Alison Edgar

Your audience deserves more than just inspiration.

Alison Edgar has worked with some of the worlds’ top thinkers. From Dragon’s Den entrepreneurs to Apprentice Winners, she knows what it takes to transform a business from zero to a multi-million-pound turnover. The difference between your team and them? Mindset. Alison says she could have your whole workforce thinking like entrepreneurs. It’s time to say goodbye to low morale, and hello to intrapreneurial fresh thinking.

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Nicknamed ‘The Entrepreneur’s Godmother’, Alison Edgar has been instrumental in the growth of some of the worlds’ best-known companies including Dragons Den and Apprentice winners. She knows what it takes to transform a company from zero to a multi-million-pound turnover. Twice voted one of the UK’s Top Ten Business Advisers, and an author of an Amazon #1 best-selling and WHSmith Top Ten. Alison is regularly featured on BBC TV, as well as working with Downing Street and The Royal Family. Getting employees to think like entrepreneurs are what makes Alison tick. She has the ability to connect with even the most reluctant of staff members to transform their mindset to think like business owners. Not only does this increased wellbeing for members of staff, but it also improves productivity, saves the company time and money, and encourages innovation.

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Start-up Mindset to Create Innovative Teams

The people who are most successful are always the ones who look at their work like it’s their own business. When they wake up on a Monday morning they don’t dread going to work. They don’t shut down after a setback. They are always looking for new ways to work more efficiently. Alison inspires teams and provides new ways of thinking based on her years of experience of working with some of the world’s leading entrepreneurs. Outcomes:

• Delegates will develop a new mindset, perfect for implementing innovative ideas

• New ways of tackling problems head-on, creating an intrapreneurial mindset

• An understanding of why it is important to set achievable goals and objectives

Intrapreneurship For Leaders

Using the ‘What Would I Do If It Was My?’ mindset, Alison delivers a powerful session to empower leaders to drive intrapreneurship in their selves and their teams. Outcomes:

• Delegates will gain an understanding of how to manage their team better

• They will understand their mindsets, and what makes team members tick

• It will give them the ability to maintain habit-forming changes within their team.

Intrapreneurial Team Culture to Improve Performance

Using the ‘What Would I Do If It Was My’ methodology, Alison delivers a tailored session to improve team culture and therefore performance.

• What would I do I it was my first day? A deep dive into a growth mindset and positivity

• What would I do if it was my Grandmother? Giving an overview of DISC behavior techniques and how to use them to exceed internal and external customer expectations.

• What would I do if it was my business? Looking at cost/profits, sales/customer service and management of time to improve productivity and well-being.

Balls – Size Does Matter!
Alison Edgar’s Big Ball theory as featured in Secrets of Successful Sales. This session explains how the disparity between departments and colleagues affects productivity. By implementing the theory, it reduces friction in the workplace and leads to better internal and external customer service.