Artistes of the Month

Also featured: Andy Mouncey, Alex MacPhail

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Tim Campbell

Tim Campbell has come a long way since winning The Apprentice television programme. He has become a favourite with Sir Alan Sugar the shrewd boss of Amstrad PLC who knows a winner when he sees one.

The charismatic 29-year-old, who was the darling of television audiences, has gone on to set up his own company and is now sharing his experiences with business audiences who want to learn the secrets of his success and discover why Sir Alan Sugar regarded him as a "great asset".

Tim talks about:

• Risk Taking
• Coping with Change
• Building Self Confidence
• Staying Focused
• Managing Teams
• Entrepreneurial Flare
• Family Values
• Inspiration, Aspiration & Motivation
• Mentors & Mentoring
• Networking

The human resource specialist wasn't a one hit wonder when the spotlight faded. After landing a one year contract with the health and beauty division of Amstrad, he remained in employment for a further year until announcing recently that he was giving up his £100,000 a year job to start a male grooming business of his own as well as The Bright Ideas Trust, a social initiative to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs.

"…thank you so much for your contribution last week. The feedback we have had from the event has been overwhelmingly positive...You have a great way of speaking - I don't believe there would have been a single individual in that audience who wouldn't have associated with some aspect of your speech."
Ernst & Young

"Tim held the audience spellbound with his life story so far….One of the delegates described him as - Fantastic - so down to earth and one of the best speakers she has heard."
Business Link Kent CIC

"Thanks for your excellent contribution to the launch of Young London Matters yesterday. Your attendance and support was greatly appreciated by all present."
Department for Children and Learners

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Andy Mouncey

Andy Mouncey successfully completed a 300 mile solo triathlon crossing between London and Paris, consisting of:

• Running 87 miles from Marble Arch London to Dover
• Swimming the 22 miles of the English Channel
• Cycling 187 miles from Calais to the Arc D' Triomphe, Paris

Not only that, he set new record times for each of the three stages as well.

Andy was also on a mission to discover exactly how you can do Out Of Comfort Zone: How can you really prepare for it, execute it, and then repeat it all time and time again?

In his speech, Doing Big & Scary!, Andy picks his audience up and transports them bodily into the rollercoaster ride that was the Enduroman Arch To Arc Challenge there are stories, humour and interaction in abundance.

And there's much more than that.

Andy spent the two years after the Challenge continually figuring out what his experience gave him: What did he learn? What new insights did he have? And what would he have to do to really make this really compelling for his audience?

His speech is a unique example of how to make the complex appear simple. How to convert uncertainty into certainty - and then to do it all over again.

Andy runs his own Performance Coaching & Inspirational Speaking business and is an author of two books (most recently 'London To Paris The Hard Way' his account of his epic challenge) and various magazine and newspaper articles. He has produced a selection of audio CDs and a DVD documentary, and has appeared on TV and radio.

Since The Enduroman Challenge Andy has specialized in Ultra-Marathon Running and continues to race all over the world.

He is married to wife Charlotte and has a son.

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Alex MacPhail

Alex MacPhail wasn't always a success. Until his teens he had barely achieved a thing. But by the age of 18 he was thriving as a commodities broker and earning a healthy - or, he admits, "probably UN-healthy" - six-figure income. This high-pressure experience led Alex to create a direct sales organisation that grew quickly to an annual turnover of £10m+.

In seeking to bolster his troops, he became a voracious reader of American motivational books. He set out to discover what it would take to produce that little extra? What was 'the difference that makes the difference'? How could he create a strategy to optimise the motivation of his people and, in turn, boost the performance and profitability of his business?

Alex was particularly drawn to the work of two American 'gurus' - Anthony Robbins and Dr Stephen Covey ("The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People") - both huge in the States at the time but largely unknown in the UK. Alex was so convinced that British audiences would benefit from their material that he visited them in the United States and acquired exclusive licences to bring them to the UK. This resulted in Alex promoting a series of mammoth events to sell-out audiences of up to 3,000 people.

His close association with Covey and Robbins led Alex to create his own training company to make this kind of material available - and palatable - to the UK corporate marketplace. This he has achieved with dramatic success, as the company he co-founded now works with some 300 UK companies and around 40,000 delegates a year.

Alex describes his work as "Attitude and behavioural training" and he shares his unique knowledge and experience through high-energy and amusing keynote speeches, which he delivers at upwards of 100 events a year.

Alex describes his philosophy as follows: -

"The key question is this: What is the difference between the top 10% of performers in your company and the remaining 90%? The answer, I believe, has very little to do with technical skill, or core abilities, but it has a lot to with their mental attitude. My goal is to equip the 90% with the positive attitudes and empowering beliefs that distinguishes the peak performers, and the leadership skills to be able to communicate them to their teams."

Click here for Alex's online video showreel

"Alex was brilliant. I don't think there was one person there who wasn't inspired by him!"
VT Support Services - June 2007

"Please pass thanks from us all in IBM Marketing to Alex for his presentation today. It was very well received and it was delivered with all the fizz and panache that is Alex's trademark."
Vice President Marketing, IBM

"I wanted to thank you for your contribution to Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's Business Winner's Conference. The "Energiser" sessions were invaluable in raising energy and attention levels during what was a very long day. We have received some extremely positive feedback from the delegates who left the event feeling motivated and ready to face the challenges ahead".
Vice President, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

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