16 January 2026
Tony Brooks
Speaker, Author, Leadership Psychologist
Registration from: 11:45am
Lunch: 12:30pm
January's NCBC events calendar began with an engaging and insightful session delivered by one of our well-respected members, leadership psychologist Tony Brooks.
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Tony guided members and guests through the impact of "survival thinking" and explored the subtle ways fear influences our everyday decisions.
Key takeaways from the talk included recognising and removing common mental traps, such as negative self-talk, imposter syndrome, and defensive thinking, along with practical advice on crafting your own personal "success script."
Find out more about Tony's work here - https://thetonybrooks.com/survival-psychology-how-to-recognise-it-manage-it-and-not-let-it-hijack-you/
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Event Details
Tony Brooks
Lead Beyond Fear – How to Escape the 5 Mind-Traps of Survival Thinking
Leaders will achieve their true potential by gaining greater awareness of how their survival instinct is hijacking them and fear is holding them back,then learning how to master this.
Key takeaways from Tony's talk
- Why you may think you have Impostor Syndrome, but you don’t!
- How to handle mistakes, challenges and feedback to move out of aDefensive Mindset and enable you to grow
- How to overcome the 3 Cs of Ego (Competing, Complaining and Criticising)
- How to shift Group Behaviour from being divisive to being apower for good
- Why we are wired for pessimism and Negative Self Talk, but howbeing conscious will be your superpower
Why Tony Brooks has the skillset and experience to dramatically improve the success
- TEDX 2024 Speaker – ‘Unleashing your Creativity by Escaping Survival Thinking’.
- Leadership Experience - Tony has over 20 years’ experience as aleader followed by over 15 years as MD of his own company ‘The Leadership Training Workshop Ltd’
- Track Record - He has worked with 1000s of leaders and teams, with a proven track record of delivering significant profitable growth and positive company cultures
- Qualified Psychologist - He holds an MSc in Psychology (and a BSc in Maths)
- Author – 2015 4.5 star Amazon rated book PI Leadership. In April 2024 ‘Survival Psychology’
- Podcast – Tony is the host of the podcast series ‘Leadership Mindset’ with over 50 episodes
- Professional Speaker Association - Tony is a long standing member of the PSA
- Speaker Bureau - Registered with Raise The Bar and Champions Speaker Bureau
The Timetable
What to expect...
Arrival at 11:45, sign in and collect your badge before being escorted into the reception area.
Enjoy a bit of opening networking with the other members and guests of the lunch. Drink included.
Sit down for a two course lunch including a starter and a main followed by coffee. After lunch the guest speaker will take to the podium for their speech.
The meeting and lunch is drawn to a close.
Guests and members are invited to continue their discussions at Saltbox.
Parking is available at NCP Nottingham Stoney Street.
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