What Are You Afraid Of?

What are you afraid of?

I think if suffer a bit from allegrophobia – which is the fear of being late. I have always hated being late and plays into work too as I always worry about speakers being late or not arriving on time.

Thankfully it rarely happens as most speakers always allow plenty of time to get to event and if it does it is usually beyond their control (flight delays) and we are always on stand by to help with alternative arrangements to get them there.

Sometimes we get asked about speakers around the “the fear….”. and here are few examples of areas we get asked about and just a few speaker recommendations

Fear Of Change

Dr Tammy Watchorn is known as the Change Ninja and is an Educator, Facilitator, Coach, Author and keynote Speaker. Tammy’s experiences of trying to lead transformational change in a complex environment that didn’t really want to change led to her first book, The Change Ninja Handbook. S

In her other life she is a speaker, teacher, trainer, facilitator, and coach, working at all levels within and across organizations and with a strong focus on change management, neuroscience, behaviours and resistance to change, effective delivery and productivity. She speaks on the Fear of Change

• Fear of change – Understanding the neuroscience, emotions and behaviours of change are key to successful delivery. Knowing how we feel and respond to change we don’t like can help us spot it in others. Combining this insight with Change Ninja tactics that focus on how we approach other people will help us to deliver effectively, efficiently and with a lot less pain.

Other speakers to consider would be Blaire Palmer, Richard Gerver, and Chris Boardman

Fear of Failure

Caspar Berry is a Cambridge Educated, former Professional Poker Player and thought-provoking business speaker on Risk Taking & Decision Making.

Caspar uses the metaphor of poker as a vehicle to communicate universally resonant messages around the need for individuals and companies to take risk and seize opportunities that leave audiences informed, inspired and empowered to take better decisions to achieve their objectives and goals. One of Caspars speeches is –

• Risk Taking and Decision Making in Poker, Business and Life – looks what a decision actually is and asks how well we make them, and it identifies and defines the origins of fear of failure

Other speakers on the fear of failure include – Roger Black, Alex Staniforth, Bonita Norris, Chris Hunter and Mandy Hickson.

Fear of Public Speaking

Esther Stanhope is an international speaker, impact Guru and former live BBC Producer dedicated to helping clients and their staff to become more confident and charismatic leaders.  Esther now uses her expertise to help her corporate clients to communicate better. Esther is also an author and her book “Goodbye Glossophobia – Banish Your Fear of Public Speaking” was published in 2019

Other speakers on the fear of public speaking include Richard McCann, Caroline Goyder and Sam Carrington to name a few

Other speakers that cover fear in different aspects include –

Stef Sword-Williams is a TEDx speaker, founder, and author of F*ck Being Humble—an empowering movement and consultancy dedicated to inspiring individuals to embrace their achievements unapologetically and conquer the Fear of self-promotion.

Her debut book, ‘F*ck Being Humble: Why self-promotion isn’t a dirty word,’ has resonated with thousands, selling over 10,000 copies. Stef’s TEDx Talk on why the world needs to shed its humility has further solidified her position as a thought leader in self-empowerment and personal branding.

Hema Patel was part of the award-winning Baton of Hope team in Brighton. A UK-wide initiative to raise awareness of suicide prevention. And Hema is now part of the global More Than movement, intending to revolutionise the way we think about and speak about suicide. Sharing ways to eliminate the real stigma, which isn’t around shame, and guidance on how to truly thrive.

Facing her own fears of being seen and visible on social media and overcoming the negative self-talk in knowing what to say, when and how, Hema has gone from the child whose school report said ‘needs to speak up more’ to actively campaigning for greater awareness of suicide prevention, suicide bereavement support, unhealed trauma, grief, loss and coping mechanisms. One of her talks is –

Moving Forwards with Fear – what sits behind perfectionism, procrastination, people-pleasing, masking and rebelliousness is fear. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of judgement, fear of rejection and fear of status quo. Behind each of these fears is unhealed trauma, grief and loss. Discover how each fear serves you and stops you. Hema also shares ways of moving forwards. Because nobody likes to feel stuck! An additional 60 min workshop can be included called Unstuck Yourself. Participants leave feeling energised, inspired and more equipped to make bold, fast confident decisions and take courageous fear-facing action.

As always if we can help with any enquiries for an inspirational speaker please email us on enquiries@scampspeakers.co.uk