Dave Bunting MBE is a highly experienced Expedition Leader and High Altitude Mountaineer. He draws relevant and engaging parallels between many of the problems faced in business and in life, and the challenges of leading teams in difficult and often dangerous conditions.
“It was great hearing Dave’s stories of how he and his team tackled the difficultly of Everest. We able to learn valuable lessons to apply to our organisation focusing on trust, leadership, management and team working. Dave was thoroughly entertaining, providing fantastic images and an engaging speech.”
“Dave delivered an inspirational presentation to a regional team of clinicians and administrators working within medical education at an annual conference. Dave’s sessions was variously described as ‘amazing’ and ‘the best bit of the conference’ and certainly provided translatable experience in relation to planning projects and leading teams”
“Dave’s ability to listen into the group session before he spoke about his amazing leadership story was brilliant as he was able to adapt his truly valuable lessons to the current context and audience of young aspiring Graduate leaders. Dave’s storytelling ability is captivation and moving and really motivates people to want to know more and strive for more. I cannot recommend Dave Bunting highly enough for anyone who wants to really understand what true leadership is and more importantly the consequences on performance.”
Jo Smedley – Head of Leadership Development in Operations at Royal Mail Group
“The material presented was inspirational however beyond this it provided a number of very good parallels with the business environment.”
“His story hit the spot beautifully, and my team were enthralled, entertained and amazed by what they heard and saw. I am looking forward to having Dave back again in the near future, so he can inspire us further.”
“One of the best presentations I’ve sat through and considering it was 8pm after a tiring day it was testament to Dave’s presenting skills. Engaging, entertaining and very relevant to why we were there.”
“Dave has an exceptional ability to be able to draw the parallels between his experiences and the challenges faced by business. His stunning images and passion for what he loves, delivers a relevant and inspiring outcome.”
“Dave was able to hold the crowd with his description and details of the expedition and the outcome of the story was moving. There were parallels from his experience that I could relate to and hopefully will be able to use to make my projects more effective.”
“Very easy to listen to, he has a great mix between informative and humorous. His subject matter was inspirational and crucially, is also relevant to a business context.”
“The presentation kept me entertained and interested, very important after the physically tiring couple of days. Good to spend time with Dave after the presentation, more interesting rather than exploring specific leadership ideas.”
“Dave’s tale was inspirational for us and the slight twist in the tale deepened the learning. He was able to spend the entire day with us, which was great in terms of participants being able to talk further to him and to run networking sessions.”
“Dave’s presentation hit the mark with everyone in regards to the adversity we can all face. I thought Dave personally was very engaging and grabbed everyone’s attention easily, was funny and thought provoking. Fully recommend him to anyone.”
“Dave Bunting is a great mountaineer, exceptional leader and truly inspirational speaker, who is equally at home talking Leadership Development or Outdoor and Adventure.”
“Dave’s presentation and subsequent informal Q & A session was by far and away the best part of the whole 3 days. It was highly relevant to the nature of our ‘Event’, Project Management in general and was expertly delivered.”
“The presentation by Dave Bunting was very good and was perhaps the most beneficial ‘Leadership’ lesson of the whole event.”
“Dave has presented to our senior teams many times and is an inspiration. As a gentle giant his presentation of true leadership, dealing with adversity and tough compassion is compelling. Without doubt I would recommend Dave to any leadership team who want an insight and need inspiration injected into the event. He has worn the tee shirt having led teams on expeditions around the world.”
“Dave Bunting’s presentation was excellent. He certainly held my attention. I believe that the pace, the structure and information that was shared was well thought through and delivered in such a way as to leave a lasting impact on the audience.”
HOW WE CAN HELP YOU
Dave will deliver an inspirational and engaging keynote tailored to your exact requirements. He draws on his 30 years of planning, preparing and leading expeditions to the highest mountains in the world, including the notorious West Ridge of Everest.