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Jim McNeill - Explorer, Keynote Speaker  

Lessons from the most extreme environments on Earth. Jim McNeill is one of the world’s most experienced and respected explorers and has clocked up over 30 years of polar travelling and expeditioning.

Jim McNeill is one of the world’s most experienced and respected explorers and has clocked up over 30 years of polar travelling and expeditioning and is founder of the hugely successful Ice Warrior Project.

In addition to leading expedition teams in wild places, Jim has held leadership roles within the environmental science sector, in the military, as a fire and rescue specialist and in a blue-chip marketing communications consultancy.

In January 2001, Jim conceived the ‘Ice Warrior’ Project with the idea of bringing the reality of global climate change to audiences around the globe. The story will continue next year, when Jim will lead his third attempt at achieving the last great ‘first’ in polar expeditioning - to be the first person to reach the Northern Pole of Inaccessibility at the very centre of the Arctic Ocean.

In his keynote talks, Jim shares with great honesty and openness what he has learnt about how to achieve optimum performance, no matter what the external conditions. Prepare yourself for stories of humorous mishaps, failures, accidents, near disasters and strange happenings.

Unique benefits of working with Jim: • Unique blend of corporate and polar expedition leadership experience • First hand witness to the effects of climate change • Thought provoking insights into how humans react to danger and pressure • Stunning polar photography and video footage

Speech Topics

Look after the ice and everything will be cool

In this keynote, Jim helps leaders to understand the reality of climate change and the role they can play in securing our planet’s future. Your audience will leave feeling humbled and with a shared desire to look after our planet. • Understand - Get up to speed on the realities of climate change and the essential science behind it • Challenge - Get the opportunity to ask questions of a first hand witness • Explore solutions - Get inspired by previous environmental success stories • Your role - How leaders can contribute towards the solution and build their brands at the same time

Building a stronger team starts with building a better you

In this keynote, Jim helps leaders to move beyond the personal agendas and petty politics that often damage personal and organisational success. He offers a vision of leadership where self-understanding and stronger teams deliver greater success. • Start with yourself - Be straight with yourself and accepting of your weaknesses • Build the team - Agree with your team what you expect of them and what they should expect of you • Protect the team - The importance of taking a moment to review and reflect - even in the midst of a crisis situation • Test the team - Know when to ask for more from your team and how to get it

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