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for everyone in business.
Transformative coaching and training for anyone who needs to have a positive impact in the workplace and beyond. Working with leaders and salespeople globally.
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Welcome
Rupert is a coach, trainer and consultant. He dedicates his life to helping individuals thrive in their business and professional relationships. He has helped leaders connect with their teams and he has helped a range of blue chip businesses from luxury jewellery to technology and finance to sell more.
About Rupert Wesson
Rupert has a background in frontline leadership and selling and he brings this experience to all of his coaching and training. He gives people the confidence to simplify their message and to connect at a most human level.
Rupert's Coaching Principles
Confidence
Confidence is a precious commodity and comes in many forms. Inner confidence is the critical one. It allows us to speak with conviction and more importantly it allows us to hear other people too. Confidence is not innate and can be developed in ourselves and we can all develop it in others.
Social Skills
The world is full of knowledgeable and technically gifted people. Ultimately they are not the ones who thrive. To succeed it is essential to also have well-honed interpersonal skills because with these it is possible to build trust and a foundation for long term business relationships.
Communication
We persuade people with the words we use. To be truly persuasive we must simplify our messages and use the language of conviction.
- "Affable Debrett's expert"
- "Rupert Wesson ...A man marinated in confidence"
- "A sparkling former army officer and a combination of ‘complete best man’ and ‘the uncle you never had'."
- "Rupert Wesson has coached a huge number of leaders around the world on how they can communicate better in public — with greater ease, wit, poise and clarity."
- "The impact of just one session has been huge. At the following board meeting I had everyone's full attention and they acted on all of my recommendations. That is a first. Thank you."
- "I always enjoy listening to Rupert. The sessions are supposed to be organised for the junior members of the team but I always come away with a few gems of knowledge and I have been doing this job for 30 years."
- "Exquisitely mannered expertise"
- "I have been a property developer for more years than I care to mention! I was lost in the weeds of the day to day work but Rupert has shown me that I have everything I need to inspire and to build brilliance into my team."
- "This has been a revelation. I had always dreaded board meetings and never really managed to persuade them to do the right thing. This has all changed, they are not only listening but they are acting on my advice."
Find out how you can develop the social skills needed in your professional life.
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I am losing interest in my current role and thinking of moving on. The obvious starting point would be to engage a recruitment consultant, but my colleagues tell me they are (at best) a necessary evil. What protocols and etiquette do I need to know to get the best out of them?
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BBC News Business Dining Etiquette
Lots of #budget posts around, so for variety... here's a chat on business dining etiquette. Biggest faux pas at business lunch? Tie or no tie? Debrett's expert Rupert Wesson joined me on #TalkingBusiness earlier on BBC News & BBC Money
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How will we meet and greet in the era of social distancing?
Director of etiquette experts Debrett's, Rupert Wesson says 'we all need this advice to help keep us safe' and adds etiquette has 'become even more important'.
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