Glossary

Welcome to the Raise the Bar Glossary. Here you will find an A - Z lsiting of everything related to Raise the Bar, our clients, our services, our motivational speakers and more.

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Alex Alley - Alex Alley is a yachtsman, motivational speaker, trainer, facilitator and all around adventurer. Click here to see Alex Alley's complete profile.

Clients - Raise the Bar have worked with numerous clients over the years including - Boots, NatWest, Unilever and the FA to name but a few. Click here to see the complete list of Raise the Bar's Clients and to see what they have to say about us.

Derek Redmond - Derek Redmond is a world Gold & Silver medalist - Commonwealth & European champion for 4x400m relay. Derek also suffered a lot of setbacks due to injury throughout his career and it is these set backs that make Derek such an inspirational speaker. Click here to see Derek Redmond's complete profile.

Experiential Learning - Experiential Learning comprises of physical outdoor team activities designed to allow delegates to practice specific aspects of performance in a non-work environment. Facilitated training days offer intense experiential learning at various levels, from high performing teams to crisis management to leadership skills. Click here to read more about Experiential Learning.

Dr Frank Dick OBE - President, European Athletics Coaches Association. Frank is renowned as one of the country's best and most consistently motivating inspirational speakers. Click here to see Dr Frank Dick's profile.

Goal Setting - Goal Setting is an important part of helping to grow any business as it gives everyone something to work towards and keeps everything moving in a positive direction. The Raise the Bar Goal Setting Workshops explains how all of this is possible. Click here to read more about our Goal Setting.

Inspirational Speaker - An Inspirational Speaker, as the name suggests, is the person that speaks to an audience with the aim of inspiring all listeners.

Innovation - Innovation, one of the Raise the Bar values is at the centre of everything we do. We constantly ask the question, "Why not?", and push the boundaries of traditional training and development programmes to give our delegates a truly unique experience.

Integrity - Integrity is another of the Raise the Bar values. We always work to our strengths whilst adapting our motivational programmes and developing a tailored approach to ensure that we deliver on every measure according to the client brief. No organisation or individual is the same and this should be reflected in our approach to ensure maximum impact.

Katharine Merry - Katharine Merry is an Olympic Medalist and is one of Britain's most outstanding female athletes. Her career highlight came at the Sydney Olympics when she won bronze in the 'race of the games' against gold medalist and Australian heroine Cathy Freeman. Click here to see Katharine Merry's complete profile.

Kriss Akabusi MBE - Kriss Akabusi, MBE, is an Olympic silver medalist, Commonwealth, European and World Championship gold medalist. Click here to see Kriss Akabusi's complete profile.

Leadership Programmes - Raise the Bar currently run leadership programmes covering two main areas - emerging leaders and existing leaders. Click here to read more about our Leadership Programmes.

Leon Taylor - Leon Taylor is an Olympic Silver Medalist from the 2004 Athens Olympics. Leon is regarded as one of the world's top platform divers and has had a long and distinguished career having represented Great Britain since 1992. Click here to see Leon Taylor's complete profile.

Mark Eccleston - Mark Eccleston was the World Number One Wheel Chair Tennis player - 2004 Athens Olympic Silver medalist and Seven Times National Quad Singles Champion. Click here to see Mark Eccleston's complete profile.

Motivational Speaker - A motivational speaker, as the name suggests is someone, usually a professional speaker, who gives speeches which aim to lift and motivate their audiences. Click here to read more about Motivational Speakers.

Online Learning - Raise the Bar have created an online learning tool which can be used long after you have completed your Training Course or Workshop. Our online learning tool was designed to help everyone get the most out of any sessions you have had with us. Click here to read more about our Online Learning tool.

Passion - Passion is one of the Raise the Bar values. We are passionate about motivating people to achieve more in both their personal and business lives. We are also passionate about creating the right solution for our clients' needs and making a difference. We are passionate about improving staff engagement within organisations to ensure you get the most out of your employees.

Personal Coaching - Raise the Bar currently offer a Personal Coaching Training and Development Workshop. Personal Coaching is all about getting the most out of individuals. Click here to read more about our Personal Coaching workshop.

Peter Schmeichel MBE - Peter Schmeichel, MBE, who is originally from Denmark is a UEFA European Championship Winner (1992) - Manchester United. He is a European Cup Winner (1999), won 5 Premier League Titles, 3 FA Cups, 1 League Cup and 1 European Super Cup, all with Manchester United. Peter Schmeichel also won the FIFA World Goalkeeper of the Year on 2 separate occasions. Click here to see Peter Schmeichel's complete profile.

Raise the Bar - Raise the Bar aim to develop individuals with skills required to improve staff engagement and improve the performance of your business.

Ropes Experience - The ropes experience is designed to create a dynamic learning environment where strong emotions prevail, real learning happens and positive changes are made to dramatically increase performance. The excitement of tackling a series of team challenges at low level and suspended 20 - 40 ft. in the air can be life transforming. Please click here to read more about the Ropes Experience.

Sailing+ Experience - Sailing+ is a training solution designed to accelerate high performance in teams, leaders and managers. Learning is facilitated and fully debriefed by highly experienced Round-the-World Yacht Race crew who specialise in experiential learning. Please click here to read more about the Sailing+ experience.

Sport Driven - Sport driven is one of the Raise the Bar values. By modelling characteristics and behaviours of World Class Sportspeople we believe individuals and teams can create sustained improvement in performance. We actively work with sporting individuals and teams and tailor our corporate approach to develop the most inspiring programmes on the market. Through our relationships and our passion for development we bring sport and business closer than ever.

Staff Engagement - Staff engagement can be described as part induction, part motivation, part training and personal development, and part communication. Click here to read more about Staff Engagement.

Steve Backley - Steve Backley is one of our motivational speakers. He is a triple Olympic medalist and former javelin world record holder. Click here to see Steve Backley's complete profile.

Steve Parry - Steve Parry was team captain & Bronze Medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics and is another of Raise the Bar's motivational speakers. Click here to see Steve Parry's complete profile.

Steve Smith - Steve Smith is Britain's most successful ever High Jumper achieving an Olympic Bronze medal in Atlanta 1996. Steve Smith is one of the countries most sought after motivational speakers. Click here to see Steve Smith's complete profile.

Team Building - Our Team building approach uses some of the cutting edge techniques used by Team GB in the Beijing Olympics. We focus our efforts on creating a high performance culture, whereby team success is inextricably linked to team spirit and the sum efforts of each individual within the team. Please click here to read more about Team Building.

Top Tips - We have compiled a summary of the lessons from sport that can be applied to improve performance in the workplace. Click here to see the Raise the Bar Top Tips.

Values - Raise the Bar's values are - Vision: Inspiring Success Beyond Expectations, Passion, Integrity, Innovation and Sport Driven. Click here to read our full list of Values.

Workshops - Raise the Bar currently run a number of workshops in the following areas - Personal Coaching, Making an Impact, Innovation and Goal Setting. Click here to read more about our Workshops.