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Adrian Webster
Riot copper, milkman and salesman were just a few of the entries on Adrian Webster's CV before he moved into the IT industry and discovered an ability to motivate and inspire others. Today Adrian is arguably the most entertaining and effective motivational speaker on the UK circuit. He specialises in delivering key messages on behalf of clients in a humorous and completely unique, down to earth style that audiences can easily relate to.
Motivational Speaking
Adrian Webster's addictively inspirational presentations help people at all levels and from diverse backgrounds to make a very real difference in their workplace.
Drawing on his vast amount of practical experience as a motivator and team builder he brings to life a whole new world of fun motivational terminology and characters that everyone can instantly identify with, take away and put to good use - a world not a million miles away where TNTs rule and Neg Ferrets, BLOATERS and Sinkers reside (all featured in his book 'Polar Bear Pirates and their quest to reach Fat City'…all of whom you will no doubt instantly recognise in the workplace!
What came before....
Fed up with being a poor drama student, he spent the next four years building up a dairy company by knocking on thousands of doors and persuading households and local shops to buy his milk. Having established the dairy business he worked as, amongst many other things, a radio presenter on local radio in Bristol. To help 'fund' his career, Adrian started selling a wide range of products, ranging from frozen food to houses. He quickly discovered he could make some real money in sales and began to take selling seriously, the part time sales side soon took over as his full time career.
In 1987 he moved into IT sales and by 1989 he had established himself as one of the most successful sales professionals in the industry. After two highly successful years as Corporate Sales Manager of US Robotics, he joined Northamber Plc an IT Distributor as Group Sales and Training Manager responsible for recruiting, training, motivating and 'driving' 150 staff to achieve phenomenal success on shoestring budgets.
Author of Polar Bear Pirates
It was during his time at Northamber, out of pure necessity to inspire and retain staff, that the world of Polar Bear Pirates was born and Adrian discovered an ability to turn teams of everyday people with little or no ability into some of the most productive in the IT industry. Fuelled by a desire to try to gain a better understanding of what really makes exceptional people tick he set about researching some of the UK's most successful people. These six years of research along with his real-life experiences, raw energy and sense of humour combine to create a thrilling roller coaster style that is completely original, hilariously funny and brilliantly effective. Adrian is now a best selling business author with his first book 'Polar Bear Pirates and Their Quest to Reach Fat City':A Grown Up's Book for Kids at Work being successfully sold worldwide.
Speaking Topics
- Motivation
- Leadership
- Team Building
- Sales
- Change
- Communication
- Customer Service
- Creating Winning Environments
Client Comments
“Adrian Webster was highly recommended to us as a brilliant speaker. We were very unsure of using him because we’d never heard of him. We went ahead and used him…he was an absolute star.”
Taylor Woodrow Plc
“The brief for a “motivational speaker” was more than fulfilled as Adrian’s energy, humour and superb insight into the real world of sales had everybody mesmerised and entertained from the moment he walked onto the stage”
Lever Faberge
“Adrian Webster was a breath of fresh air - totally different to any other speech delivered to an IBM audience. I have never attended a meeting where people have laughed so much. He definitely made a big impact at IBM and we would welcome him back tomorrow if we had the chance.”
IBM
"........ simply brilliant."
Xplor UK
“Adrian understood our requirements perfectly and delivered - the feedback received has been fantastic - Monday morning and we have a group of people fired up with enthusiasm.”
HSBC Invoice Finance
“Please thank Adrian Webster for a hilarious and fun packed hour at our National Sales Meeting in Warwick. There were moments when I literally had tears streaming down my face. The feedback from the guys was ‘that was as good as it gets!”
Thomas Sanderson
“Adrian Webster was fantastic! A style which I have never seen used so effectively. He had us in hoots but could change within minutes to deliver a very serious message with such feeling and power. Without a doubt the guy had everyone in the room hanging on every word for the full speech. Added to that, he was such enjoyable company.”
BT PLC
“Adrian Webster was one of the best keynote speakers we have had in our 28-year history.”
Car Care Plan
“Adrian Webster is the greatest on message deliverer that I’ve ever had the privilege to witness. Through twenty years of producing corporate live events I have never seen such an extraordinarily electric effect on an audience as I did during Adrian’s keynote speech. Adrian has taken the subject of motivation and stripped it of its clichés and psycho–babble and placed it in the tough world that people live and work in today. Aching ribs and tear stained note pads were the order of the day.”
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