Testimonials

Testimonials

Accenture

Ascham Homes

Automobile Association

Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation

British Olympic Association

EasyNet

Greenwich Leisure Ltd

“Giles’ story is inspiring; we need more of this sort of thing. He has a valuable motivational contribution to make, in terms of coping with adversity, responding to bad news and, despite everything, setting his sights on winning. We would definitely hire him again as a speaker!”

Steve Hunter
IT & Logistics Director
Accenture

“Thank-you so much for the wonderful speech you gave at our Transformation & Celebration conference. 95% of our feedback from delegates said that your speech was excellent and that it made a real difference to how they perceived their roles within Ascham Homes.”

Hassett Auguste
CEO
Ascham Homes

“Giles speech was a highlight of our senior management away day. He is an utterly compelling speaker – the audience were gripped – you could hear a pin drop! His story was both inspiring & motivating for our team, touching us both personally and professionally. He lifted our day. The best speaker I have ever worked with! I would highly recommend him to any audience.”

Kerry Cooper
Sales & Marketing Director
Automobile Association

“Giles story is not only about Olympic success, it is about adapting to overcome unbelievable odds and achieving a dream not once, but twice. Told with wit and perfect frankness, Giles offers us all an amazing and perfect model of how change can be managed and even embraced for success.”

Cliff Mumm
President
Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation

“Giles helped to underpin the message we wished to convey to our staff with his humorous and touching speech.”

British Olympic Association

“…a competitive market place must always be met with continual change and evolution, Giles was able to express this in a very unique way.”

Deborah Collins
Head of Sales
EasyNet

“…there have been very few occasions when our 1000 colleagues have thanked a Key Note speaker with such a genuine and rapturous standing ovation! It was however, a worthy gesture to Giles Long MBE, Paralympian, a serial Paralympic Gold Medallist who is a thoroughly inspiring and captivating speaker.”

Peter Bundey
Director
Greenwich Leisure Ltd

“…thought provoking, entertaining and extremely well received by several hundred at JPMorgan. We strive to ensure ours is a driven and inclusive working environment, Giles’ presentation helped to remind us that we must always challenge our preconceived ideas on what is acceptable and what is achievable. I would recommend that any organisation which is seriously committed to empowering, motivating and inspiring all their employees, should take the opportunity of listening to Giles.”

Chris Winter
Treasury Services Operations Manager
JP Morgan

“I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your talk last week. The insight you gave through your personal experience, and the humour you injected into your delivery, was both powerful and inspiring.”

Lindsay Harris
Partner
Kuit Steinhart Levy

“Giles is one of life's true achievers. His journey from cancer survivor to gold medal winner is truly inspirational, and makes him the ideal motivational speaker. When he speaks about self-development, he does so from his own, personal experience, and so his words are extremely powerful.

Giles spoke at a Lloyd's event with people from throughout the world present. There were a range of very different cultures and beliefs represented in the room, but Giles seemed to connect with them all. He is without a doubt one of the best speakers we've ever had.”

Julian James
Director, Worldwide Markets
Lloyd’s

“Giles gave us just what we wanted, asked for and needed! Motivation, inspiration and sheer entertainment; he rounded off our day perfectly.”

Anthony I Joseph
Senior Vice President
Lloyd’s America

“Giles’ ability to re-align his Olympic dreams after his cancer diagnosis, to go on and win Gold at the Paralympics is the perfect example of continual change through leadership. The teamwork parallels he draws from the sport to business world are equally powerful and when told with his wicked sense of humour make for a very motivating and inspiring story. Giles is an excellent speaker and his achievements are comparable to another hero of mine, Lance Armstrong.”

Mel Goldberg
Partner
Max Bitel Greene

“Giles speaking is inspiring and engaging. He leads his audience through his own personal, and often emotional, battle to overcome change and drive towards World class performance - providing lessons to be learnt for all organisations....”

Andy Rubin
CEO
Pentland Brands Plc

“Giles delivered a powerfully moving talk to DBM's Senior Executive Networking Group. Delegates described his impact as 'enriching', 'energising', and 'inspiring'.

Giles provides an intervention that is ideal for any organisation or group who wish to overcome serious challenges, are about to go through significant change, or require a 'pick-me-up' after going through tough times. That just about covers everybody!”

Stuart Lindenfield
Senior Managing Consultant
Reed Consulting

“…the audience were clearly captivated by your story, you could hear a pin drop, and yet seconds later you had everyone in fits of laughter. Very entertaining, and many of the audience mentioned that you touched something inside them with your story. Thank-you Giles, and I'll certainly recommend you to other organisations looking for a speaker, who'll be a guaranteed hit.”

Iain Crighton
Director
Saab

“Our conference was designed to make everyone feel part of “The Team”; part of the bigger picture. Giles’ address was both motivational, highly appropriate, was perfect to conclude the day, and far done more eloquently than we could manage ourselves.”

Peter Maher
Director
Smith & Williamson Pension Consultancy

“I found Giles’ story one of the most moving yet motivational presentations I have ever seen as unlike other motivational speakers from both the business and sporting field Giles does not attempt to draw parallels with others rather deliver a story which will touch very member of the audience and illustrate success is in the hands of the beholder. The team still talk about his presentation and it is often refereed too in discussions weeks after the event, I have personally re looked at the video clip ten plus times as it really puts into perspective some of the challenges I face on a day to day basis, I would recommend Giles as an accomplished speaker for any team be they sales or administration based; even the cleaner will brim with pride afterwards.”

Frank Parsons
Head of Sales, Winterthur Life

“Giles has spoken for us now on several occasions and each time our staff leave inspired and motivated to move forward; both in their work for Visa and in their personal lives.”

Colin Grannell
Executive Vice President
Visa