Ann Andrews Biography

Ann Andrews CSP is a seriously inspirational entrepreneur and team specialist who teaches organisations and individuals how to learn, unlearn and relearn so they can face any change and any challenge likely to hit their lives or their business.

Ann™s early experience in the military exposed her to astounding leadership skills. From there a career in corporate HR led to the development of her effective system for creating self-managed teams.

For the past 20 years Ann has passed on those skills to some of the largest corporates in New Zealand, showing them how a simple change in thinking can massively change their world and their results.

A seasoned conference speaker, Ann is regularly invited back to challenge people with her infectious humour and firm guidance by getting her audiences out of parentchild thinking and into the adultadult work practices modern organisations need.

She has presented at conferences around the world, including Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Belgium and Australia.

Ann is a past National President of the National Speakers™ Association of New Zealand, and was the inaugural winner of The Spirit of Excellence Award in 2000, an award which recognizes excellence in speaking and services rendered to the professional speaking industry. In November 2009 she received the award for the second time - the only speaker in NZ to have received the award twice. She is one of only five CSPs (Certified Speaking Professional) in New Zealand.

In addition to The Spirit of Excellence award, Ann has been recognised by her industry many times, including:

· Nominated for the International Ambassadors™ Award for NSANZ; 2000 (the only New Zealander ever nominated)

· Unanimously voted Best Speaker at the 10th Organisational Development Conference; 2003

· The only speaker ever to be invited back for 6 consecutive years by MESNZ (Mechanical Engineering Services NZ)

Ann has authored four books, two are NZ best-sellers and one has been translated into Arabic and Russian. She has also co-authored 5 books.

Her latest project has been the development of The Corporate Toolbox “ an online resource for businesses, speakers, trainers and HR professionals. Each product is carefully selected to ensure that individuals and business can afford to invest in their growth no matter the state of the economy.