Keynotes that turn relationships into revenue.
Nick has reached more than 2 million people through his speaking.
In an age where AI can do almost everything except build trust, Nick gives organisations the one advantage that can’t be automated — human connection.
Every year, organisations lose up to 20% of their total revenue simply because people aren't connecting.
Leaders struggle to inspire. Teams retreat into silos. Salespeople miss emotional cues.
The cost is enormous: missed opportunities, fractured cultures and millions left on the table — often over £10 million a year for large enterprises.
In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure, global workplace, relationships are no longer a “soft skill”. They’re the hard edge of performance and the foundation of trust, collaboration and results.
Nick Saunders doesn't do generic talks.
He delivers high-energy, tailored keynote sessions that equip organisations, leaders and teams with the tools to build stronger relationships that deliver measurable results.
Expect takeaways you can use immediately, not theory your people will forget by Monday.
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“Nick shares a really powerful model for helping organisations deliver better results.”
— Alex Alder, Barclays UK
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"Nick really makes you think about how your behaviour influences others."
— Jane McGill, British Airways
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“ALL of the team, without exception, got a huge amount from the session.”
— Suzanne Grainger, BP
“Outstanding, powerful session from Nick.”
— Chris Ashton, Sainsbury’s
The Impact of Nick’s Keynotes
Here's how Nick's unique presentations and process can help your audience to think differently, feel differently and act differently.
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Leaders
Evolve from command and control to collaborative and influential.
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Sales Calls
Shift from transactional conversations to transformative partnerships.
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Teams
Move from siloed and stagnant to aligned, agile and unstoppable.
KEYNOTE TOPICS
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The New Leadership Advantage
From Command to Connection.
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%.
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Relationships that Sell
Turning Connection into Conversion.
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.
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Relationships that Deliver Results
From Working Together to Winning Together
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.
Ready to turn relationships into results?
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"Exceeded our expectations. Brilliant."
— Adrian Pearce, Mercedes-Benz
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"Put simply, he gets results!"
— Sophie Robinson, Pfizer
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"Nick is THE authority in his subject."
— Stew MacLeod, Head of Information & Knowledge Exploitation, MoD
Global brands trust Nick.
When the United Nations needed to strengthen cross-team connection, when Mercedes Benz wanted deeper client relationships and when BP was rebuilding trust after major organisational change, they called Nick.
Nick is a keynote speaker and Amazon No.1 bestselling author whose work has reshaped how leaders and teams communicate.
His approach blends behavioural psychology, practical tools and the Relationships to Results™ 6-Step Model to help people make simple shifts that drive measurable impact.
A £2 million client deal secured through deeper connection.
A $500,000 increase in sales in just one month.
A 23% boost in customer retention through trust-based collaboration.
6-Step Model
Relationships to Results™
Nick draws on personal stories with jaw-dropping honesty and his six steps to success give audiences practical principles for better collaborative working, which never fail to light up any conference or event.
FAQs
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Yes. Nick regularly travels across the UK, Europe and America for keynote events and workshops.
Nick’s sessions are built around memorable stories, simple frameworksand practical behaviours that people can apply immediately, not theory they forget by Monday.
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Nick works with corporations, government agencies, schools, universities and multinational enterprises from Mercedes-Benz and BP to Barclays, the UN and Oxford University.
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This isn't soft-skills, Nick’s work is commercially driven. He teaches relationship-based behaviours that directly influence performance, revenue, retention, trust and collaboration.
Clients have achieved:
• A £2M deal through deeper connection
• A $500K uplift in sales in one month
• 23% improvement in customer retention
• Reductions in turnover, faster decision-making and stronger collaboration across teams
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Nick blends behavioural psychology, a proven 6-step model, real commercial results. His talks are high-energy, practical, measurable and rooted in 25 years of working with global brands. From Leadership teams, sales teams, customer-facing teams and organisations going through cultural change, restructuring, or rapid growth.
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Every keynote is customised to your business, challenges and desired outcomes. From leadership offsites to global conferences.
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It means shifting everyday interactions into strategic advantages. Nick helps leaders and teams make simple behavioural shifts that build trust, improve communication and ultimately drive measurable business outcomes.
It’s Nick’s proven framework for strengthening workplace relationships. Each step is actionable, practical and designed to help people make simple 5% shifts that lead to extraordinary outcomes.
Are you ready to help your people build stronger relationships that deliver measurable results?
The Amazon No.1 Bestseller
You Can Choose Your Friends...
Nick's best selling book distills decades of experience into a practical guide for building better workplace relationships. It's honest, actionable and refreshingly human.