Former NBL professional and Group CEO who helps organisations build resilient high-performance cultures
Eric Bailey CSP is a keynote speaker, author and Group CEO of The NLR Group who has spoken to more than 4.5 million people worldwide over more than 30 years. He overcame early adversity — including a life-limiting diagnosis — to become a professional athlete in Australia's National Basketball League, before building a global leadership and performance consultancy. His credential is not borrowed: he has lived the transformation he teaches.
Bailey's Championship DNA framework sits at the centre of his keynote work. It translates the psychological and operational disciplines of elite sport — zero-excursion policies, character infrastructure, pro-athlete mindset — into boardroom-ready practice. His signature experiential workshop takes teams off-site to a basketball court, using kinesthetic learning to cement principles of agility, communication and pivot. Clients from Fujitsu, Flight Centre, Gelatissimo and LINK Australia describe him as one of the best speakers they have worked with.
Whether addressing a room of 500 or a leadership group of 20, Eric Bailey brings high energy, storytelling grounded in real experience, and a practical framework that organisations can apply immediately. He is a strong fit for sales conferences, leadership summits and culture programs where the brief is to move people — and leave something behind.
Eric Bailey is a keynote speaker based in Queensland who speaks on leadership, mental health & wellbeing and motivation. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
Best audience:
Corporate events, Associations, Annual Conferences, Sales Meetings, Leadership Events, Personal Development Workshops.
Introductory workshop:
This will be interactive, high impact, fun and engaging to get staff involved and excited about learning, growing, developing and achieving more than ever before.
This session is about getting staff to decide about sitting on the bench…or being a regular contributor and winning a CHAMPIONSHIP for the TEAM.
Aimed at increasing involvement and engagement from staff about how and why it is important to raise their standards and work to a world class level. Not just for the organization but for themselves, their team, and more importantly their customers.
We also explore the challenges that face our organizations when it comes to Mental Wellness and low morale.
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
Nurturing our mental health can also help us combat or prevent the mental health problems that are sometimes associated with a chronic physical illness. In some cases, it can prevent the onset or relapse of a physical or mental illness. Managing stress well, for instance, can have a positive impact on heart disease.
Learning objectives:
1. Learn ten things to improve your personal space.
2. Develop your own play book to happiness and success.
3. Don’t just show up… SHOW OUT!!!
Best audience:
Corporate events, Associations, Annual Conferences, Sales Meetings, Leadership Events.
Are you ready for activation?!:
More than just idle motivational platitudes and a temporary feel-good session, Activate Now! is a powerful program that guarantees a fresh outlook on life. While presented as a corporate event, it will benefit the participants not just professionally but also personally. Imagine transforming a disinterested employee into a real go-getter. Maybe you are interested in reigniting the professional passion in your core team or support staff. Or simply motivate your staff to give all they can give to the company and walk away at the end of the work-day feeling accomplished and fulfilled.
We will take dormant, faded professional inspiration and activate it. Unlike simple motivation, which often comes solely from external rewards, activation means getting you ‘switched on’ from the inside!
This leads to greater productivity, better job satisfaction and the ongoing determination to do your best. This program takes a holistic approach to motivation, which will focus on the mind, body, and spirit.
Further, we will put an emphasis on the connections between these three central factors. Participants leave supercharged and ready to take immediate action towards the direction of their dreams! Activate Now! is an infusion of life for businesses and organizations.
Whether you are a large mega-corporation, a small business, or a community organization, you will find this to be a perfect fit for your motivational needs. Self-motivated and energized team members means elevated team productivity as well as increased effectiveness. Are your employees or team members flat-footed? Time to get them galvanized and activated!
In Activate Now! Eric incorporates plenty of physical activities and “activational” tools into this inspiring and transformative program. This will really get the blood pumping and keep all participants fully engaged in the process.
Adaptable to the unique considerations of every group, Activate Now! participants enjoy the group cohesion that Eric instils while at the same time learning the power of activation!
Learning objectives:
1. To welcome change and challenge Cultivating personal leadership.
2. Cultivating personal leadership Setting empowering goals.
3. Nurturing health and well-being Persisting in tough times.
4. Serious fun!
Eric ran a Keynote at our National Conference and was amazing. Very impacting, commanded the room from the start and connected very well business takeaways for the delegates. Great energy and would recommend businesses large or small. He had our group of 70 engaged right from the first moment.CEO, CARE/AU Distributor for GYEON
Eric really wowed our company staff offsite recently. He had over 100 of us completely absorbed in his amazing story, which he skilfully then transitioned into a high-energy session focusing on the personal development goals of the individual. It was unforgettable, and I can't recommend Eric highly enough to lead any development/strategy session for other groups.Director of Business Development, Solomons Group Legal
We selected Eric Bailey as a guest speaker for our recent national Sales Conference held in Melbourne in June 2023. Eric was simply fabulous – he provided exactly what we had hoped we could achieve. I would have no hesitation in recommending Eric to any group that is looking for a guest speaker – 10/10.Commercial Manager
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