Richard Gerver – Writing

Highly in demand, Richard Gerver has published a number of highly successful industry books, using some of the same research used in his speeches and courses. They draw on his own experience in education and reflect on the comparisons with business.

His first book, Creating Tomorrow’s School Today (2014), looks at how a good education can help children growing up in an increasingly complex and worrying world and how we can improve education to match the current environment. He followed this up with Simple Thinking (2016), which looks into the idea that in such a busy world, we often feel confused, angry and alone. This book helps to silence the unnecessary matter and focus on achieving your full potential.

In 2019, he published Education: A Manifesto for Change. The book – which included insights from leaders including Steve Wozniak and Barack Obama – aimed to inspire anyone involved in education to look at how the education system could be changed to better suit the 21st Century. It would chart in Amazon’s ‘Education Policy’ bestsellers list. He would then go on to write Change (2020), which looks at Richard’s own experience transforming a failing school into one of the most acclaimed schools in the world in just two years. He uses this to examine why we struggle with change so much and how we can embrace it in the workplace. This would chart in Amazon’s ‘Independent & Public Schools Education’ bestsellers list.

He has also contributed to or been featured in global publications, including The Sunday Morning Herald Australia, Management Today, The Guardian, La Verdad (Spain), El Economista (Spain), and Faro de Vigo (Spain).

Richard Gerever – Keynote Speaker

Richard is now seen as one of the world’s leading thinkers on leadership transformation and has provided speeches for the likes of former US President Barack Obama and elite athletes, as well as for TED, the RSA and the BBC.

Richard Gerver Keynote Speaking Topics

Change: Richard explores why we find change so exhausting and are prone to avoid it. He instead looks at how, as a culture, we can embrace change and open up more opportunities for individuals and organisations.

Simple Thinking: Based on his books Simple Thinking, Richard looks at what strategies individuals need in order to change their mindset and increase success levels.

Purpose: In order for organisations to succeed, they need to have a sense of purpose. Richard explores how improving skills, leadership, and communication can give you a sense of purpose.

Mental Toughness: In order to succeed as individuals and organisations, Richard believes you need to have the confidence to fail and to overcome your failures, using criticism to better yourself.

Richard Gerver – Linkedin Courses

Alongside his keynote speeches, Richard provides bespoke courses for LinkedIn Learning’s online portal. Influenced by the research for his books, Richard’s courses have been used by thousands of delegates from around the world.

Smart Thinking: Overcoming Complexity: In this course, Richard provides proven tools to deal with industry complexity, how to feel more in control and how to build confidence to increase success.

Preparing to Lead: Developing Mental Toughness in Yourself: Richard brings his unique insights of elite sporting and reflects them into human leadership, focussing on resilience, confidence, mental attitude and self-efficacy.

Richard Gerver – Podcasts

He has appeared on several popular industry podcasts, including The Unstoppable Teen, Global Action Plan UK, Inspired Business, Habits of Leadership, Happiness Injection, Intersection Education, ARTCONNECTS, Art of Brilliance, and Inspiration 4 Teachers.

Richard Gerver Clients:

ACADE Spain, bett, BRC, British Council, Deloitte, EAIE, England Golf, Firefly, Gazprom, Google, Harrods, Henry Schein, Hospice UK, International Schools Association, London Business Forum, Microsoft, Ministry of Education, NSPCC, Ordnance Survey, Puig, Royal Academy of Arts, technicolor, TEDx, Telefonica, TUI, University of Derby, University of Stirling, UNOi, Vancouver School Board, Visa.

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