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Keynote SpeakerMartine Cannon

Organisation Development Consultant, Executive Coach

For over two decades, FTSE 500 CEO’s and the global elite in business have consulted Martine Cannon when faced with seemingly impossible leadership challenges. They call her the CEO whisperer. In today’s fast paced, high-stakes world of work, Martine’s insights are crucial for organisations invested in creating high-performance environments that... Read More

Biography

For over two decades, FTSE 500 CEO’s and the global elite in business have consulted Martine Cannon when faced with seemingly impossible leadership challenges. They call her the CEO whisperer.

In today’s fast paced, high-stakes world of work, Martine’s insights are crucial for organisations invested in creating high-performance environments that inspire, engage and bring people together in meaningful and powerful ways.

Martine Cannon unpacks for audiences the secrets elite C-Suite leaders actually struggle with, the nature of why they struggle and how to get to the real source of what will take them beyond possible. Her insights open the gate for all leaders to understand how they can find their unique, unparalleled A-game.

Sharing riveting stories from her own and her client’s greatest challenges, Martine Cannon gives audiences a vulnerable, authentic and real look at where our hidden potential lies. Martine touches hearts and minds by journeying through key aspects of leadership including trauma, resilience, shame, authenticity, fear and emotional intelligence, resulting in identifying and transforming the source of what’s constraining leaders from truly being the best versions of themselves.

It is only in working through personal trauma that leaders overcome the constraints of their own personal history and create unimpeded pathways to enlightened performance and genuine impact in the world.

"Martine's approach to coaching and leading groups is part Zen-part Jedi. I have rarely seen someone so skilled at being direct, authentic, and gentle all at once as she calls peoples' attention to the behaviors and actions that are inhibiting their potential." Jennifer Longnion, Global Director Organisation Development, Coca Cola
"Martine has designed and delivered powerful interventions that carry a great deal of impact on a level that is deeper and more profound than that of others in her field." Björn Thomas Atterstam, Group Head of Talent & Leadership Development, Prudential
"We brought together 50 people from 10 different countries and the result was sustainable success. What I will remember most about working with Martine is that I came out of every meeting thinking about things much differently and more effectively than I did going into the meeting. I would highly recommend Martine if you want to make your development event a sustainable success." Scott Roche, Finance Director, Coca Cola
"We now have leaders who are more self-aware and are therefore growing their emotional intelligence. This can only be good for business! Martine's style is calm while offering fantastic personal insights. Martine lives and breathes her craft and its inspiration to see." Sarah Saunders, Tesco Bank
"Martine is very gifted when it comes to bringing the best out of individuals, teams, and organizations. I would highly recommend her to any organization looking to improve their overall effectiveness." Kevin Bacon, Global Supply Chain, Mondelez
"Martine’s knowledge and expertise in the field of Leadership is evident. She can really unlock and transform the hidden potential in Executives." Ira Noviarti, CEO Unilever Indonesia
"To say that working with Martine has had a profound effect on my leadership and my life would be an understatement." Leigh-Ann Russell, CTO BP
"Martine is phenomenal. She has an amazing ability to deeply challenge, to gently guide, to help solve the seemingly unsolvable and so create possibilities out of the impossible." - Sarah McCarthy, Chief Legal and Risk Officer, dunnhumby

Popular Talks by Martine Cannon

  • Effects of trauma in the workplace and its unseen and unacknowledged impact on people and performance
  • Understanding the deep structure of the struggles of leaders
  • Fostering resilience at the highest corporate levels
  • Creating pathways for true integration in leaders and teams
  • Earned grace (and its importance in performance)
  • The hidden grace in struggle and its power to transform an individual or organisation
  • Authentic, emotionally intelligent leadership