Business Keynote, Motivatational Speaker and MC

What our clients are saying:

• "Fantastic!!!!!!! Your presentations have put a real “buzz” into our business and have got the whole staff working on 1% ers for their self improvement. Your presence, availability and approachable manner have been the game breaker. Our staff feels you are now part of the team, working with them to improve our business culture and outcomes. Our business has implemented the “blackbelt in excellence” terminology when engaging staff and managing performance, we are always talking 1 %ers Getting in the game. Choosing your actions. Looking for solutions. What are the small steps?
  
  For Me. For me, you have become a valued confident and trusted mentor, every time I speak with you I feel energized and motivated to make a difference. Your support, encouragement and mentoring have kept me focused on the task at hand and the “small steps” needed to implement successful change. I am supremely confident that, together, we will create that great place to work, with positive people, engaged in being the best they can be, with the outcome being a successful, exciting and growing business."

  Barry McGee, Chief Executive, WHK

• "Peter,
  
  It was great to be in your audience again yesterday.
  
  My choice of career and industry has lead to me attending many conferences and exposed me to many speakers. Among them have been Bryan Tracy, Skip Turner, Alan Pease, Winston Marsh, Tom Hopkins, Brett Lee and Leigh Matthews.
  
  I have now seen you twice and without doubt you have had the most impact on my life of any developer of human potential. Your simple messages are communicated with such passion and energy that implementation was easy. The routine has gone and I am on my way to remarkable.
  
  Thanks for everything and I look forward to seeing you soon.
  
  Kind Regards,"

  Paul Bloomfield, Regional Sales Manager, Stockland

• "How fortunate we are, to have had the opportunity to work with you over the last two years, and what a difference to our business and culture you have made!
   
  You bring to the table a complete package:
  
  * consistency - we are never allowed to move on and pass over our learning's
  * inspiration - you find and provide inspiration from many sources 
  * purpose - keeping us focused on the ultimate goal - not allowing distractions
  * a great deal of shared business knowledge and experience - we are always learning from others
  * real passion for what you do - you are an integral part of our team, and
  * you care - it says it all!
  
  We are on the way to delivering on our BHAG - because of your contribution to WHK CW - without your direction and guidance - we would be still floundering. 
   
  Personally, you have lead me to a higher level of personal development and achievement that I would never have dreamed possible - and I will never be able to thankyou enough.
   
  I have said so many times to colleagues and friends - you get my "head right" - you see through the Mir and babble - and provide me with clarity and direction.
   
  To "be the best you can be" takes a lot of commitment, passion and enthusiasm - and you bring these attributes to life in us.
   
  Thankyou for your past contribution, and looking forward to sharing the successes of the future together."

  Barry McGee, Chief Executive, WHK

• "110% committed to ensuring our event and his session was successful. Peter delivered information that was new and interesting that we could all apply to our work our lives and our relationships. Our people have seen and heard lots of speakers and Peter ranks up there with the best of them, the passion he displayed and the insights and examples he delivered about our association and business in general were spot on. Suggestion…Get TWO Peter Thurin’s on your books… he was very engaging and genuinely interested in our association which helped deliver a session that was topical and inspiring for many participants. We had our best AGM ever in ten years and Peter contributed to the enjoyment and success. Peter addressed us on Thursday and Friday and each session was just the right length and delivered with high professionalism. What better endorsement…on Saturday around the pool at Palazzo Versace Gold Coast about a dozen participants were reading Peter’s book given out to them the day before!! As the GM of the conference he made me (and other NILWA staff) look great in front of 154 people in the liquor industry and I did nothing but engage him to speak!"

  Martin O’Mara, General Manager, National Independent Liquor Wholesalers Association

• "Thank you for the fantastic program that you put together for our leadership forum.
  
  Feedback from the sessions that you ran was absolutely tremendous. Both the content of the sessions and the mode of delivery was first rate and I have no doubt that the messages you conveyed really resonated with our team. I also really appreciate the time you took to understand our business and integrate these learnings into your sessions."

  Paul Bassat, Chief Executive Officer, SEEK

• "Peter is clearly your ‘not so average’ speaker. He listens intently to your brief, and executes right on target. He uses your conference themes appropriately and takes the time to research.
  
  Spent his own time observing the team in action well prior to the delivery so he knew the culture and how to speak in tune with expectations, whilst being comfortably challenging.
  
  His delivery is very energetic and almost exhausting. I was impressed with his ‘call to action’. His ‘easy to do’ also ‘easy not to do’ is driving us all mad.
  
  He got a standing ovation from an appreciative crowd."

  General Manager, Bidvest

• "Peter,
  
  I have just settled back to work after the amazing 5 days in China at the "Next Course".
  
  I just wanted to say I have sat through a lot of motivational speakers over the years but you were a real revelation and a genuine catalyst for change.
  
  If I took away one thing it was "get in the game". You said it over and over again and I thank you for it. Since I returned I have built my own website and started to do things to develop rather than observe from the sidelines…to celebrate my passions.
  
  Thanks a million mate...
  
  All the best and a lot of continued success..."

  Ciaran Hickey, Director - Cuisine, W Seoul-Walkerhill, Starwood Hotels

• "Pete, a huge thank you for yesterday's session. I thought it was absolutely incredible. The messages were very powerful but just as importantly they were delivered with tremendous energy and conviction. I have really enjoyed working with you."

  Paul Bassat, CEO & Co-Founder, SEEK

• "I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for the recent workshop and keynote address you delivered for the national Sensis Learning and Development team during our recent team event in Melbourne. Some of the words the team and I now use to describe you and the work you do at  “blackbelt in excellence” include; energetic, inspiring, challenging, rewarding, thought…wait, action provoking!! The time you spent with me prior to the workshop was invaluable in preparing for the session. You really took the time to understand what my desired outcomes were and you were obviously focused and committed to ensuring they were achieved.  You even managed me when I had some initial doubts that the team would be open and responsive!  All I can say is that the preparation paid off, in bucket loads! The workshop was not only incredibly relevant for the team but it took a newly formed group of employees who were unsure of themselves and what they were capable of, both as individuals and as a group, to a place where there is a whole new dynamic in play!  The team was really able to challenge some of their initial thinking and beliefs and really consider new possibilities – they were inspired by your words but more importantly, inspired by their capacity to do something they never thought was possible and in that, consider what else was possible for them as individuals and as a team. Right from the start you told me the session would break down barriers and have the team thinking and acting in a new way – and you were right!  I have seen such improvement in attitude and behaviour since the workshop – it really was a great success!"

  Operations Training & Development Manager, Sensis Pty Ltd

• "What a great performance Peter, thank you for a spectacular motivational session. You certainly grabbed the attention of the audience with your enthusiasm, humour and good fun approach to emphasise your message."

  Pharmaceutical Society of Australia