Rob Purfield

Biography

A high energy presenter with a reputation for fast moving motivational speeches and workshops, for over 25 years Robert has provided advice on enhancing the performance psychology of teams, leadership, management, sales, negotiation, corporate performance and personal peak performance, and has a reputation for getting results and impacting the ‘bottom line’ positively.

As well as authoring the Amazon 5 Star Rated Sales book “The Ultimate Knockout Closing System,” Robert also writes articles, makes videos and podcasts on numerous topics bringing the skills required to improve individual and corporate performance to life in a way that entertains. – a visit to his website will give you access to case studies and testimonials which highlight the success of his solutions and strategies.

Having enjoyed a career that started in the highflying world of Accountancy with one of the ‘Big Four’, Robert’s transition to Sales is what fired his passion for achievement through the excellence of behaviour.

Experience of working in the Leisure Sector, Automotive Sector and with experience in the Finance Sector, Robert shares some amazing insights with his audiences, displaying remarkable understanding of what makes people reach their potential.

Robert took his direct approach into the world of sport in 2008, when he was invited by then Hull City Manager, Phil Brown, to help focus himself and the management team to achieve the club’s plans for development.

Fourth from bottom in the second tier of English football when he started, Robert helped inspire Hull City to survival in that first season and then played a significant part in focussing the Club to their amazing foray into the Premiership, it was the first time the club had played in the top flight in its 104 year history.

Phil Brown, Hull City Manager, said of Robert, “when you work with him you really do know where you stand, he is no respecter of reputations and past success, Rob tells it as it is and keeps you focussed on the future goal”.

Areas of Expertise

Qualified in many of the modern disciplines of popular psychology, Robert is a genuine expert in NLP, and is qualified in both hypnotism and hypnotherapy and a Certified Business Coach Robert’s grasp of popular psychology and its impact on personal and corporate achievement make him stand out as a change agent in any environment.

Robert enjoys partnerships with a number of organisations who provide unique organisational improvement instruments. He is an accredited Coach for ‘Insights’ the premium psychometric tool for identifying Communication and Behavioural preferences of teams and individuals. Robert also enjoys a partnership relationship with “Engagement Multiplier’ who provide a superb Engagement Platform to help every business improve productivity. He is also qualified in ‘Organisation Culture Measurement’ using the “Barrett Values” measurement instrument which helps organisations understand where their cultural gaps are and how to develop the people in the organisation to match its mission and vision statements.

Bringing all this together; with his finance background, business acumen, and unique presentation style, Robert is a truly inspirational speaker, trainer, coach and Business Consultant.

Robert has had the privilege of working with or presenting to audiences from:

Maserati, Nissan, Sainsbury, Tesco, Asda, Volkswagen, Vauxhall, Harley Davidson, Ringways Motor Group, Smith & Nephew, Hull City Football Club, Linpac Packaging, Honda Motor Europe, Volvo Cars, Volvo Technologies, NHS, Hull University Logistics Institute and Opel Europe, to name a few of his clients past and present.

An in demand, entertaining speaker, Robert’s keynote topics include:

• Insights, a journey of discovery for better organisational performance
• Every Organisation is Perfectly Formed for its Current Performance – and why what got you here won’t get you there!
• The journey from Performance to Potential
• Improving performance through personal choice of attitude
• Communication styles and their impact on corporate performance
• Selling in an impossible market – “They’re not here to tell you they don’t want one”