Mark Squirrell OAM - Adventure & Challenge - Explore the principles of leadership, resilience a ...

Travels From Victoria

Speaker Topics

Building Resilience

Succeeding during turbulent times and in unpredictable environments. Read less
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Chaos and Culture

How cross cultural teams from the United Nations overcome chaos in the worlds most challenging hotspots. Read less
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Corporate Social Responsibility

Maximising CSR results and using it as a motivational tool for your workforce. Read less
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Ebola Outbreak (ie Change)

Managing risk and emotions to create excitement around the challenge of the unknown road ahead. Read less
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Effective Communication

Opening up the channels that maximise communication and create unity amongst team members. Read less
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Everest Extreme Teams

Maximising your team and their talent in order to smash your opposition. Read less
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Extreme Leadership

Strategic leading to ensure a unified and collaborative effort at all levels. Read less
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Maximising Diversity

Using diversity to build powerful teams. Read less
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Motivating Teams

How to get your team to climb the organisations Everest Read less
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Negotiating Under Pressure

Conversational and behavioural tactics used on the battlefield to negotiate access and save lives. Read less
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Team Building Activities

High pressure situations are recreated inside or outside your conference room to build your team. These are tailored to suit your objectives and can be used to enhance a Keynote presentation. Read less
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Virtual Reality Experience

Experience first-hand the challenges and rewards of working in war zones and climbing Everest. Up to 80 VR goggles are available, larger audiences would need to be staggered. Read less
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Mark Squirrell OAM

Explore the principles of leadership, resilience and communication

Recognised with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM), Mark Squirrell’s work as an International Aid Worker has seen him work under pressure in some of the world’s most tense situations. From car bombings to meeting Yasser Arafat, Mark ‘Squiz’ Squirrell OAM has experienced more than most. 

After serving in the Australian Commandos and being awarded the coveted “Green Beret”, Squiz took his courage and leadership skills abroad to help others overcome adversity and turmoil.

Squiz has escorted food convoys through the Gaza Strip, negotiated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamel Eelam (Tamil Tigers) and brokered deals with Somali Clansmen to ensure the safe delivery of United Nations food aid. In doing so, Squiz continues to master the challenges of performing under pressure.

Inspired by his work with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Squiz climbed his way to the top of Mount Everest to help raise awareness of the global hunger crisis. The gruelling six week ordeal across glaciers and over exposed cliffs reveal the motivation, habits and adversity skills that facilitated his success.

With a career’s worth of experiences to draw upon, Squiz memorialised his adventures in a memoir titled ‘From Arafat to Everest’. He was also recognised in the Australia Day Honours List with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his service to the international community through humanitarian aid in 2019. 

He continues to be deployed on short-term assignments to emergency zones, such as the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa and 2015 Nepal Earthquake. 

Using personal anecdotes and real-time scenarios, Squiz challenges his audience to think well under pressure and communicate effectively with their team. Through practical strategies for lateral thinking, Squiz is passionate about helping people navigate the complex global market and improve workplace performance. Unique footage played through Virtual Reality goggles guarantee that your staff will have a life-like, high impact and unforgettable experience!

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