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In an age where AI can do almost everything except build trust, Nick Saunders gives organisations the one advantage that cannot be automated. Human connection.
Nick is a leading expert in workplace relationships, helping organisations improve performance by strengthening the way people communicate, collaborate and handle conflict. In today’s fast paced, high pressure and global workplace, relationships are no longer a soft skill. They are the foundation of trust, teamwork and sustainable results.
With over 25 years of experience, Nick has worked with leaders, teams and organisations across the world, including some of the most recognisable global brands. His work focuses on turning everyday workplace interactions into a measurable competitive advantage.
Nick is also the author of Amazons number one bestselling book ‘You Can Choose Your Friends…’, further cementing his reputation as a trusted voice on the most human part of business.
Nick delivers high energy, tailored keynote sessions that are practical, engaging and directly relevant to the audience. His talks equip leaders and teams with clear tools and strategies they can use immediately to build stronger relationships that drive performance, improve collaboration and achieve better outcomes.
His expertise centres around four core areas
Communication
Leadership
Team building
Sales
At the heart of Nick’s work is a simple principle. When relationships improve, results follow.
The days of command-and-control leadership are over. Today’s leaders need to inspire, engage and build trust across diverse, distributed teams.
This keynote explores how connection — not authority — drives performance in the modern workplace.
Takeaways and ROI:
• Why emotional intelligence is the new competitive advantage
• How to lead through connection, not control
• Practical strategies for building high-trust, high-performance teams
• Build a trust-based culture that improves retention and engagement by up to 30%.
Sales isn’t about pitches and closing techniques. It’s about relationships.
This keynote draws on real-world results — including multi-million-dollar contracts — to show sales teams how a simple 5% relational shift can transform sales performance.
Takeaways and ROI:
• How to use emotional connection as your most powerful sales differentiator
• The 6-Step Model ™ to establish credibility and rapport in less than five minutes
• Increase conversion rates, shorten sales cycles and drive repeat business
• Clients have achieved up to a £2M deal and 23% retention lift by learning these exact strategies.
Most teams aren’t dysfunctional, they’re just misaligned. And when communication breaks down, productivity, creativity and morale all suffer.
This keynote unpacks Nick’s Relationships to Results™ 6-Step Model and helps teams replace silos and friction with collaboration, trust and shared success.
Takeaways and ROI:
• The six communication principles that transform team dynamics
• How to turn personality clashes into productive collaboration and shared goals
• Identify and fix the relationship gaps that cost time, energy and opportunity
• Build clarity and connection across remote, hybrid and global teams.
ALL of the team, without exception, got a huge amount from the session.
Nick shares a really powerful model for helping organisations deliver better results.
