The Talent Pool Annual Conference: About the Day _{23 December 2014}

On the 16^th December the Talent Pool team were delighted to welcome Professor Steve Peters, the author of the highly acclaimed Chimp Paradox, as the Keynote Speaker at the 2014 Talent Pool Conference. Steve shared, with a delighted audience, his phenomenally successful mind management programme that has been used to help elite athletes like Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Victoria Pendleton, CBE perform at their optimum level.

Steve’s very humorous, yet deeply thought-provoking, session on “The Chimp Paradox” introduced his tried and tested revolutionary techniques that enable people to conquer their fears, operate with greater control, focus and confidence and perform better in all areas of their life.

After the event Steve contacted us to tell us how well he thought the session went:
“I really enjoyed presenting and felt especially privileged to share peoples stories and situations as I moved around the groups in the informal chat session that followed.”

In addition to Steve we are thrilled that Bob Middleton, the Managing Director of Mercedes-Benz Finance joined us to share his personal experiences of Leadership and Managing his Chimp.

Quotes from attendees

“I thoroughly enjoyed the day and it is fantastic to have some new ideas and models to think through and apply back at work. I thought the entire day was arranged extremely effectively and every session was thought-provoking and interesting. I really appreciate being invited and am super-impressed with what you delivered.”
Richard Vallis, L&D Manager, Debenhams

“It really was fabulous. You should be so proud of yourselves for the high quality event you put on. The vibe was brilliant, I think people got lots from it and I really enjoyed myself. Thank you.”
Jennie Davis, Head of Organisational Development, Ofsted

“Thank you both for the magnificent organisation of the Talent Pool Symposium. I really enjoyed it and thought it went really well. I managed to network with lots of new people in different fields of work so that was interesting. Steve Peters was fascinating.”
Alison Baud, Director of Library and Learning Services, Bath Spa University

“It was a great day, thank you so much for inviting me.”
Sarah Knaggs, People Project Manager, Asda

“Thank you for what was a really enlightening and thoroughly enjoyable day. I have been raving about it since I got back and I don’t think the impression it has made will fully hit me for a while yet.”
Alan McCoy – Service Transition Manager, The Met Office

“Thanks for a great day, I really enjoyed it and met some interesting people.”
Hilary Nithsdale, Trading Controller, Today’s Wholesale Services Ltd