Chris Hirst

Leadership is difficult, but not complicated. In The 5 Golden Rules Chris cuts through guff and wipes away the bullsh*t to get to the heart of modern leadership: what it is, what it isn’t and most importantly the life changing and career transforming power to get stuff done. Based on his best selling and award-winning book: No Bullsh*t Leadership.

• A simple operating model for better leadership.
• The Leadership Equation: Impact = Clarity x Action.
• A practical way to move teams from discussion into action.

Best for C-suite teams · senior leadership offsites · founders and CEOs · partner and director groups · organisations rebuilding executive standards

Drawing on nearly two decades experience as a CEO, in Revolution: Leading Change, Chris shares the principles of leading effective change programmes based on his own hard won successes (and failures) in companies around the world. In this captivating and powerful keynote Chris shares his proven programme for change – one all leaders can implement and, in our turbulent times, which has never been more relevant.

• How to pick the point of maximum effect.
• Why behaviour change beats transformation theatre.
• How leaders create momentum when certainty is impossible.

Best for Transformation leaders · newly appointed CEOs and MDs · organisations mid-merger or restructure · boards navigating turnaround · change management functions

In Superpower: What culture is and why it matters Chris shares his proven secrets to building the kind of culture leaders need – the environment a leader creates in order for their teams to out-perform. The defining experience for most people in organisations big and small is the culture, yet it is so often miss-understood, dismissed as too difficult to change or even forgotten about altogether. The ability to change, nurture and sustain a great and effective culture is a leaders superpower and in this inspiring keynote Chris shares the secrets to how all leaders can do it – time and again in organisations big and small.

• Why culture is a superpower when leaders treat it seriously.
• How culture sets, hardens, and resists lazy change programmes.
• Where to intervene when performance and behaviour drift.

Best for Executive teams in scaling businesses · HR and people leaders · post-merger integrations · organisations after rapid growth or layoffs · culture-led brand owners

Described by Campaign Magazine as one of the stars of his generation, Chris is one of the most successful agency CEOs in the UK – credited with the transformation of first Grey London (taking them to the IPA agency of the year) and then Havas Group. Ultimately as a Global CEO Chris was responsible for over 100 agencies and a $1bn P&L and this is his proven formula for agency success. Based on real-world practical reality, hard won success and painful failures this is the programme every ambition agency leader needs to hear.

• What separates good agencies from world-beating businesses.
• How to lead creative teams without drowning them in process.
• The operating principles behind agency transformation at scale.

Best for Agency founders and CEOs · network leadership groups · holding-company executives · industry associations · creative business retreats