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Paul Ellis-Smith

All Limitations are self imposed.

Paul Ellis-Smith worked at Old Mutual for around 5 years, first as an internal auditor and later as a company secretary, where he developed a reputation for innovation and out-of-the-box thinking. He left the corporate world in August 2008 and is building a consulting / training business in financial management and corporate governance as a franchised management consultant for Amecus Corporate Governance (Pty) Ltd. His areas of business expertise are corporate governance, risk management, financial management and business leaderhsip. He has a Bachelor of Accounting Science and a post graduate diploma in advanced company law and securities law.

Paul has been a musician for most of his life and prior to working for Old Mutual taught classical guitar and presented a show on Fine Music Radio 101.3. Paul has become very involved in voluntary work in Muizenberg, where he has had a number of roles including chairing the Community Police Forum as well as sitting on the Executive Committee of the Muizenberg Lakeside Residents Association where he was responsible for safety and security. He is a non executive director of the Muizenberg Improvement District, a Section 21 Company and looks after the Corporate Governance and HR portfolios.

Topics / focus areas

Finance for non financial managers covers a simple understanding of income statements, balance sheets and understanding cashflow as the life blood of a business.

Inspirational Leadership covers his leadership beliefs around passion, commitment, communication, inspiration, and congruence and your own value system.

Living your dream covers Paul’s own story as a bi-lateral amputee with a black belt in karate. Over his life, Paul has overcome many set backs and obstacles but now he lives his dream as a successful entrepreneur with a lifestyle that allows him to work on his laptop in beach front coffee shops and run seminars internationally.

Speakers Delivery Style

Paul has a natural gift of capturing the essence of a topic and eruditely explain it very clearly and concisely. As a workshop facilitator he has developed a natural sense of pace and timing to ensure that his message is received by his audience. Paul’s ability to move and inspire people is quite profound.

Why the audience should listen to these topics

Anyone who is interested in improving their understanding of how a business really works, from a financial perspective would benefit from the finance for not financial managers seminar.

Leaders or aspirant leaders will be inspired by the leadership speech. The speech challenges the audience to reflect on their own values and personal vision and to take a fresh look at how they are setting out to achieve that through the efforts and participation of others. The speaker’s view is that one is leading, not only in managing subordinates but also customers and even one’s own manager.

Live your dream is an inspirational speech that helps people to find the inner strength and confidence pursue their own dreams and some of the tools necessary to get there. Paul tells his own story and those of others who have achieved remarkable things and then explains how this is possible for anyone to do.

What participants will learn

An enhanced understanding of business finance

Participants will gain leadership insights and enhance their leadership skills

Participants will gain a deep understanding that all their limitations are ultimately self imposed.

What the audience will take home

The audience will come away from any of these speeches feeling inspired and empowered.

Benefits for the individual

Enhanced personal empowerment as a leader or manager and a greater feeling of control over their own destiny in whatever endeavours they are passionate about. They will be better able to inspire and win the buy-in of those they need to lead.

Benefits for the organisation

Paul’s belief is that through his workshops on leadership and finance, he is able to facilitate culture change in organisations through creating awareness of financial imperatives and also helping people to understand and communicate organisational goals and create buy-in for these. He also teaches that one should forever be seeking to understand how one should find alignment between one’s own goals and those of the individual’s one leads and an organisation’s goals in order to find fulfilment.

Topics

Finance for non financial managers
Inspirational leadership
Living your dream

Speaks

English

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