Richard Newman

CEO & Founder UK Body Talk

Short introduction:
Richard is the Founder of Body Talk. Over the past 23 years his team have trained over 120,000 business leaders around the world, to improve their communication and impact, including one client who gained over $1 Billion in new business in just one year, using the strategies that Richard teaches.

Longer introduction:
Business leaders all over the world rely on Richard to transform their communication and to speak on the biggest stages. One client won over $1 Billion in new business in one year, using Richard’s techniques. His team has trained 100,000 clients worldwide.
Aged 18, Richard started his mission to discover the core communication principles. He went to live in the foothills of the Himalayas with Tibetan monks, who spoke no English. They had to communicate non-verbally to understand each other. He then worked as a professional actor, before becoming a communication coach and keynote speaker. Richard has won the coveted Cicero Grand Prize Award for Best Speechwriter of the Year.
Richard’s research on non-verbal communication was published in the Journal of Psychology. His study proved that you can increase your leadership ratings by 44% and win 59% more votes in an election by changing a few simple behaviours.
Richard’s new book ‘Lift Your Impact’ explores how you can ‘Transform your mindset, influence and future, to elevate your work, team and life’.

Areas you may like to ask about, from his new book:
How do you lift your mindset?
Values - your compass
Vision - your north star
Archetypes - expanding your potential and avoiding burnout
How can you increase your influence?
- Storytelling - the science of getting people to listen and care
- Body language - from living with monks, to studying stage acting and publishing original research
- Questioning and listening skills
What steps can you take to transform your future?
- Pivotal events
- Pedestrian events

Richard can share a wealth of knowledge, ideas, stories and personal experience, including:

Lift Yourself: beat burnout, transform your success, and expand your potential by embracing storytelling archetypes.
Find your North Star: lift your mindset with your inner compass - your vision and values.
The Science of Storytelling: discover how almost everyone does this wrong in business and let Richard share how to transform your success
Personal Presence: Richard’s published research shows you how to convince 42% more people, using small changes you can make in every meeting
Life Among the Monks: How Richard learned non-verbal communication by spending 6 months with Tibetan monks
The Power of Being Shy: How Richard went from being introverted, shy and high-functioning autistic, to teaching advanced communication skills to global business leaders
Leaders LIFT: The one secret that transforms your influence in every situation, so that you can inspire, motivate and lead people