Keynote Speaker
2019 Independent TMC Summit
“You don’t build resilience by taking short cuts”
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What does it take to be a high performing team and deliver under pressure in a rapidly changing world?
Tori is an accomplished speaker who has delivered over 600 keynote talks inspiring audiences across the globe. Tori’s outstanding storytelling ability is engaging and up-lifting. She talks about risk, resilience and how you and your team can realise your potential. Tori explores the strategies, mindsets and beliefs that have helped to navigate uncertainty and achieve success.
Speaking at team development days, sales kickoff events and annual conferences she shares her experiences of life in extreme environments in a way that is inspiring and utterly compelling to listen to. From keynote presentations to fireside chats and panel discussions, Tori brings a wealth of stories that will engage and connect your audience with an adventurer’s approach to thinking about today’s business challenges.
Tori is a record-breaking adventurer:
First Welsh woman to climb Mount Everest
First all-female team to complete the Polar Challenge, a 360 mile race to the magnetic North Pole
First to complete ‘Beeline Britain’ a unique straight-line journey documented in the multi award-winning film ‘As The Crow Flies’
Host of the First Females Podcast and Assistant Producer of the film More Than A Mountain - celebrating the first female ascent of Mount Everest by Junko Tabei
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Keynote Talks
From the death zone on Mount Everest to racing across the frozen sea ice of the Arctic Ocean, Tori shares insightful and practical lessons to help your team embrace challenge and change.
Altitude & Attitude - Why Mindset Matters
Survival in extreme environments requires so much more than speed, strength and stamina. It’s a growth mindset that really counts, both in the wild, and in work - our ability to reframe challenging situations, redefine failure and embrace uncertainty to achieve our goals.
With insights and lessons from Mount Everest and high altitude mountaineering you and your team will understand the importance of mindset and what it takes to embrace the biggest of challenges.
Teams in the Extremes - Building High Performance
Building high performing teams in a hyper-connected, yet often remote-working world, is hard. It requires us to prioritise human connection more than ever before. Team development is about communicating effectively, building relationships, developing trust and propelling others to success.
In this keynote, you’ll discover what collaboration really looks like, the leadership qualities that drive performance under pressure, and the strategies and mindsets that we can develop and use for long-term success.
Risk, Resilience & Realising Your Potential
Fear of failure is often what stops us taking on ambitious goals and ideas. Explore how we can embrace the things that scare us, drive sustained individual and collective performance and go beyond what we thought was possible.
Tori defies the stereotype of an adventurer and flips the script on what and who has conventionally been seen as brave and strong. She explores the misconceptions of resilience and our appetite for risk enabling you and your team to go further.
“The Pink LadyPoleCats team gave a fascinating and inspirational talk on their Polar Challenge. Apart from the stunning photographs which captured the mood of the Arctic and the amusing and heroic anecdotes about their challenge. Their story was a persuasive example of how determination, planning and sheer hard work can lead to the achievement of a common goal. We were left in awe.”
— Alison Morris, Partner, Banking & Capital Markets Division, PWC“Tori speaks of her own courage, joie de vivre and sheer grit and determination in a way that is inspiring and utterly compelling to listen to. She presents with a sincerity that can only come from a huge sense of personal achievement, and her passionate delivery taps into something in all of us.”
— Laura Greene, Senior Training and Development Officer, Breakthrough Breast Cancer “One of the most engaging and inspirational speakers I've ever heard...loved how she was able to adapt the lessons learned from her challenges into the workplace.”
— Anonymous, Finance Sector
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Education: Talks for Schools, Colleges and Universities
Dulwich College, Shanghai
Tori is passionate about helping young people realise their potential and make the most of the opportunities they may be offered in the future. She connects with young people of all ages and delivers memorable presentations that stay with students long after they have finished their education.
Tori works with schools, colleges and universities across a range of formats including whole school assemblies, classroom Q&As, virtual sessions, prize giving and speech days.
Using her record-breaking adventures as a springboard, Tori delivers talks on a variety of themes, all of which can be tailored to your students, year group, or staff:
Mapping your Future – the importance of goal setting and having a clear vision
Altitude and attitude – nurturing aspiration and achievement through growth mindsets
Enterprising expeditions – the entrepreneurial skills you need to make your ideas happen
Mud, sweat and satisfaction – exploring the benefits of the outdoors in creating curious, resilient individuals able to protect our planet for future generations
Mountains – a trip through their creation, history and the people who live in them
Geography – the exciting career prospects and its relevance for all of us
“An email doesn't seem enough, but I wanted to thank you so much for your support, experience and relationship you and Richard built with the pupils. The magnificent part of what you supported was that the experience will impact so much on our children throughout their attainment, but most importantly, as individuals who will use their Snowdon adventure throughout their life. You, along with Richard more than facilitated those opportunities.”
— Nicholas Hobbis, Coleshill Heath School“Conversational and engaging. Fantastic for a graduating High School class. Tori's engagement and rapport with the audience were very strong. She was wonderfully well received and had many acknowledgements from parents, students and faculty.”
— Bryan Nixon, Head of School, TASIS England High School Graduation Ceremony