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Bear Grylls

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Bear Grylls is a renowned British adventurer, whose experiences have taught him how to overcome any adversity. With a wealth of fascinating stories, he empowers his audience to succeed in challenging times.

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5 out of 5 stars

Bear and President Obama made for such a fun, interesting and dynamic combination for our SAP global audience - and Bear ’ s message about resilience was incredibly powerful.

Bill McDermot, CEO SAP GLOBA See all references

Why you should book Bear Grylls for your next event

  • Audiences continue to be enthralled worldwide as Bear Grylls brings his charismatic personality to the fore when recounting his many challenges and how he overcame them.
  • With a presentation that is never less than captivating, Bear motivates business leaders and entrepreneurs to be prepared for all eventualities, and explores the mindset to achieve this.
  • Drawing on his real-life story, Bear has first-hand knowledge of what resilience and never giving up really means and is delighted to share his thoughts and fascinating insights.
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When it comes to outdoor adventure and survival challenges, Bear Grylls is undoubtedly the most recognized personality worldwide. Having spent three years in the British Special Forces he has acquired the necessary skills to overcome adversity. Now a popular TV star, his media career began with the much-admired series Man vs. Wild.

Why you should book Bear Grylls for your next event

  • Audiences continue to be enthralled worldwide as Bear Grylls brings his charismatic personality to the fore when recounting his many challenges and how he overcame them.
  • With a presentation that is never less than captivating, Bear motivates business leaders and entrepreneurs to be prepared for all eventualities, and explores the mindset to achieve this.
  • Drawing on his real-life story, Bear has first-hand knowledge of what resilience and never giving up really means and is delighted to share his thoughts and fascinating insights.

Bear Grylls is undoubtedly a man to be admired and has been awarded numerous honors including his appointment as Chief Ambassador to the World Scout Movement. He is also an Honorary Colonel to the Royal Marines Commandos.

He has faced many adversities, not least of which was a free-fall parachuting accident. After months of rehabilitation to recover from breaking his back in three places, he astounded medical professionals by reaching the summit of Mount Everest, one of the youngest ever climbers to achieve this.

Founder of the Bear Grylls Survival Academy, he challenges participants to go beyond their comfort zone and learn from new experiences. Working together is a key trait in Bear’s life and he also encourages families to take in outdoor adventures, binding in the process.

He continues to pit himself against new challenges, and his many fans worldwide eagerly await news of his latest adventures. His engaging personality ensures he is much in demand as a keynote speaker, sharing his vast knowledge and insight on the power of resilience and never giving up.

Bear knows how to engage an audience and delivers entertaining presentations on motivation, leadership, teamwork, and going the extra mile.

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Speaker Bear Grylls Keynote Topics

Bear Grylls OBE is a former British Special Forces soldier (21 SAS) and No1 best selling author who became one of the youngest-ever climbers of Mount Everest. He has hosted more extreme adventure TV shows across more global networks than anyone else in the world, is an honorary Colonel to the Royal Marine Commandos and is currently the youngest-ever Chief Scout to 55 million worldwide Scouts.

He speaks on various of topics such as:

  • Teamwork
  • Leadership
  • Operating under pressure
  • Resilience
  • Overcoming adversity
  • Going the extra mile

Bear can deliver:

  • Virtual speaker
  • Keynote talk on teamwork, leadership, operating under pressure and going the extra mile
  • Interview question & answer fireside chat
  • Jaw dropping conference opening or closing aerial stunt
  • Team building survival training
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With trademark energy and enthusiasm, Bear scaled breathtaking new heights with BT Global Services’ virtual Sales Kick-Off, helping to empower an entire Banking & Finance division with true - grit determination to strike out for new horizons, ready to embrace failure and become more resilient to grow and succeed in these changing and uncertain times. Unleashed, Bear grappled with every discussion topic with charm, clarity, passion and good humour, inspiring his audience around the world to believe in themselves and go beyond limits. BT would like to thank Bear for well and truly taking this virtual event within sight of the summit.

Kim Fitzsimmons, Head of Events BT

BT Virtual Talk

Bear was simply the perfect choice to join us and talk about why‘ experience matters’ at our annual kick off meeting in Barcelona. Bear brought energy, insight and was highly relatable for our entire audience who joined us from across Europe. His stories and approach to life left my teams feeling empowered and motivated, we all took something away from his presence and contribution. To top it off, he was highly engaged and approachable throughout our full interaction – both on and off stage. His team mirrored his enthusiasm and I look forward to working with Bear and the whole Bear Grylls Ventures team again in the future.

Brian Duffy, President EMEA North SAP

EMEA North SA

Bear Grylls captivated our audience with his real - life story of determination and human spirit. His simple advice to‘ never give up’ really hit home with our group. We had three outstanding keynote speakers this year, but only Bear received a standing ovation!

Rod Travers, Executive Vice President

IASA

Juice Plus+ has been working with Bear Grylls for many years. We invited him to speak at our European Leadership Convention in Barcelona in front of 8,000 people and he was simply amazing. His inspirational personality had an incredible impact on our audience. He brought the entire arena to a silence, listening in awe of his breath-taking journey.

Maria Olite - Senior Manager

EMEA Events

Bear recently spoke to 2,000 corporate and leisure travel business owners, colleagues and supplier partners on the final day of our three-day Annual Conference. Bear was incredibly polite, friendly, accommodating, and above all, human. The topics Bear discussed during his talk truly resonated with our entrepreneurial business owners, empowering them to get ready and‘ be prepared’ for another year of providing uniquely personal travel experiences for their customers, motivating them to grow their individual businesses with the best mindset to do so. It’s safe to say that Bear’s insightful speech, inspiring Conference delegates to have courage in adversity in all circumstances, will stay with many members of our international company community for a very long time.

Travel Counsellors Team

Resilience, resilience, resilience - this is what it takes to never give up and this is what Bear brought to the stage impressively and authentically at Switzerland's most important annual economic forum. His personality, his charisma and his enthusiasm inspired and thrilled the audience. The cooperation with his whole team was always pleasant and professional.

Swiss Economic Forum
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5 out of 5 stars

Bear and President Obama made for such a fun, interesting and dynamic combination for our SAP global audience - and Bear ’ s message about resilience was incredibly powerful.

Bill McDermot, CEO SAP GLOBA See all references

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