What kind of entertainers, experts and legends can best help your team achieve optimal cohesion? How do you keep people engaged and enthused? We recommend you get creative. Ovations know how invaluable it is to have a strong, happy team. That's why we provide events with charismatic, motivational speakers, explorers and other athletes, psychologists, musical legends, respected authors, even comedians. We specialize in building teams, from the ground up.
Charlie Lynn served in the Australian Army for 21 years. This included tours of duty in Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and as an Exchange Officer with the United States Army. More recently he has led adventure treks across the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea. He has led celebrity groups, corporate leadership groups and professional sporting teams such as the Sydney Swans. A very passionate Austra ...
Called the "Apostle of appreciation" by the Globe and Mail, Canada's largest newspaper, and "creative and refreshing" by the New York Times, Chester Elton is co-author of several successful leadership books. All In, The Carrot Principle and What Motivates Me have been New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestsellers. His work has been called a "must read for modern managers," by Larry King of CNN.
With her glossy raven locks, almond green eyes and enviable bone structure, it seemed inevitable Chloe Maxwell would launch her career as a model. What was less predictable was the versatility that would follow as she flirted between acting, television presenting, radio hosting and endorsing some of Australia most-loved brands. Well known for her relaxed on-air demeanour and ever-increasing popul ...
Chris Bonington is one of the most successful expedition leaders in the history of mountaineering and has established a reputation as an outstanding motivational speaker. He uses the superbly illustrated story of his two major expeditions to Everest as a case study that is linked and tailored to the needs of the cliÂÂent. He has spoken to companies and organisations around the world and was a vi ...
As founder of one of Asia's well-known corporate learning companies, Chris has delivered programs from the beaches of Thailand to the Great Wall. An avid mountaineering enthusiast, Chris has combined alpine expeditions with experiential learning to create a powerful leadership development curriculum praised by such companies as Nike and Sun Microsystems. Chris has developed over 40 programs includ ...
From the war-torn streets of Northern Island to reaching the pinnacle of pop music as the lead singer of INXS, Australian-based Ciaran Gribbin is now finding favour as a keynote conference speaker with an inspirational story to tell. His journey from a young boy growing up in a bitterly divided society in North Ireland, to falling in love with a girl from the wrong side of the conflict, and then following his dream to make it in the cut-throat music world is a captivating story and one that is now capturing the attention of corporate event planners.
Dr Clark Perry is a world leader in elite performance, leadership and team development. Clark Perry earned his international reputation following enormous success working closely with a wide array of elite athletes, coaches and business leaders, such as the Australian Swimming Team, Australian Cycling, the ARU Wallabies as well as the National Australia Bank, MLC, Toyota and Pfizer. In his role a ...
Colin is a world class keynote and conference speaker and facilitator, bringing a fresh, challenging approach to topics as diverse as Adaptive Leadership, Managing in Chaos, The Change Game, Influencing Anyone Every Time amongst a host of others. For the past 23 years Colin has worked all over the world as a Speaker, Facilitator and Workshop Leader for some of the world's leading organisations.
Commando Steve is a highly qualified and inspirational fitness coach and athlete, who served within the Australian Special Forces, where he was a counter-terrorism team commander. He has been one of the elite team of trainers on The Biggest Loser since series two. When he is not filming he is coaching CrossFit, a training system in which he specialises. Steve trains and lives in Kogarah with his w ...
Corinne Gibbons is a Partner in Singapore Sing, an organisation that conducts educational team-building programmes using choral singing as a tool to inspire and energize students (and staff) and facilitate greater communication, participation and creative collaboration. A well-known independent Australian singer-songwriter, Singapore-based Gibbons is renowned for her beautiful vocals and song inte ...
