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Blaire Palmer


Blaire Palmer, Future of Leadership expert, helps organisations drive real change and create environments where people can do their best work. As a BBC Today Programme Producer in the nineties, Blaire spent a decade shaping the UK news agenda before her interest in leadership led her to train as a corporate coach. Two decades on, she provides insights into innovative boardrooms in the UK and Europe, trends she’s spotting in her work, and what works (and doesn’t) when it comes to change and leadership in businesses.

Blaire realised early on that standard models of motivation, change, culture, and leadership often don’t work on the ground. This is particularly relevant today, when we need to recalibrate how to lead our businesses in an unfamiliar and volatile post-pandemic world. Audiences seek guidance on what successful leaders are doing in uncertain times, how to engage and motivate teams, improve retention, attract talent, and confidently lead through change.

Drawing on her experience, Blaire presents a new leadership style based on authentic human connection, trust, empowerment, and continual innovation. She offers practical tips to help audiences collaborate more enthusiastically, support their teams in solving problems, create safe spaces where people can speak up and speak out, and feel inspired and energised about the future.

Blaire is the author of three successful leadership books and is regularly quoted in the media. She writes a monthly column for the UK's leading HR publication, HR Zone, has a regular column with AccountingWEB, and hosts The Human Revolutionaries Show.


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