About Ricky Nowak

LEADERSHIP SPEAKER | MC | EXECUTIVE COACH

Ricky Nowak is an executive coach, a high content leadership speaker and dynamic corporate trainer. Her signature theatrical style motivates and inspires audiences, and she challenges them to think, act and do things differently where it matters most in their work and lives.

Testimonials

“Loved your facilitation style Ricky! Different to what I have experienced before… more dynamic and fast paced… great!”

Raelene Barry, Deputy General Manager, Gold Coast Convention Centre

“Your workshop was excellent, with high ratings of 9/10 from members who took away techniques to enable them to use these concepts in dealing with issues immediately.”

Professor Bob Nordlinger, Chair, The Executive Connection

“Your session was great! You were so well prepared and everyone appreciated your efforts!”

Jean-Marc Imbert, Partner & National Head, Risk Consulting, RSM Australia Pty Ltd

“A great session today. I especially liked the set-up with the break-out session making it all more practical and concrete.”

DLA Piper, Amsterdam (Virtual)

“Ricky challenged our thinking on HR tech both in the workplace and in our own lives outside of work, Thank you Ricky.”

Lisa Thompson, HR Director APAC, AMOBEE

Since 1998 Ricky has worked with aspiring and successful leaders and organisations helping them create smart, innovative solutions to communication and leadership challenges.

Ricky helps her clients find clarity of purpose and direction, and achieve their own authentic style. She intuitively and skilfully helps to build their capability, competence and personal brand. By unlocking their analytical and creative potential, Ricky’s clients have dramatically improved their commercial results and built more dynamic teams and businesses.

Ricky works with individuals and organisations virtually and in real time across Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Asia and particularly specialises in helping those in professional service industries such as finance, legal, accounting, project management, logistics, engineering, urban design, health, food and manufacturing.

Ricky holds an impressive portfolio of qualifications and experience:

One of only 97 Certified Speaking Professionals (CSP) in Australia. (The CSP is the only internationally recognised designation for professional speakers).
Executive Coach for Advisory and Mentoring Global
Executive Coach for Women in Banking and Finance
Certified professional member of the Australian Human Resources Institute (CAHRI)
One of only 10 executive coaches for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
A Speaker Resource presenter for The Executive Connection (TEC) for over 10 years
A valuable media expert for Media Stable – Ricky is national media commentator whose expert opinion and comment on current leadership trends and behaviours is regularly sought by ABC, TripleM, 2UE, 3AW, 6PR, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail, The Advertiser and SBS.

She has presented at over 3500 presentations at conferences, in-house training, and corporate meetings. That’s a whole lot of talking but a whole lot more of listening to what clients have wanted.