIS QIZILBASH – SPEAKING
As a mindset coach and mindfulness practitioner, Anis has discovered a profound understanding of the link between our mental state, and how we react to life’s occurrences. Her keynote talks embolden audiences to break through the barriers of insecurity and doubt that can hinder growth.
ANIS QIZILBASH – KEYNOTE TOPICS
Anis Qizilbash | Agile Mind, Amplified Results: Achieve Consistent Success in a Dynamic World: In today’s rapidly changing world, there are distractions everywhere. Therefore having an AGILE MINDSET is more important than ever. Without having an agile mindset, people can find it easy to get overwhelmed and anxious, which in turn makes it difficult to adapt to changes and achieve goals. Anis weaves real-life stories and anecdotes that aims to entertain and engage audiences, leaving them inspired and excited to implement her advice.
Available in a 20-minute TED-style talk, an hour packed with practical tools and principles to open/close a conference, a breakout session, or an energising interactive masterclass from 90 minutes to a half-day.
Your team will learn how to:
– Build emotional resilience and bounce back fast
– Reset mindset on demand to regain focus
– Transform pressure into performance
– Spark creativity and motivation
– Build strong, trusting connections that drive results
Ideal for: Leaders & teams facing rapid change or high-pressure targets

Anis Qizilbash | Mindful Selling: Serve Instead of Sell: A high-impact, story-driven keynote that helps sales professionals bounce back from setbacks, reset quickly, and connect with clients through presence and purpose. Anis blends 25 years of sales experience with humour and mindset science to energise even the most seasoned teams.
Available in a 90-minute to half-day interactive masterclass, a breakout session, a sales kick-off, and an opening/closing talk at a sales conference.
Your team will learn how to:
– Be present and build instant trust
– Use “The Gap” technique to reset quickly
– Reignite passion and confidence for sales
– Overcome rejection and setbacks fast
– Turn customer conversations into new opportunities
Ideal for: Sales, commercial, and service-led organisations
Anis Qizilbash | Grit & Grace: Mastering Resilience in Turbulent Times: Resilience isn’t a buzzword; it’s your competitive advantage. This keynote equips your people with the mindset to turn adversity into opportunity and stress into focus, all delivered through laughter, storytelling, and insight.
Available in a 20-minute TED-style talk, an hour packed with practical tools and principles to open/close a conference, a breakout session, or an energising interactive masterclass from 90 minutes to a half-day.
Your team will learn how to:
– Navigate change with calm confidence
– Build long-term mental endurance
– Shift from survival mode to performance mindset
– Stay focussed and motivated when things go sideways
Ideal for: Fast-scaling orgs, change management, leadership retreats
Anis Qizilbash | Mindful Service: Create Enchanting Customer Experiences: With the rise of technology, customers have become more impatient and demanding than ever before; it’s like they expert their customer service recipes to be magical unicorns able to grant any wish they desire. Customers don’t just want customer service, they want a memorable experience. Anis equips audiences with the necessary tools to manage their mindset, armed with patience, composure, and compassion.
WHO IS THIS TALK FOR?
– Companies that want to stand out and boost profits by creating magnetic connections with customers
– Luxury brands that want to deliver enchanting customer experiences that go beyond expectations
– Customer service leaders and teams that want to consistently and predictably deliver enhanced and exciting customer experiences to increase profit
– Customer service leaders and teams that want to reconnect with the joy and adventure of serving customers

ANIS QIZILBASH – PREVIOUS TALK TOPICS
– One Breath Away: Discover the Difference Between Failure and Fortune in Sales
– Build Resilience, Restore Balance
– How to Manage Your Mind’s Excessive Negative Chatter
ANIS QIZILBASH – KEY TALK TAKEAWAYS
– Learn the key to unlocking emotional resilience, increasing optimism, and confidence
– Transform their interpersonal relationships
– Feel more inspired, motivated, and excited
– Discover how to reset their mindset in a moment to swiftly recover from setbacks
– Be in the moment instead of your head, so you can build trust faster and create bigger opportunities
– Feel more motivated and cultivate greater self-belief.
– To rediscover their self-belief and create breakthrough performance
– Reset in an instant so you shake off a bad experience
– Snap into your winning mindset before you pick up the phone or walk into that meeting
– Techniques to manage mindset, remain calm, and provide compassionate service
– The one thing that boosts customer experience more than widgets and tech
– How to insert simple practices into daily customer service routines to improve overall delivery and customer experience
– How to harness your inner grit and grace to become an unstoppable force
– How to shift your focus from “getting it right” to making progress, no matter how small
– Practical strategies for managing stress and cultivating healthy habits that will help you stay focussed, energised, and resilient
– A lifeline in turbulent times, that provides perspective when you need it most
WHY BOOK ANIS QIZILBASH?
Are your teams overwhelmed by pressure, rapid change, or rising self-doubt?
Today’s world demands more than skill, it takes resilience, clarity, and confidence in the moment. Anis delivers research-backed, real-world tools to help your people:
– Master high-pressure situations
– Build lasting resilience
– Embrace change with courage
– Deliver consistent, sustainable results, no matter what’s happening
Bookers often say, “We’ve booked athletes and adventurers, great stories, but not relatable.” That’s when they call Anis. She brings the same energy and clarity, but with real-world tools teams can use immediately, no trauma confessions, no Everest climbs. Just neuroscience-backed insights delivered with humour, heart, and zero ‘trauma porn.’ She turns everyday professionals into extraordinary performers.
Previous Anis Qizilbash clients include Abbott, American Express, Axis Communications, DLL, Emarsys, Eppendorf, Henkel, HM Land Registry, Landmark Information Group, Mayor of London, Meadow Foods, Ordnance Survey, Pearson, SMMT, Soho House, and Travelport.
Refreshing. Made a genuine difference to the team – given them the tools to understand their own blockers and how to overcome them.
Landmarks Information Group
I booked Anis Qizilbash for our annual Pearson sales conference as I loved her highlights and showreel videos on her really helpful website. For the last couple of years, our keynotes, although they have been amazing, have not had specific sales experience and have also, entirely been from the same demographic as in they have all been male.
I was looking for a more diverse guest, and as I learned more about Anis’ passion for mindfulness and how this applies to a sales community, I was really excited. The preparation process, including ordering a copy of her book for every member of my team, was also seamless.
Sales Director, Pearson
I really enjoyed AGILE MINDSET Masterclass and so did the team. Anis Qizilbash is really engaging and created a lot of energy in the room with her activities. I took away some good tips on managing mindfulness and refocusing.
Team Leader, American Express
Anis Qizilbash delivered an inspiring, thought-provoking presentation, delivered in a humble and easy-to-follow style that resonated with the audience.
Regional Director, Axis Communications
We loved the passion and delivery and it was on point. Really liked how you closed the session with the key takeaways and the Helix, very clever.
Head of Marketing Europe, Eppendorf UK
The speech you gave last night at our annual sales kick-off in Iceland was inspiring! It gave me some good tips on how to look on the more positive side of things and how best to move forward. Thought it was amazing! Thank you!
Account Manager, Axis Communications
We’re implementing compliment circles and so many other amazing take aways from your session to the team.
Head of Global Strategic Marketing, DLL, USA
Your talk was enlightening and was the focus of much discussion today. To now have them talking in this way is a real step in the right direction. Thank you.
COO, Meadow Foods
On behalf of London Economic Action Partnership and the Mayor of London, we cannot thank Anis enough for joining us as a speaker at London’s Diverse Entrepreneurs at City Hall! Anis was a knockout keynote speaker. She found the perfect balance between inspiring, spurring the audience to take action and offering practical steps to get it done. She really took the time to understand our audience of diverse business owners, their challenges and the impact we wanted to make.
Anis you crafted a talk that well and truly delivered – Fabulous! We received so much incredible feedback – they said they found inspiration and received practical advice to help them break through barriers and achieve the potential. It was also great to see the buzz on social media (the mayor did some posts as well).
Event Manager, Newable
Anis Qizilbash was a keynote speaker at our London CXFO Conference. She was brilliant, engaged the audience from the first minute to the last, getting them involved and displaying a knowledge of her subject few can match. Her speech has been a highly commended in the audience receiving fantastic feedback from everyone there. As a public speaker myself I was surprised and delighted by her energy clarity and the way she commanded the attention of everyone in the room.
She certainly taught me several lessons. She is a consummate professional and I wholeheartedly recommend her both as a speaker and as an expert in applying mindfulness in practical ways that change outcomes for organisations. She has completely changed my view on the subject and if you have the chance to hear her……I am sure she will change yours.
Chairman, CXFO
A fantastic speaker – thorough, dedicated and insightful. We spoke in advance to talk through my ‘vision’ and Anis immediately came up with the ideas on what to talk about and how to deliver it. She delivered the presentation faultlessly, was extremely authentic and our audience of business owners from a variety of sectors and business size found her [and I quote] “inspiring and uplifting.
Breakthrough Business Manager, Santander UK
Anis Qizilbash is a dynamic, engaging and extremely motivating speaker and I was captivated throughout. I have already started to “punctuate” my day with mindfulness!
Artificial Intelligence Consultant