Darryl Blake

Darryl Blake's special interest is in developing the people side of your business. His seminars focus on the role of the individual in improving passion, productivity and profit. Darryl is an Australian based international speaker, seminar leader and author, specialising in developing the people side of your business.
Best selling author of the Australian title ‘Skroo the Rules’ explaining the model behind Flight Centre Limited’s rapid growth, Darryl Blake has spent the last 10 years researching best practice leadership, and high performance organisations, both within Australia and abroad.
Formerly head of various O.D. functions within the Flight Centre Group, as well as the member of the Australian Executive Team responsible for Leadership Capability research and implementation, Darryl combines experience in strategic business roles such as General Manager – Strategy for a leading Australian non-bank lender with over 15 years as a consultant and speaker.
An expert practitioner of accelerated learning techniques, NLP, MBTI and much more, Darryl Blake can both educate and entertain as he leads his audiences on a journey of discovery and fun. If you like energy, humour, spontaneity, and simple-to-implement strategies that you can use at once, then Darryl Blake is for you. His entertaining speaking style, finely honed across five continents and over a dozen countries, gives him a rare ability to challenge, enlighten and motivate. He will entertain you with a natural humour and a relevant message that consistently engages his audiences. Darryl does not do a "one-way" keynote address, he creates an interactive experience.
The underlying theme for all Darryl Blake’s sessions relate back to developing the people/culture side of business, the importance of leadership, emotional engagement, and business systems for success. Passionately believing as he does that these are the key areas behind productive workplaces and effective business relationships.
A dynamic and involving speaker, Darryl Blake facilitates programs internationally, and has presented at clients' conferences in Great Britain, Amsterdam, Canada, USA, Hong Kong, South Africa, Indonesia, Singapore, and New Zealand. He has developed programs for management and staff for such organisations as Australia Post, Minter Ellison Lawyers, National Mutual, Flight Centre Ltd., BP Oil, Woolworths, Coles Myer and many Government Departments.

Speaker Topics Include:

Negotiation Skills
Sales & Marketing
The Art, Science and Systems of Leadership
Building the High Performance Organisation
Cracking the Personality Code: understanding and valuing difference
It’s all in your mind: understanding the mental side of everything!
How to be Irresistible in Business: Increasing your Sales Appeal
Change Management