Presentations

Paula is available to make visual and oral presentations to a variety of audiences, ranging from corporate conventions to school groups. Both lively and informative, her presentations and workshops draw on her experiences walking over 7000km through the Sahara, as well as her initial journey through Europe and Morocco. Targeted according to the audience, Paula can range from providing amusing and anecdotal after dinner entertainment, to hard hitting corporate performance messaging drawing on material from Jim Collins, amongst others. Paula has a rich range of material to enliven her presentations, including strategies for working effectively under pressure in a cross cultural environment, and how to sustain high performance over an extended period and in tough circumstances. With a background in teaching, Paula is perfectly placed to present both stimulating talks and effective workshops to students at both secondary and primary levels, and is particularly effective in the areas of career choice and raising self esteem in young women.

*** NEW PRESENTATION MATERIAL

SUCCESS IN EXTREMES:

-GREAT LEADERSHIP

-GREAT TEAMS

Strategies for great leadership, great teamwork, and success: winning in the ‘Perfect Storm’.

Graeme Joy and Paula Constant represent two extremes of the adventuring world, and combine now to bring a fresh, dynamic presentation with relevant, exciting content for corporate and human interest clients alike.

The first Australian to ski to the North Pole, Graeme was joint leader of the eight man International Icewalk expedition. He has also led and participated in over twenty expeditions worldwide. Graeme relates his expedition experience directly to leadership and high performance team achievement, an area in which he has coached and advised in the corporate arena for over a decade. He is consistently rated as one of Saxtons top speakers.

He joins now with Paula Constant, the first woman to walk solo over 7000km through the Sahara with her own camel train. Paula’s first book, ‘Slow Journey South’, was released earlier this year to great acclaim, and her second is due out in 2009. With an incredible story of endurance and determination, accompanied by stunning photographic images, Paula draws direct parallels between her walk, and achieving in business, especially in cross cultural relations.

Paula and Graeme combine their areas of expertise to bring a formidable joint presence to the stage. Their messaging is clear and concise, and delivered against a visual backdrop of achievement in two of the toughest environments on earth – the Sahara and the North Pole.

Two of our most charismatic and dynamic speakers work together in an exciting new product that delivers take home messages in a fascinating package.


Presentation Overview

In tough, unpredictable and volatile environments, sustaining performance and the economic bottom line can be the greatest challenge. When the stresses of these situations impact on a company, very often the first – and not immediately obvious – casualties are leadership styles, sustaining team performance and health, and individuals’ perceptions of their value to their company. If these elements break down, the overall performance and thus the economic bottom line, will suffer. Companies which maintain their performance in these areas (like expeditions) have a vastly increased opportunity for success. When stress and uncertainty are present on a daily basis, it is vitally important to sustain the health of leaders, teams, and individuals. This is your culture – and these are your keys to success.

  • Keys to success in a volatile, unpredictable and adverse environment
  • Great leadership styles – the vital link
  • Great teams – understanding their dynamics and sustaining performance
  • Your corporate culture – the strength within
  • Empathetic leadership – empowering individuals and teams
  • Identifying risk and avoiding failure – confronting the brutal facts
  • Where to from here – adapting your plan
  • Success in a hostile environment – riding out the perfect storm, and winning
  • Mistrust and conflict – the great team destructors
  • Cross cultural teams, and understanding preferred work styles

Points to note for the client

In any given circumstance, both Paula and Graeme are willing to consult with interested clients in order to give them a direct picture of the presentation options available. Both are versatile speakers who are able to address any variety of audience, and are able to work with clients to help them achieve the best possible outcome for their event – tailoring presentations to dovetail absolutely with the client’s objectives.

Handouts or outlines of presentations are available for any interested client, and should further information be required, please don’t hesitate to ask.

FOR SCHOOLS:

YOUR DREAMS – MAKING THEM REALITY:

The key is YOU

Graeme Joy and Paula Constant represent two extremes of the adventuring world, and combine now to bring a fresh, dynamic presentation with inspiring and encouraging content for students and teachers alike. In addition to their expedition experience, both speakers are qualified teachers with strong educational backgrounds. They enjoy bringing their stories to students in an engaging, visually stimulating way, and are able also to work with teaching staff to improve team performance and foster high performance leadership.

Graeme is the first Australian to ski to the North Pole. As joint leader of the eight man International Icewalk expedition, he has also led and participated in over twenty expeditions worldwide. He relates his expedition experience directly to leadership and high performance team achievement, an area in which he has coached and advised in the corporate arena for over a decade. He is consistently rated as one of Saxtons top speakers. Graeme was also The Head of the Outdoor Program at the Timbertop Campus of Geelong Grammar for 6 years, and has extensive background in running outdoor ventures for students and guiding them in tough environments.

Paula Constant, is the first woman to walk solo over 7000km through the Sahara with her own camel train. Her first book, ‘Slow Journey South’, was released earlier this year to great acclaim, and her second is due out in 2009. With an incredible story of endurance and determination, accompanied by stunning photographic images, Paula inspires students to take their dreams from inception to reality via practical goal setting and steady achievement. Her background as a teacher in multicultural London schools for several years, covering all ranges from K-12, brings a highly relevant note to her addresses to students and teachers alike.

Paula and Graeme combine their areas of expertise to bring a formidable joint presence to the stage. Their messaging is clear and concise, and delivered against a visual backdrop of achievement in two of the toughest environments on earth – the Sahara and the North Pole.

Two of our most charismatic and dynamic speakers work together in an exciting new product that delivers take home messages in a fascinating package.

*(Please note that both Paula and Graeme are available as individual speakers also).

FOR STUDENTS:

Both speakers thoroughly enjoy working with children and are able to run anything from a 50 minute presentation to half day workshops incorporating leadership, literacy skills, outdoor programs and confidence building.

A typical 50 minute presentation addresses:

  • Identifying your own core values
  • Setting realistic goals which reflect those values
  • Dealing with “Idea Assassins” – holding to your path
  • Believing that you can achieve
  • Surrounding yourself with those who will help you achieve
  • Adapting a goal or dream to changing circumstances
  • How to meet change with positivity and find solutions
  • Having faith in your own abilities and in the world around you

Plus a question and answer session.

Further information is available regarding half or full day specifically targeted educational programs.

FOR TEACHERS

With extensive experience in leading and working in high performance teams in Australia and internationally on expeditions, Paula and Graeme have also been part of successful school teams, often in challenging circumstances. They have a thorough grasp on the issues facing educators today, both in relation to student dynamics, and in working as a cohesive and dynamic teaching body. They have presented to staff teams both as outside consultants and from within the educational framework.

Their presentations bring valuable content in the areas of great leadership, high performance teams, and good management in times of crisis against a visually fascinating backdrop, and are directly relevant to the issues facing management teams and general staff cohesion today.

Presentation outline

  • Keys to success in a volatile and unpredictable environment
  • Great leadership styles – the vital link
  • Great teams – understanding their dynamics and sustaining performance
  • Mistrust and conflict – the great team destructors
  • Your staff culture – the strength within
  • Empathetic leadership – empowering individuals and teams
  • Identifying risk and avoiding failure – confronting the brutal facts
  • Where to from here – adapting your plan
  • Surviving the tough times – and winning
  • Cross cultural teams, and understanding preferred work styles

For information around running whole or half day workshops, please don’t hesitate to ask us for further details. What a great, inspirational beginning to a school term.

PAULA’S STANDARD PRESENTATIONS

KEY POINTS:

· Global awareness – leading a cross cultural team

· Path to a goal – identifying and crossing your own desert

· Sustaining great performance – both individually and in leadership

· Never give up – from zero to Sahara expedition

· The inner path – self motivation and maintaining focus

EXAMPLE PRESENTATION OUTLINES

All presentations can and will be tailored to meet the specific requirement s of the target audience, making the sessions relevant and exciting for the participants. Each session can be accompanied by a matching half or full day workshop, building further on the points raised during the presentation, and again tailored to match client requirements.

*ALL PRESENTATIONS 45-50 MIN DURATION, PLUS Q&A TIME, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

SEEK TO UNDERSTAND, THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD: - STEVEN COVEY, 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

LEADING A HIGH PERFORMANCE CROSS CULTURAL TEAM

In this presentation, Paula explains the techniques and processes required to effectively lead a cross cultural team – through even the toughest of physical conditions. Specifically targeted toward companies looking to either enter a global marketplace or to maximize effectiveness in an existing operation, Paula addresses the crucial issues of planning for success, and conflict resolution, within the parameters of a cross cultural environment. She draws direct parallels between her expedition experiences and the corporate environment, illustrating her message with examples learned through hiring and working with over ten different nomadic guides, walking through varying regions and encountering ever changing dialects, customs, and geographical conditions. Paula uses her expedition to highlight the strategies that work both in an expedition environment and a corporate sphere to ensure the highest rate of success and performance. She also offers valuable insight into developing the communication techniques necessary for effective performance in cultures outside of your own.

OUTCOMES

· Develop an awareness of the cultural differences between your own culture and target cultures

· Understand culture’s influence on behaviors and expectations and how cultural differences impact your business

· Understand why cultural differences cannot be ignored and why cultural training is a MUST HAVE not just nice to have

· Gain practical skills in cross cultural communication and teamwork

· Understand global communication styles and why companies site communication breakdown and misunderstanding as a major problem

· Learn how to develop communication strategies

· Develop a realistic personal action plan

ONE WOMAN WALKING:

THE HIGH PERFORMANCE WOMAN

Specifically aimed at female audiences, in this presentation Paula draws parallels between her expedition experiences and a corporate environment, focusing on the specific challenges women face in sustaining high performance in both arenas. Based around her experiences of hiring (and occasionally firing) local male, nomadic, Islamic guides from a culture entirely different to her own, and living with them in isolated circumstances over extended periods, Paula explores the techniques required to ensure effective conflict resolution, crisis management, and amicable communication, in a strictly male dominated environment. Dealing with issues of self esteem, calm assertion, physical stamina and role stereotyping, in this informative, humorous, and sometimes touching presentation Paula details the inner processes she went through as she walked over 7000km through both highly challenging and at times downright dangerous territory – and shows how the strategies she applied correlate to a modern working environment. Sponsored by the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, Paula’s walk has always been about an ordinary woman doing something extraordinary. This presentation follows that theme and both inspires and informs, creating a warm and exciting experience for women of all ages.

OUTCOMES

· Understand how to effectively lead a male team

· Learn why humor is vital, not optional

· Gain communication skills that work in a male dominated environment

· Develop the ability to be calmly and rationally assertive in threatening or crisis situations

· Hone your conflict resolution skills

· Identify your own operating style, possible tension areas, and develop a personal action strategy to bridge the two

LIKE MOST OVERNIGHT SUCCESSES, IT WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING – SAM WALTON, WALMARTS

PATH TO A GOAL – IDENTIFYING AND CROSSING YOUR OWN DESERT

With her background in teaching, Paula aims this presentation at the secondary school audience. In it Paula explores the factors that led her to pursue her current adventurous course, and looks at the practical course she followed in arriving at her desired goal – and why she has succeeded in achieving her dreams. Taking a behind the scenes look at how finance works in adventuring, and the process of research and planning so essential to achieving success in the field, Paula draws parallels between the learning process she went through in preparing and executing the walk, and decisions that students are faced with at the career choice level of schooling. Exploring the often bewildering process of career choice, Paula highlights the importance of identifying one’s own core values and areas of true interest, and setting goals that marry with both. She then draws on her experiences in the desert to show how to maintain the courage, focus, and determination needed to arrive at the successful completion of a set goal.

*nb: this presentation can easily be extended into a half day workshop enabling students to explore their own career options and set individual goals.

OUTCOMES

· Understand why we all have different goals

· Identify your own core values and why your adventure will be an individual one

· Realise that “why” is not a question you need to answer

· Develop your ability to clearly recognise paths that can work for you

· Improve your ability to maintain focus on a set goal until its conclusion

· Understand why success does not come overnight – but learn how to plan to ensure that it does come.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS, TO REQUEST A BRIEF THAT SPECIFIES APPLICATION OF ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS TAILORED TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, OR TO ENQUIRE ABOUT FEE LEVELS, PLEASE CONTACT EITHER PAULA PERSONALLY AT

OR through saxton speakers bureau, Paula’s agent

nmoulton@saxton.com.au