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About Bernadette McClelland, Keynote Speaker
* Sales Teams to help them shorten their time to market,
* Leaders around accountability and motivating their people to action and
* Businesses and Associations in creating a sales-smart culture and staying ahead of the competition.
When asked what gave Bernadette the right to speak on these topics, she answered:
“One of the many experiences I bring to the table, that has me believe this is such a pivotal message for sales teams, leaders and business groups is due to my husband and I falling from financial grace not so long ago. Being bedridden for one year due to illness led to business failure due to a lack of sales, home foreclosure, job loss and having zero access to cash which impacted both physical and mental health. At fifty years of age, my husband, Tim and I found ourselves bankrupt and deep in Australia’s welfare system and as a result we had to get very real with ourselves to get back in the game. Why this message is so important to business owners, CEOs, leaders and salespeople, is that not only do you need sales, but trying to cope, find new business, beat the competition and retain top staff, requires more than being strong, robust or resilience. It’s about operating from a space of ‘absolute certainty’ so that you are better prepared for the future no matter the uncertainty. It pivoting off those losses, those tough times, those uncertain moments and becoming stronger because of those experiences. I reckon we need to get better about willingly inviting uncertainty in, and bravely saying, ‘Come Get Me!’.
What’s in Bernadette’s Show and Tell file?
Award winning sales executive from within Fortune 500 companies (Xerox, CA and Kodak)
Recognized as one of the Top 35 Women in Sales Globally by Sales Hacker
Voted as one of the top 100 Sales Coaches Globally by Ambition
Asked by Harvard Business School to coach their MBA students on a part of their sales curriculum
Chosen to be the Asia Pacific coach to work with Tony Robbins business clients as well as speaker at his flagship event ‘Unleash The Power’, breaking coaching sales records
Spoken at the esteemed ESCP (European Business School of Commerce) in Paris
Written five books on sales and leadership with her best-seller, ‘The Art of Commercial Conversations’.
Recognised as one of the top 50 Sales Bloggers globally by Top Sales World
Awarded ‘Best New Speaker for Victoria’ with the National Speakers Association
Awarded a Telstra and Powercorp award for ‘Business Excellence’
Founded Women Who Sell – an Australian initiative for women in corporate sales
Spoken on five continents with Africa and Antartica on her bucket list
Member of, and speaker for, The Australian CEO Institute
Diploma in psychology based learnings and neuroscience behaviours
G’Day!
Thanks for stopping by my speaker page. You’ve seen all the business related focus but I want to share a bit more of me as a person.
As a mum, I feel I have won the jackpot. With two adult children they are my biggest ‘show and tell’ story. Danielle, my daughter is not only drop dead gorgeous, she is a 10 year veteran of the Royal Australian Air Force having achieved the rank of Sergeant in record time, served in the Middle East and now in a sales and customer service role with David as her amazing partner. Matthew is my son, a past leader in the Air Force cadets, an all-sports fanatic and sports coach as well, and a successful B2B sales account executive, with Yasmin as his partner in crime.
Tim, as many of my audiences get to know, has been my rock and we have been married (happily!) for, dare I admit it, over a quarter of a century. And he just happens to be a National Sales Manager!
Not only is sales and leadership clearly in the blood… you can only imagine our conversations over dinner!
I love to read and write, I pretend to be a great golfer and I openly laugh at my own attempts at humour.
So whether you are looking to inspire your team, define better ways to achieve your goals, or jumpstart a more sustainable level of revenue generation, I have the runs on the board to help you move your needle toward ‘absolute certainty’
Call me – I’d love to better understand what you would be looking for and see how we can work together 🙂
Cheers,
SALES & EXECUTIVE COACHING
Whether you are looking to objectively evaluate your people and your business, are in need of a personal sounding board or want to experience having a team of ‘A’ players all exceeding your expectations, I can give you the resources.
KEYNOTE SPEAKING
Whether you are looking to motivate large audiences at annual conferences or activate your local team on a critical initiative, I can help you lead a conversation that educates, inspires and shifts thinking to achieve those results.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS, MASTERCLASSES & KICKOFFS/WORKSHOPS
Whether you are looking to change your sales process, align to your target buyer, or jumpstart innovation initiatives, here are some economic and effective ways to provide instant insights and ensure execution.
KEYNOTE SPEAKING
Whether you are looking to motivate large audiences at annual conferences or activate your local team on a critical initiative, I can help you lead a conversation that educates, inspires and shifts thinking to achieve those results.
SALES & EXECUTIVE COACHING
Whether you are looking to objectively evaluate your people and your business, are in need of a personal sounding board or want to experience having a team of ‘A’ players all exceeding your expectations, I can give you the resources.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS, MASTERCLASSES & KICKOFFS/WORKSHOPS
Whether you are looking to change your sales process, align to your target buyer, or jumpstart innovation initiatives, here are some economic and effective ways to provide instant insights and ensure execution.
