Lee Warren

Lee Warren is author of the best-selling book, ‘The Busy Person’s Guide To Great Presenting.’

With leadership roles in sales for Eurotunnel, Hertz and News International, Lee has also been a professional magician (member of the Magic Circle) and has been a commissioned writer at The Royal Opera House. Lee’s background in sales, magic and theatre gives him unique insight into persuasive communication and informs his keynotes on sales, communication, presenting and networking.

In 2022, Lee was awarded the UK’s highest accolade for professional public speaking. - ‘The Professional Speaking Award of Excellence

 

Lee Warren is a professional business speaker, award-winning author, and sales mentor.

Lee is the best-selling author of ‘The Busy Person’s Guide to Great Presenting,’ the ‘highly commended finalist’ at The 2019 Business Book Awards. In this book, Lee shares a clear, simple, and reliable structure to give compelling presentations and pitches.

In 2022, Lee was awarded the UK’s highest accolade for professional public speaking. - ‘The Professional Speaking Award of Excellence.

Lee’s first sales role was a baptism of fire, selling Encyclopaedia Britannica during the digital revolution when everyone was going paperless. Finding success elsewhere, Lee went on to head up sales for Eurotunnel’s ‘Le Shuttle Magazine.’ He subsequently co-created the first database-led sales programme for Hertz leasing and then became Head of Sales at News International - overseeing the launch of a new national industry publication.

Lee has also been a member of the world-famous Magic Circle for the past 20 years and was recently described by Prince William as ‘absolutely amazing’.

An ardent advocate of live theatre, Lee has written theatre works for The Almeida Theatre, and been a commissioned writer at The Royal Opera House.

 Lee’s background in sales, magic and theatre gives him unique insight into persuasive communication and informs his keynotes on sales, communication, presenting, and networking.

How to Persuade Anyone To Do Anything (well, almost!):  Getting your messages heard, believed, and acted on is a key business skill. Whether you’re in a leadership role, a salesperson, trying to get teams to work together, or to get buy-in for projects and resources, you need to be able to engage and persuade your colleagues and clients.

Making Networking Work: Almost everyone knows that ‘word of mouth’ is crucial to their sales and business development, and that having a strong network is key to personal and professional success. And yet almost no business has a ‘Networking Strategy’ for growth, and many people avoid the idea of actively networking. This interaction give, engaging session will give you all the skills you need to be a world-class networker and leave you excited and ready for your next networking opportunity.

 

Grown-Ups Don’t use PowerPoint: The world is full of bad presentations and sales pitches, and they’re costing your business a fortune. Poor presentations waste people’s time, can slow down sales cycles and projects, add to endless pointless meetings and create confusion and procrastination. Worse, the presenter is often dull and flat and takes ages to get their point across (if they ever do!).