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Redefining Leadership Through Music

Charles Hazlewood

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Global conductor Charles Hazlewood offers insights on creative leadership, showing how music’s universal power can unite and elevate teams.

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5 out of 5 stars

Charles was one of the highlights of Google Zeitgeist... He got us laughing, crying and singing, all in the same hour. He was inspiring, funny and moving... Charles is always open to new ideas and feedback. He is a pleasure to work with: an all-round great guy.

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Why you should book Charles Hazlewood for your next event

  • Charles Hazlewood brings proven techniques to build resilient, collaborative teams, drawing from decades of leading diverse orchestras worldwide.
  • Unlock your team’s potential through Hazlewood’s collaborative approach, gaining tools to foster inclusion, adaptability, and unity for high performance.
  • An award-winning conductor, Hazlewood led the world’s first inclusive orchestra, Paraorchestra, showcasing his commitment to diversity in action.
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Experience a transformative keynote with award-winning conductor and visionary Charles Hazlewood. Known for his inclusive, collaborative leadership, Hazlewood breaks barriers through music, inspiring teams to connect across boundaries of culture, class, and ability. His groundbreaking projects, from South African opera to the pioneering Paraorchestra, redefine creative leadership—unlocking potential, harmony, and resilience in any organization. Perfect for teams seeking unity and innovation.

Why you should book Charles Hazlewood for your next event

  • Charles Hazlewood brings proven techniques to build resilient, collaborative teams, drawing from decades of leading diverse orchestras worldwide.
  • Unlock your team’s potential through Hazlewood’s collaborative approach, gaining tools to foster inclusion, adaptability, and unity for high performance.
  • An award-winning conductor, Hazlewood led the world’s first inclusive orchestra, Paraorchestra, showcasing his commitment to diversity in action.

Imagine a workplace where every team member is harmoniously aligned, each voice contributing to a shared vision of success. Keynote Speaker Charles Hazlewood brings this ideal to life, drawing from his celebrated career as an award-winning conductor and his transformative approach to leadership. Known globally for leading some of the most respected orchestras and breaking new ground in inclusive music, Hazlewood demonstrates how creative leadership can empower any team to move in unison toward a common goal.

Booking Charles Hazlewood for your event offers your organization more than just inspiration; it provides a toolkit for fostering collaboration, adaptability, and unity in diverse teams. Hazlewood’s “conductor as collaborator” model, which he perfected over decades of leadership, breaks away from the traditional top-down approach, encouraging teams to connect, communicate, and innovate with resilience. His work with the pioneering Paraorchestra—a world-first ensemble combining disabled and non-disabled musicians—exemplifies his commitment to diversity and inclusion, proving how these values can elevate performance and redefine team dynamics.

Book Charles Hazlewood for your event to experience how his groundbreaking insights and unique leadership style can guide your team to overcome communication barriers, embrace diverse talents, and achieve powerful, shared outcomes.

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As a conductor, Charles’ key role is to motivate people to bring out their very best performance. By drawing on his real-life experiences he demonstrates the simple ingredients of orchestrating success that anyone can adopt in their working life.

In his keynotes, Charles reveals how authenticity and trust have orchestrated success on a global scale through storytelling and video presentation that will take the audience on a moving and sometimes, hilarious journey.

Charles speaks on the following themes which he illustrates with music, stories, and moving examples from his life and work both as a globetrotting conductor and survivor of childhood trauma. There is no ‘one size fits all’, he tailors his presentation to the composition and contexts of each audience, drawing forward key themes chosen by the client.

  • Teamwork
  • Trust
  • Authenticity
  • Disruption
  • Vulnerability
  • Healthy ego
  • Leadership

Charles is available for the following formats:

  • Keynote speech
  • Presentation with an orchestra
  • Singing workshop
  • An evening at the piano
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It was magic. You took the room on the biggest inspirational deeply moving personal journey. The delegates were crying, singing, talking, reflecting... It was the absolute climax and took the event to a whole other level.

Olivia Bonner

Group Culture & Transformation Director, Sky Group

Simply inspirational and very thought-provoking. He managed to make it relevant to everyone in the audience, whatever their roles in the organisation.

Vanessa Lunt

Group PR and Events Director, Mulberry

If you want to inspire your employees to excellence as a team, bring Charles Hazlewood to address your next company gathering.

Carol Malinski

The Servant

I remember going to see an orchestral performance. I had never been to a classical concert in my life. But I am watching this and thinking about the co-ordination and the teamwork — one starts and one stops, just fantastic. So I spoke to my players about the orchestra — how they are the perfect team.

Sir Alex Ferguson

Ex -manager of Manchester United Football Team

Charles was one of the highlights of Google Zeitgeist... He got us laughing, crying and singing, all in the same hour. He was inspiring, funny and moving... Charles is always open to new ideas and feedback. He is a pleasure to work with: an all-round great guy.

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Charles Hazlewood

5 out of 5 stars

Charles was one of the highlights of Google Zeitgeist... He got us laughing, crying and singing, all in the same hour. He was inspiring, funny and moving... Charles is always open to new ideas and feedback. He is a pleasure to work with: an all-round great guy.

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