Former Special Air Service Regiment operator, Australian Commando and high-performance coach.
Nick Caldwell is a former Australian Special Air Service Regiment operator and Commando with more than 12 years of military service across some of the most demanding operational environments in the world, including the 2003 Iraq War — for which he received a Unit Citation for Gallantry — and deployments to East Timor.
Since leaving the military he has founded and led two businesses across very different industries: The Mill Gym, an elite performance training facility, and Omni GeoX, an international mineral exploration company. He consults globally with defence, police and military organisations on specialist selection, and works with major corporates and elite sporting teams — including BHP, Sandvik, West Coast Eagles, Parramatta Eels, Manly Sea Eagles, Fremantle Dockers and Western Force — on resilience, mindset and team performance under pressure.
For leadership audiences serious about what real-world performance under pressure actually requires, Nick is one of the most credible voices on the Australian speaking circuit.
Nick Caldwell is a keynote speaker based in Western Australia who speaks on business strategy, inspiration and leadership. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
Discussing why we need to be resilient, how do we build resilience, how our brain bias and frames of reference work and real-world experiences of situations.
How our background and experiences can impact on how we view situations and how hard we determine situations to be, and how we can change this.
Looking at who we surround ourselves with, what we expect from ourselves and our peers, the environment we work/live in, the standards we live by our mindset as we approach situations.
What are the key-characteristics and common traits of high functioning teams and how to achieve these levels of cohesion and performance.
This covers the difference between being resilient and getting through a situation versus thriving in a variety of situations and achieving a better outcome. What we can do for ourselves to build our own resilience, what decisions we should make on a daily basis to enhance this, what we can do within our workplace environment.
Discussing mindset as we approach every day life, making decisions, when working in a team.
In all the topics Nick uses real world experiences as an SAS operator to reflect the resilience learned and built that can be applied to the individual and corporate everyday.
From the moment we arrived and met Nick and his team, their level of kindness, communication, humility, respect and organisation was extremely impressive. Nick’s brief was perfect and resonated so well with the environment we are striving to shape at Claremont, and the associated behaviours that most importantly under pin this. The way in which he explained the values of acting with Intent, Contribution & Communication made an immediate and very strong impact and framed the ‘why’ in which did the activities we did perfectly. Also to touch on building resilience through the small wins we achieve by doing all the ‘little big things’ in our daily lives and the associated positive neural plasticity responses that occur in the brain is a wonderful message for the players to hear. The flow from the brief into the activities and the way in which the guys facilitated them and managed the players was great, only intervening and providing directions when needed and being crystal clear and firm. To sum it up, I have been involved in quite a few days like yesterday, but this was without par by a mile the best due to the points above. I would really appreciate it if you can pass on my sincere thanks to Nick and themillgym team that ran the day so well, I am so happy that we found you guys and shared that experience with you”Claremont Tigers
Nick ran a 3 hour workshop on High Functioning Resilience for our team of 25. Our team are predominantly engineers of varying age from a variety of different backgrounds. Our company is a global frontrunner in sustainable minerals processing technologies and services. Nick is a truly captivating presenter with expert level knowledge and experience on the topic of resilience and the importance of mindset. I honestly cannot recall a time where I have attended a presentation like it - myself and 24 other people silent and still in seat, present and engaged in what was right in front of us for the duration. Feedback from participants was very positive – some saying it was one of the best team builders they’d been on, others that they left feeling inspired and motivated to take on more, some mentioning it had given them a profoundly different perspective on life and on those that serve. Thanks, Nick it was a privilege to have you come and show us some tools to take our contribution and performance in our work and personal lives to another level.”Metso Outotech
There aren’t many individuals or businesses who can have a vast array of skill differences in the one room and confidently teach a brand new skill or rehash a well drilled one under complete control. I knew the calibre of the individuals who I’d be dealing with, but was still taken back by their presence and ability to convey their point to the audience.I.H.
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