Business Speaker
Dr Alison Edgar MBE spent thirty years inside companies before she ever stood on a stage to talk about them. She helps teams think and act like owners, the shift that turns a good keynote into results you can measure.
What PRS for Music said
“Alison delivers clear business impact with her human touch and personable approach, offering highly relatable and practical solutions to business challenges that everyone can understand.”
What does a business speaker actually change?
A business speaker’s job is to change how a company performs. Alison builds every session around the behaviour you want to see the following Monday: people who take ownership and treat the company’s results as their own.
It comes from thirty years inside companies, including one she watched collapse when it couldn’t adapt. Alison was awarded an MBE for services to entrepreneurship and business in 2020, speaks in person across the UK and internationally, and has held a 10,000-strong online audience from start to finish.
Her framework is The Intrapreneur Mindset: three questions that change how a team decides, ending on the big one, “what would I do if this were my business?” It is the talk most corporate clients book, alongside tailored sessions on leadership, change and high performance.
Why organisations book Alison Edgar
What a business speaker is worth comes down to what your team does afterwards. Here is what you get with Alison.
Thirty years in the trade
Alison spent three decades inside companies, from fast-growth firms to Yellow Pages, where she watched a household name lose to the internet. She talks about business from having done it, not from a slide deck.
It changes what they do next
Plenty of keynotes fade by Tuesday. Alison’s is built on behaviour, through her Intrapreneur Mindset framework, so people decide and act differently once they are back at their desks.
The numbers back it
After one of her keynotes, Haydock Finance converted £54 million more from the same sales pipeline.
What can Alison speak about?
Her keynotes are tailored to your audience and what you want from the day. Tell us what you are after and we will recommend the right one.
The Intrapreneur Mindset
Her signature keynote: getting a whole team to think and act like owners, at every level.
Leading through change
Why cultures that can’t adapt get overtaken, and how to build one that changes first.
High-performing teams
The behaviours behind teams that keep outperforming: how they decide, and why they trust each other.
What business leaders say
Alison delivered an exceptional keynote session, The Intrapreneur Mindset, at my National Conference. Her messaging aligned perfectly to my brief, and most importantly it was relevant to the entire audience.
Alison delivered a well-structured and thoughtfully prepared keynote at our recent International Sales Meeting. In her preparation she was keen to understand the needs of our business and the challenges our team faces in order to create an impactful session. Her insights on intrapreneurship really resonated with the audience and her core messages aligned well with our meeting objectives. Her session provided valuable takeaways about business, teamwork, communication and time management.
Olivia, Nevro Alison Edgar MBE's keynote speech on 'SMASH IT! with intrapreneurship' at our event for the Polish government was powerful. She was incredibly easy to work with, kept to time well, met the brief, and went above and beyond to keep the circa 10,000 viewers engaged and motivated. I know just who to call for my next event.
Sebastian, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
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Frequently asked questions about booking a business speaker
What does a business speaker do?
A business speaker is brought in to change how a company thinks or performs, usually as the headline session at a conference, leadership offsite or all-hands. Alison aims past the applause. Her keynotes give teams a practical way to take ownership and lift performance once they are back at work.
What makes Alison Edgar different from other business speakers?
She has actually run businesses. Alison spent thirty years inside companies and was awarded an MBE for services to entrepreneurship and business in 2020. She works on behaviour rather than mood, through her Intrapreneur Mindset framework, and after one of her keynotes Haydock Finance converted £54 million more from the same sales pipeline.
What does Alison Edgar speak about?
Her main theme is The Intrapreneur Mindset, which helps people make better decisions by asking, “what would I do if it were my business?” She also tailors talks on leadership, change, high performance, resilience and confidence to fit your audience and the outcome you want from the day.
What size and type of events does she speak at?
Anything from a leadership team of a dozen to a conference of thousands, in person across the UK and internationally or virtually; she once held a 10,000-strong online audience from start to finish. The usual formats are conference keynotes, leadership offsites, sales kick-offs and company all-hands.
How much does it cost to book a business speaker?
Fees depend on the format, time of year, location and audience size. The quickest way to get a figure for your event is the tailored quote calculator; you will have an estimate in minutes.
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