Associate Consultants

NIGEL RISNER - UNITED KINGDOM

Nigel Risner's inspirational and empowering messages excite audiences throughout the world. He delivers over a hundred seminars a year in his unique, energetic style to corporations and associations such as The Academy for Chief Executives, The Institute of Directors, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Red Bull and many others.

Nigel is a proud team member of large-scale training projects conducted by the Anthony Morris Group for global clients.

Prior to motivating audiences, he ran a successful finance company, being one of the youngest CEO's in the City of London at 26 years old. He is the past president of the London Chapter of Professional Speakers Association, and is the only speaker ever to be recognized as Speaker of the Year by both the Academy for Chief Executives and The Executive Committee, the world’s largest organization for business leaders. He is also a Companion of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management.

Nigel's unique impact is derived from his ability to make lasting changes to human behaviour within the hours of the seminar session itself. Delegates have reported massive changes in productivity, sales and group dynamics following his work. His one-line punchy slogans become metaphors for change - frequently branded and advertised long after the presentation has finished.

His unique style has been described by many as the "perfect compliment" to Anthony's own characteristic coaching skills.

KEITH ABRAHAM - AUSTRALIA

Keith Abraham is a best selling author and has been described in Time magazine as "Australia’s up and coming inspirational speaker".

He teams up with the Anthony Morris Group on international coaching projects with clients and is a valued member of the team.

Keith shares easy-to-implement, proven strategies that have a profound effect on audiences, showing them to how maximise their marketing efforts, optimise their existing customer base and capitalise on their current market opportunities.

Working with a retail organisation, Keith turned the worst sales area with 110% staff turnover into the best area to achieve their annual budget of $15,000,000. In a Customer Service Call Centre, he developed a 6 part sales model that has ensured they are 200% ahead of their annual sales budget and 98% of their 220 staff members are exceeding their targets every single month. He shared one business growth concept with a client to help them grow from $5 million to $9 million in 12 months, then to grow to $16 million in the following year without employing extra staff. He also showed one Financial Planner how to add an additional $500,000 to their bottom line over a 12 month period.

Keith’s presentations are studded with relevant facts, gems of wisdom and amusing anecdotes, crafted to a customised presentation that is filled with substance, strategies and solutions.

STEF DU PLESSIS - SOUTH AFRICA

ABOUT STEF DU PLESSIS

Stef du Plessis holds a Masters degree in Leadership and has the field credentials of Lieutenant Colonel/Commanding Officer Parachute Battalion to back up his academic laurels.

During his 15 years in the financial services industry he qualified for MDRT membership every year, also qualifying for Court of the Table. He added sales manager and regional chair of the LUA of South Africa to round out his life industry corporate service. Returning to full time sales, he then built a successful brokerage which continues to serve a loyal client base to this day.

Following an initial involvement as concurrent presenter at MDRT in 1999, Stef was invited back as a Main Platform speaker to the 2004 meeting held in Anaheim, California.

Stef has been acclaimed as "one of South Africa's most influential motivators" by the Council on Education in Management and is hailed as "one of the world's leading practitioners when it comes to teams and team leadership" by the Dubai based Institute for International Research.

He is the founding president of the National Speakers Association of South Africa, has been a frequent guest on radio and TV and teams up with Anthony on large-scale coaching projects across the globe.

International Platforms

• USA – Speaker at Million Dollar Round Table - 1999 & 2004
• Africa – Invited to the Main Platform of the Multi Rand Forum on two consecutive years
• Canada – Canadian Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
• Australia – Various Life Offices

ROBYN PEARCE – NEW ZEALAND

Robyn Pearce is an international time management and productivity specialist, with a major part of her work in the financial services sector. Her practical and common-sense approach to time usage and associated subjects such as work/family balance, delegation, email management, paper and information overload has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world improve their productivity.

Robyn works with audiences in a very relaxed interactive way - within minutes they feel as though she really understands their problems. She helps them learn and integrate practical time-saving strategies to make more sales and yet ease the workload, diminish stress, and ‘have a life’! They constantly say, ‘That was the most practical session on the agenda – I could have listened to you for hours. What’s more, I’ve put some things into practice and they really work!’.

She is President 2006-2007 of the International Federation for Professional Speakers, serving the speaking associations of 10 countries, is a frequent guest on radio and TV and teams up with Anthony on large-scale coaching projects across the globe.

Robyn integrates with the group on specific projects requiring an emphasis on Time Management and Personal Effectiveness. She is regarded as a world-leading practitioner in this critical area of sales performance with a client list of many multi-nationals.

"A wonderful surprise to learn how much I had improved since the first programme with you nine months ago. Even so, this time I learnt a whole new layer of further useful timesaving techniques and distinctions. In talking with the reps we all agree that we are already achieving heaps through uncovering pitfalls and recognising opportunities for improvement."

National Sales Manager, Personal Insurance, GIO Australia..

“Now several months later and my productivity has increased between 30% and 50%. I'm seeing more and better clients, almost 90% proactive. I'm starting around 8am, leaving by 6pm and spend sleep hours asleep. Now there's an innovation. Thanks, Robyn. It makes so much sense."

Peter, Senior financial planner, IPAC, Australia.