John Hart

For most New Zealanders, John Hart's name is synonymous with rugby and the All Blacks; but his professional life also includes expertise in business leadership, management and human resources. John Hart spent 30 years with Fletcher Holdings and subsequently Fletcher Challenge. Starting as an accounting cadet, he quickly moved into the industrial relations area and ultimately became Group Employee Relations Director.

John played a major role in the New Zealand Rugby scene in the period 1987-1991 as an All Black Selector and Coach. His motivational, man-management skills and vision have been recognised worldwide. In 1995 he was appointed All Black coach and silenced many critics with two successful seasons and the first ever series victory in South Africa in 1996. The following year the National Business Review voted him New Zealander of the Year. He retired in 1999, after the Rugby World Cup, with an 85% winning record in all first class matches he coached.

Terry Watson

Terry Watson is one of the most sought after self-improvement trainers in North America. Not only is he a nationally renowned and diversified facilitator, he is also an experienced and educated real estate sales professional. Watson's unique and vibrant presentations are powerful, positive and results based.

Terry has his own unique brand of imparting knowledge. His infectious can-do attitude, his joyous sense of humor, and his uncanny ability to reach and involve all types of learners makes him and his seminar memorable and useful.

Alistair Helm

Alistair Helm – CEO Realestate.co.nz Founder & Managing Director at Zoodle.

Alistair has been involved with internet and computer technology since 1989 and has been one of the key drivers in intergrating technology within the real estate industry. His presentation will focus on technology and tools available to you to become a more productive and profitable salesperson. His ideas and insights will provide you with some clear direction as to what technology is available and what is best to invest your resources into.

Peter Vegas

Peter Vegas has been knocking around the advertising industry for the best part of 20 years .

He worked his way through some of New Zealand’s biggest agencies including Mojo, Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi. After 10 years working on brands including Bluebird Penguin, 100% Pure New Zealand, Ihug, TAB, Caltex and Qantas, he spent five years building up a small agency called Spawn in Auckland’s fashionable Kingsland.

In 2006 he took a break and went to Abu Dhabi in the UAE to work on his tan and help BBDO launch a new Office as Creative Director. In September 2010 with his tan at George Hamilton levels of brownness he returned home and he has been working with multi-discipline brand/advertising/digital/media planning consultancy Consortium since that time.

Johnny Davison

In May of 2010, Johnny Davison became the youngest Kiwi (at age 29) to successfully guide the summit of Mt Everest, while working for the legendary Russell Brice of Discovery Channel notoriety. This journey to Everest, has led Johnny all over the world, from Antarctica and the Erebus crash site, to the high, glaciated summits of the Alaska Range on the edge of the Arctic Circle.

Johnny is a passionate ice climber, and has established some of the most difficult ice and alpine climbs in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, while based out in Wanaka over the past few years. Throughout his travels, he has met many colourful characters, and lived the life of adventure he dreamed of as a kid growing up in central Auckland. He has climbed and guided in many places whose names are synonymous with the edge of the map, but still considers the ‘easy’ route on New Zealand’s highest mountain, Aoraki / Mt Cook, to be his most dangerous workplace.

Jamie Fitzgerald

Jamie Fitzgerald strives for success in everything he does, and is constantly searching for new ways to test his own boundaries. Early in 2007, Jamie became the first ever Kiwi to reach the South Pole unsupported on foot with fellow adventurer Kevin Biggar. This 52-day expedition created media attention world wide as they implemented a 'business-like' approach to reaching success.

Jamie’s other sporting achievements include the world record for rowing across the Atlantic Ocean (5000km) in a tiny row-boat, wins against both Cambridge and Oxford rowing crews during his management and marketing degrees, elite representation with New Zealand Rowing and is double New Zealand representative in rowing and surf lifesaving.

Jamie's professional career has included marketing, financial, agricultural and education sectors. Whether using examples from growing his farm fencing business, or improving bottom-line performance during his various bank manager roles, Jamie’s rich supply of theory and real-life examples proves his ability to translate theory into action steps is very hard to beat.

Jamie is currently working with an internationally operating business consultancy which focuses on the following areas:

• Strategy implementation and organisation effectiveness
• Leadership development, management training and executive coaching
• Instructional design, facilitation and adult learning methodologies
• Programme development and large-group event design

Jamie’s speaking and facilitation experience is enormous, with feedback to prove the quality of Jamie’s delivery. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have benefited from his inspirational, insightful and compelling messages. Jamie’s knack in turning his messages into meaningful dialogue between audience members is a tribute to his ability to ‘shape conversations’ too. Skills such as dealing with uncertainty, team effectiveness during the economic downfall, goal setting, communication techniques, dispute resolution and reaching objectives are among some of his strengths.

His ability to relate to any audience, and develop client specific presentations and workshops lead to very satisfied (and inspired) organisations! In short, Jamie’s inspirational messages are changing peoples’ lives.

Rik Rushton

Rik Rushton’s schedule sees him present at over 100 events every year whilst running his phenomenally successful real estate company in Belgrave, in Melbourne’s outer east.

He is one of Australia’s leading choices in conference speakers because he is still actively listing & selling and can show how to take Million Dollar Strategies and turn them in to $1million dollars of income. He has spoken twice at the largest Real Estate Convention in the world, the National Association of Realtors Convention where more than 30,000 agents gather annually in the USA, as well as a record 6 times at the Australasian Real Estate Convention, (AREC) the largest real estate conference in the Southern Hemisphere.

This past year he has been a key note presenter at the inaugural Real Estate Institute of Australia conference after speaking at the REIVictoria, REITasmania & REIWestern Australia and he now adds the Bayles conference to this impressive list….. as

Ian Keightley

Trainer, Speaker, Auctioneer, Coach

Ian is an experienced, successful and practical business person who has worked in the property industry since February 1981 after several years as a teacher.

He has worked as a Salesperson, Manager, Business Owner, Trainer, Auctioneer, Franchisor and Industry Consultant.

Ian spent many years in Rotorua in ownership of the Professionals office, then called McDowell Keightley.

In 1999 Ian established his training business to provide training and consulting services to the real estate industry and beyond.

Salescoach over this time created a strong reputation for effective and practical training and has provided training manuals for 3 national groups. Ian has spent a little time back in the corporate world and at the real estate coal face. This has made sure that Ian’s training material is up to the minute – to maintain this close touch with market reality Ian continues working with active real estate marketers, assisting in the procuring of listings, preparing the sellers to meet the market and calling auctions.

Ian has worked in product development and seminars in NZ and Australia and is recognised as one of the industry’s top trainers, motivator, coach and speaker.

A humorous and direct speaker, Ian cuts through the clutter to provide practical easy to use solutions – ideas which can be can implemented immediately.

For sales people selling any product Ian can provide tactics, strategies and dialogues that will bring more sales, a reality to handling rejection and self-management tips to keep stress to a minimum and focus to a maximum.

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