Dr Russell Thackeray - A motivational and engaging speaker

Dr Russell Thackeray is the CEO, founder and driving force behind QED Organisational Development, an innovative O&D company helping leaders and their organisations achieve improved performance and results.

Russell is a slightly different voice in a crowded market. A voice focusing on results and performance (blending statistics, neuroscience and ’soft skills') and measuring what really matters rather than what is easy. His focus is on treating people as ‘adults’ rather than as cosseted babies, seeking out and concentrating on the genuine potential of other people rather than worrying about fads and trends.

Talent issues, mental health challenges and performance gaps existed before Covid so using the same techniques and methods will simply create the same sub optimal results. Time for some fresh thinking? It may be irritating and infuriating to hear, but it can also be illuminating and inspirational!

Russell backs up words with action. In his career he has woeked as an operational leader and manager, wrestling with the same challenges you face rather than simply being a speaker or a trainer basing their words on re-hashed ideas and whatever seems trendy today. He also has an academic doctorate that shows a rigour and depth of thinking in practical leadership issues that mean sound business psychology and strategies are based on proof rather than opinion.

Experience and career

Dr Thackeray works across all levels, genders and hierarchies and can draw on a wide breadth of experience of business and life.  Initially a professional musician in London’s West End, Dr Thackeray has since been an entrepreneur, consultant, CEO, NED, Operations Manager and investor. He now uses all the insights he’s gained from his diverse experience to form strategies and skills that improve performance and deliver change.

As well as being a high profile speaker and trainer, Dr. Thackeray contributes to a wide range of journals and has featured on many podcasts. He also runs his own successful podcast Resilience Unravelled, a series of informative interviews with a wide range of guests around the subject of Personal Resilience

Areas of expertise include

• Personal and Organisational Resilience

• Performance and Change

• Burnout

• Leadership

• Accountability

• Business Psychology

• Mindset

• Managing Stress and Anxiety

• Aligning Culture

Presentations and workshops

Fast-paced, impactful and engaging, Dr Thackeray provides real world strategies and skills to improve the performance of people and organisations. By aligning culture, leadership and people, Dr Thackeray designs and embeds change that reduces personal 'drama' and increases resilience. This drives improvement and accountability in processes, relationships, finances and systems, whilst reducing organisational and individual burnout.

As a speaker, trainer and media source Dr Thackeray:

• Is highly qualified and practical

• Blends a range of solutions and approaches to suit the issue

• Is available for face-to-face or online interviews


• Has an International, UK and US speaking presence

• Works in the corporate or personal sector

Qualifications

• Doctorate from Middlesex University

• Masters Qualification from Reading University

• Certified Principal Business Psychologist

• Hon Research Fellow, University of Wales

• Accredited Coach

Memberships include

• Neuroleadership Institute

• Association of Business Psychologists

• Chartered Institute of Management

• Institute of Management Consulting

• Qualified Mediator – Regent’s College, London

• General Hypnotherapy Register.

Qualifications in stress management, resilience, NLP and a range of occupational and professional bodies including alternative therapies such as EFT and Reiki.

Clients

 Include Central and Local Government, the National Health Service, Mercedes Benz, The Guardian, Hyundai, QinetiQ, NMC and Asda.

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