Behavioural Leadership Conference May 2023

"I thought it was a great conference and has helped me and my team to really think about how our business moves forward and techniques to use"

"The conference was very engaging, it was really good to hear how others think and problem solve. "

"The conference was engaging and the selection of speakers provided lived experience of how they had applied their Leadership skills and created psychologically safe environments."

The Hollin Behavioural Conference is the leading Behavioural Conference in the UK. The first Hollin Behavioural conference took place in 2006, with 36 conferences running since. Leaders from all industries are welcomed at Hollin conferences. Our conferences are a great place for leaders to learn new ideas, think about leadership from a different perspective and network with likeminded professionals.

Take a look below at some of the world-class experts in behavioural leadership who have spoken at Hollin Conferences over the years.

You can read Q&A sessions from previous conferences here. Visit the BMT LinkedIn page for further discussions.

Previous Speakers

Yvonne Harrison - CEO, Women In Football

Yvonne Harrison has 20 years’ experience in the sports industry, working across the health, community and charity sectors. Included in the Northern Power Women’s Top 50 Power List, Yvonne has also been named as Rising CEO Star by The Charity Times Awards.

Dr Denis O'Hora, Course Director, University of Galway

Denis is the course director of Consumer Psychology at the University of Galway in Ireland. Working in the lab and with leaders and employees, his research has provided insights for workplace safety, motivation and consumer behaviour. Denis helps leaders to improve their ability to lead high-performing teams.

Kate Parr, Project Manager, Arcadis

After 10 years working as a secondary school teacher, Kate decided it was time for a career change and began working as a Project Manager for Arcadis. Her classroom leadership skills have informed how she leads her project teams, offering a fresh perspective.

Bruce Faulkner, Director, 3 Simple Rules

Bruce is a career strategist, he helps anyone feeling like their career has stalled. Bruce works with individuals, sharing insights and innovative ways to help them reconsider and unlock potential. Bruce discussed the aspects of work that currently sit inside AI’s kill-zone, and how to get ahead of this career disruption.

Dr. Ryan Olson will be speaking at the Hollin Behavioural Leadership Conference 2023

Dr. Ryan Olson - Professor, Oregon Health & Science University

Dr. Olson's leads an internationally regognised safety and health intervention research programe. His research focusses on safety and health interventions for isolated workers, as well as occupational fatality suveillance and prevention. Ryan's 'Performance Equation' has been a key concept, used in Hollin behavioural courses over the last 20 years.

Martin Laycock of Celanese will be speaking at the 2023 Hollin Behavioural Conference

Martin Laycock - Director of Manufacturing, Celanese

Martin is a senior manufacturing leader at Celanese, with over 30 years' experience in the Chemical Industry. He has held leading roles within the USA, China and Singapore and he focuses on strategy development and operational execution. Martin has a passion for developing people; he has helped mentor numerous leaders of the future.

Alasdair Cathcart - Senior Advisor, Blackstone Energy Partners

Whilst at Bechtel, Alasdair was responsible for 8000 professionals and 40,000 craft professionals, and managed 7 business lines. Fitting in with this year's theme "reflections on leadership", Alasdair will be sharing invaluable experience, accrued through the leadership roles Alasdair has held throughout his successful career.

David Dickinson of Arcadis will be speaking at the 2023 Hollin Behavioural Conference

David Dickinson - Project Director, Arcadis

David is an inspirational and motivational leader, with a wealth of experience managing teams across different disciplines. David has experience leading on complex JV projects, using excellent leaderships to unite teams. Whilst working as Consents and Environment Director at Arcadis, David's team delivered a portion of High Speed 2.

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Alasdair Cathcart at a Hollin Behavioural Conference

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What our delegates say...

Here's what some of our previous conference delegates thought about our events.

"I enjoyed the content of the presentations - from latest research and "academic" to applications in business and school settings. The mix of speakers is good - real human beings with weaknesses trying to be better. The event has a good mix of formality and informality. The pace of the day is very well managed. The venue is a good location with good facilities."

"Excellent speakers, thought provoking and challenging to listen and hear insights into challenging the norm and utilising a simple science which is focused on people to make a difference in both life and business and importantly a science which works!!"

"The balance between Experienced Leaders from industry, Current academic thinking and some thinking around applying Behavioural management techniques was perfect. It was good to here the consistent themes running through the day I have been to several conferences and feel really privileged to hear some of the big hitting speakers from Industry you are able to persuade to speak."

"Good speakers, diverse attendance, good networking opportunity, content thought provoking and ability to be deployed practically."

"Interesting topics delivered in fun dynamic way."

“The seminar refreshed some dormant knowledge and gave me an insight to apply behavioural science techniques in to other processes such as planning and incident investigation. The speakers were excellent throughout the day. I can certainly use what I have learned at this seminar immediately in our own organisation.”

"I liked the format of short, informative talks which kept my attention even after an excellent lunch!"