JIM LAWLESS

TAMING TIGERS

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Jim is one of the most inspirational and highly sought-after business speakers in Europe. He is the only authority on change and personal development to have put his life on the line to prove his theories.

In 2003, an audience member bet Jim £1 that he could not prove the power of his Ten Rules for Taming Tigers  -  by becoming a jockey and riding in his first televised race within 12 months. It was a good challenge as he was 3 stone too heavy to be a jockey and couldn’t ride a horse.

Working with the Ten Rules as his guide, he took delivery of his pound on 22 November 2004 on returning to unsaddle from the 12.00 at Southwell. On becoming a jockey Jim says “it took many years, but at last I have found a place where being short is an advantage.”

After starting life as a City lawyer, he moved in-house to become International Legal Counsel at ICL (now Fujitsu) before founding the cultural change consultancy Optimise (now Taming Tigers Group) in the late 90’s. His clients have included Apple, Legal and General, BT, AstraZeneca, Barclaycard and the NHS.

Jim advises teams and individuals in some of the UK’s leading companies, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts in 2008, writes regularly for a range of publications including Finance Week and Personnel Today and is a columnist for the Institute of Leadership and Management’s periodical “The Edge”.  Jim is MD of the Taming Tigers Group.

Jim’s entertaining and practical speeches and workshops give his audiences a new set of possibilities and responsibilities, change their ideas about what they can achieve and send them out excited about making a difference. He will inspire peak performance - at work or at home and he brings a fresh approach to personal and business communications.

He has great credibility with audiences having not only achieved his sporting goal, but also having worked at board level in business and sales and as a current advisor to many major British and international companies.

Jim is also the author of the book “Taming Tigers”, the antidote to ‘self-help’ and a highly practical approach to overcoming fear and doing things you never though you could do. It is also a searingly honest and inspiring account of his year becoming a jockey.

He speaks from a position of experience, authority and credibility.

PRESENTATION TOPICS

Inspirational/Motivational Keynote and call to action – Taming Tigers

Gaining The Mental Edge in Sales,

Building Winning Teams,

Taking the leap into leadership – Taming the Leadership Tiger,

Leading Change,

Engaging the Organisation,

Leadership Communication

TEN RULES FOR TAMING TIGERS

1. Time in Limted - Act Boldy today

2. Re-write the Rule Book - Challenge Everything

3. Head in the Direction you want to go

4. Its all in the Mind

5. Tools for Taming Tigers are all around you

6. There is no Safety in Numbers

7. Do something Scary everyday

8. Understnad and contriil you time to create change

9. Use the discipline advantage - follow riles

10. Never, never give up.

testimonials 

"I have worked with Jim on stage at three high-profile Barclaycard leaders' conferences. Not only is he engaging, challenging, inspiring and very funny but he delivers a practical, compelling model for achieving results which he has risked his life on the racecourse to prove" - Gary Hoffman, Exec Director of Barclays PLC, Chairman of Barclays UK Banking and Barclaycard

“Your Key Note presentation was spot on and linked perfectly. You managed to bring across a strong inspiring message, packaged in a story that was also a lot of fun” - Elke Anders, Lead Organiser, HP Software Universe (Closing Keynote) Nice 2005

"You did an outstanding job closing our European Sales Kickoff in Barcelona, you delivered a faultless performance, capturing our imagination with your racing analogies and using humour to engage with a pan-European audience. The '10 rules for taming tigers' resonated with our people” – Jo-Anne Miller, HR Director, Sun MicroSystems / StorageTek

"Fantastic! Jim is a totally inspirational and animated speaker. He took the audience with him on a journey of filled with energy and motivation that had me personally inspired to achieve even more. The best speaker I have seen in the last five years."Maria Deacon-Viney CIPD

"Captivating! A great way to end the conference - on an inspiring and thought provoking high note which appealed 'personally' as well as to the business." Closing Keynote address to the Deloitte International Client Conference, Paris

"This was a very important event for my department. Your challenging and inspiring presentation and professional (but hilarious) hosting made the day for us. One of the delegates went straight back and ran a "Taming Tigers" training session for his own team! No racehorses were involved, thank heavens." Ian Dyson, Finance Director, Marks and Spencer plc

"Sometimes in life you realise that you are experiencing something that will move you forward and that you will never quite be the person you were ever again. I had a life changing experience as I listened to you and watched you. Your Rules for Taming Tigers are so appropriate, I have read and listened to Stephen Covey on the "Seven Habits of Highly Successful People" many times and found him refreshing, sound and practical. However, you have inspired me in a way that Mr Covey was unable to." Senior Leader Barchester Healthcare plc