Christoph Spiessens

When helping others grow is not just a rewarding career choice but your raison d'être, the pressure to be a role model can be significant. Let’s talk. Always in the frontline absorbing energy from delegates and colleagues, under significant pressure to drive change within an organisation, or trying to establish our own work/life balance, times can get stressful for leaders and L&D professionals. What makes it worse is the (often self-imposed) pressure that we have to be the perfect role model and somehow be masters at handling change, anxiety, and uncertainty. Yet we are human beings too and need to look after our own mental health if we want to lead the way for others. The 3 key learning outcomes of my talk, “Behind the Scenes of Happiness” are: • How to identify the symptoms of poor mental wellbeing • What are the tools available to L&D professionals? • Why authenticity will improve the quality of our facilitation

If you think mindfulness is only about stress management, think again. It’s so much more! In fact, mindfulness is a business strategy. This inspirational -and practical- talk demonstrates how mindfulness can turbo charge employee engagement, sales and customer satisfaction at your business. Christoph draws on extensive experience from working in Japan and shares the key “omotenashi” principles to help you boost mindfulness in the workplace, which results in improved wellbeing, quality and productivity. If you would like to book Christoph to talk to your teams, please get in touch.

A powerful, moving and inspirational talk about finding purpose in life based on an authentic understanding of the Japanese concept, called ikigai. Christoph recently delivered this talk twice to great acclaim at the International Festival of Yoga in Manchester.