"I believe that key lessons learnt from the world of sport and adventure can be transferred to the business place.
Issues about leading teams to maximise their full potential come across powerfully from world beaters who have achieved the absolute pinnacle of their chosen careers."
Tracy Edwards MBE
"Tracy’s lively and somewhat irreverent leadership messages were brought alive by references to sailing, she made relevant and pointed comments, also lessons about leadership in practice. Thank you for your outstanding contribution to our HR workshop. The Team found you stimulating, the content fascinating and the messages highly relevant." Human Resources Director - Whitbread Group |
"Very focused presentation from a very determined achiever, very vivid, practical demonstration of management in action, a fascinating insight into life as an ocean racer, useful and valued reminder of how to succeed." Partner - KPMG |
"With your motivational, passionate and also humoristic speech you have really contributed essentially to our most important event in the region. You really made it an unforgettable “Voyage of Discovery" with Lucent." Marketing Manager - Lucent Technologies |
"They all say how much they enjoyed your speech. Your experience in the around the world race was just what was required and I am sure will inspire those who heard it to raise their aspirations in their own lives." Count Durham TEC |
"She provided just the perfect balance of motivation laced with humour and appropriate contextual examples...she managed to uplift us all!" Proctor and Gamble |
"Excellent presentation, professionally presented, Tracy held the audience captivated." Partner - KPMG |
"Inspirational, Informative, motivational presentation. It was light hearted but really took in the focus of business. Great!" Internal Comms - Virgin One Direct |
"The sheer enthusiasm and drive to achieve goals inspired the audience. A lot of tired people were suddenly very much awake!" Director - Convergys |
"Enthusiastic, passionate and energetic. Just right for the audience. Left us feeling inspired to face the challenges ahead and we are in awe of Tracy and her team." Virgin Cosmetics Company |
"Shaping the Future Conference – You gave a wonderful presentation which was funny and entertaining whilst delivering a serious business message, which was perfect for our audience. The feedback has been very positive with many delegates reporting that this was the best event they had attended in years!" Norfolk County Council |
"I am proud of her for having fulfilled her dream; for having risen to the challenge by no more than her own will and her unbeatable, infectious and inspiring spirit. I am delighted that Royal Jordanian Airlines was one of the privileged few who sponsored Maiden."
King Hussein I of Jordan |
"Within a couple of minutes of meeting Tracy and shaking her hand I knew this was a very special person. I knew instinctively that our money had been well spent."
Sir Christopher Benson |
"Tracy’s dedication, professionalism and will to win, inspired everyone around her. While the records set in our colours and the media coverage generated gave the sponsor real quantifiable value, it was Tracy and her interviews, photo calls and staff presentations which really set the seal on the sponsorship’s success."
Mike Jones |
"We contracted Tracy for a motivational / team building talk, based around her experience in the Whitbread Round the World yacht race. We were not disappointed! Tracy brought together elegantly the parallels of a managing & running a successful global consumer company to the key ingredients of choosing the right team with a winning spirit and common desire. Tracy was a great inspiration and help in our pre-conference build up, themed to: "Together to New Heights". An engaging and humorous talk by Tracy captivated our audience during the entire allotted time slot. We can thoroughly recommend Tracy and will be doing so for future events that require an inspirational and charismatic personality - Tracy many thanks and our best wishes to you and your team on your next challenge."
Richard Kemp - Company Director KITES |
"We asked Tracy to come along to talk to our management team about her experiences, trial and tribulations she had overcome crossing the oceans of the world. Her insights into successes of teamwork and her examples of how she had to find reserve after reserve of courage and self belief were motivational and inspirational. Many of our team managers were refreshed by the talk. Most of all Tracy’s bubbly personality which exuded enthusiasm and fun, gave us all a new perspective." Scottish Widows |
"Great demonstration of good things to come out of tough circumstances showing it’s down to you to lead and you cannot show fear in front of the team. Good feedback from the team leaders." Barclays Bank |
"The feedback from the delegates has been excellent - over 90% rated your presentation as excellent. The skill with which you likened your experiences to our business was excellent and the following comments speak for themselves!" Head of Development - Thomas Cook Group Ltd |
"Tracy’s presentation was extremely interesting, lively and relevant. Given the time restrictions Tracy was able to cover all aspects of team work, change and leadership in a very funny and rewarding way. Perfect for what we wanted. We would very much like to use Tracy again please." Nationwide Building Society |
"Initial feedback has been positively overwhelming: you have left a very strong impression with our management team. My one objective was to find a speaker that our managers would be able to identify links from the individual’s experiences to themselves and their own work situation. You not only achieved but also managed to create a situation where we felt the hour passed all too quickly and we wanted to listen to you for far longer." Human Resources Director - Nottingham Building Society |
"On behalf of AT&T I would like to thank you for speaking at their UK Kick Off. So far all the delegates have given you the maximum score of 5!!! Comments range from Inspiring, captivating and entertaining to Go on - Sponsor her!" The Olive Partnership |
"Ten out of ten on every count. Her enthusiasm is quite extraordinary and her articulation of the subject was quite frankly stunning." Director - Royal Bank of Scotland |