Newsmaker Interview: Lesley Everett

As your mother always told you, you never get a second chance to make a good first impression. And in business, that first impression can make a big difference in your career. How you sustain that impression is critical too. Lesley Everett joins us to share her knowledge on the topic, and much more.

Lesley Everett

Lesley Everett is an International Keynote Speaker and thought-leader on personal branding and executive reputation management. She is highly-rated as a speaker, author, columnist and media personality.
She has a unique ability to inspire audiences with her special blend of professionalism and fun interaction. This, teamed with the directness that the subject requires, has resulted in an impressive international client list including FTSE 100 companies as well as The United Nations, GE and Bank of America.
Lesley founded Walking TALL International in 2004. She created the Walking TALL methodology and continues to actively develop it today. Currently Lesley spends her time as a keynote presenter, delivering the Walking TALL Personal Branding message to audiences and media across the globe on a regular basis and her international profile is growing rapidly. She has presented to audiences in 20 countries and 4 continents, including most recently as one of only a few women invited to speak in Iran. Her profile particularly in the USA continues to increase.
Lesley’s solid insights and practical advice have taken her to audiences around the world and into the confidence of Fortune 100 executives, politicians and celebrities, as a personal brand coach. She says “I absolutely love my work and it feels like the perfect culmination of a number of years of varying strengths and skills coming together with my absolute passion of being who you really are and getting recognised for what you bring to the table. I’ve been lucky enough to be able to build my own business and am proud of what we as a team have been able to create so far. We have many exciting times ahead and I look forward to the next stages in this amazing journey”
As an author her best-selling book Walking TALL – key steps to total image impact, has featured frequently in national press. In August 2007 it was re-published for the world market by McGraw-Hill New York as Drop Dead Brilliant. To date McGraw-Hill have secured two translation deals into Spanish (Mexico) and Thai.
Lesley is currently President Elect of the Global Speakers Federation and will become President from July 2013 to July 2014. She is also a Board Director of the Professional Speakers Association (UK) and was one of the first to receive the Professional Speaking Award of Excellence in 2010, one of only six in the UK.

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