Nigel Risner
Nigel Risner has helped CEOs, national leaders, and Fortune 500 brands boost performance through powerful storytelling, strategy, and behavioral insight.
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Top rated! Why you should book Nigel Risner for your next event
- Having delivered more than 3,000 paid keynotes in over 50 countries, Nigel Risner brings global perspective, cultural fluency, and consistent results that make him a trusted favourite for international conferences.
- With clients such as Pepsi, Pfizer, Marks & Spencer, and over half of the FTSE 100, Nigel Risner has a proven track record of delivering high-impact keynotes that resonate across global industries and executive teams.
- Nigel Risner is the only keynote speaker in Europe to be awarded Speaker of the Year by every major CEO network, including YPO, Vistage, and the Academy for Chief Executives—proof of his unmatched impact at the highest leadership level.
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Creating Impact That Drives Real Business Change
Drive real business transformation with one of the world’s most sought-after keynote speakers. Nigel Risner has delivered over 3,000 speeches in 50+ countries, inspiring CEOs, Olympic coaches, and global brands like Pfizer, Pepsi, and British Airways. As the only speaker in Europe awarded Speaker of the Year by all major CEO groups, Nigel equips leaders and teams with powerful communication tools that boost performance, engagement, and results. His bestselling books and globally licensed ‘Zookeeper’ method make complex team dynamics simple and actionable.
Keynote Speaker Nigel Risner is internationally recognized for his dynamic ability to transform the way organizations communicate, lead, and perform. With over 25 years of experience, Nigel has delivered more than 3,000 keynote speeches across 50+ countries, captivating audiences ranging from Fortune 500 executives and Olympic coaches to government leaders and healthcare innovators.
Nigel is best known for his groundbreaking communication framework, It’s a Zoo Around Here, which helps teams understand behavioral differences and work together more effectively. His 'Zookeeper' methodology—licensed and implemented by trainers worldwide—equips leaders with practical tools to navigate complexity, enhance engagement, and drive lasting cultural change.
As the only speaker in Europe to be awarded Speaker of the Year by every major CEO organization—including YPO, Vistage, and the Academy for Chief Executives—Nigel brings rare credibility and authority to the stage. His clients include global brands such as Pepsi, Pfizer, Marks & Spencer, and British Airways.
Whether you’re looking to energize your leadership team, align cross-functional departments, or close your conference with impact, booking Nigel Risner for your event guarantees powerful insights and actionable takeaways. Known for his humor, authenticity, and real-world relevance, Keynote Speaker Nigel Risner delivers more than motivation—he drives transformation where it matters most: in communication, leadership, and performance.
Customer Reviews
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Great sense of humour, very engaging
Stella Husted Krogager Novo Nordisk A/S
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A very IMPACTFUL talk - comments as people left were that they really enjoyed it and felt more inspired and cheerful as a result of it.
Gemma Thompson Schools' Choice
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Nigel is an inspirational speaker and writer... what you need to find out is what he has to offer - then take advantage of it.
Findlay Caldwell MD of RAC
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Keynotes
Keynote by Nigel Risner: Leadership Skills for Turbulent Times
Using lessons from his own very successful career as a business leader, Nigel believes managers maintain the status quo while leaders take their organisations to new heights.
How does an organisation get the leadership it needs to thrive? The bad news is, few people are “natural born leaders.” That's why so many organisations suffer from lack of leadership.
Keynote by Nigel Risner: Leadership can be taught Nigel’s IMPACT Code
Nigel’s High Impact Leadership presentation explains the skills all leaders must develop to impact their people and organisations. But it doesn’t stop there.
Nigel goes on to provide his practical, realistic blueprint for helping individuals develop the skills they need to take their performance to unbelievable new heights.
Keynote by Nigel Risner: The New Rules for Getting & Keeping Clients
Nigel focuses on how everyone in your organisation can become more customer-driven and less operations-driven, how to turn moments of misery into moments of magic for your customers, and how to create customer intimacy, retention and satisfaction that leads to customer loyalty.
In his presentation Nigel covers:
- Leading your team to exceptional customer excellence.
- Maintaining service momentum through continuous motivation.
- How to transform an unhappy customer into a happy advocate.
- How to balance loyalty with customer satisfaction.
- How to transform your Customers into your roaming ambassadors.
Keynote by Nigel Risner: New Rules for Better Communication
This presentation is based on Nigel’s most recent book “It’s a Zoo Around Here!” and demonstrates how his simple, yet proven, formula can positively influence others. Managers want to know how to maximize productivity and efficiency from their staff, salespeople need to build a better rapport with customers, employees want to get along with their peers and managers.
In this lively and interactive presentation Nigel illustrates how to decipher personal style first, then identify the styles of others, and finally adjust personal behavior to increase cooperation, relationships and profit.
Keynote by Nigel Risner: Change is Inevitable Growth is Optional
Times are changing faster and more dramatically than ever before - the technological revolution, global competition, more demanding customers, a tight job market that has turned some employees into “free agents.”
Many companies have gone from distinction to extinction because of their inability to adapt, adjust and master change. Nigel reasons that change is not a force to be feared but an opportunity to be seized, and the choice is ours.
His common sense message of ‘how to’s’ is designed to show what needs to be done, and how individuals, teams and entire organisations need to think in order to move forward successfully and with optimism.
