Clients appreciate the time that Alan takes in advance of event such as calling delegates and customising presentations to suit, and he uses great case studies and gives delegates practical tips to take away.
"Alan is very commercial and gave practical, sound advice that truly inspired and motivated our people." CEO, Dubai Refreshments
With over 30 years of experience from the board room to the front line, Alan O’Neill mba, The Change Agent - has supported iconic brands to achieve amazing results. In a dynamic world, he knows what it takes to drive change in a business – from top to bottom… and back to front. It’s about having a Customer-centric Culture, Engaged People, and a Supercharged Sales effort.
Across B2B, B2C and the Public Sector, his clients include global brands like Selfridges, Bank of Irl, Harrods, Eli Lilly, Intel, Lufthansa, Mercedes, Moet Hennesy, Ramada Hotels, Scottish Power, Sherry Fitz, St. Gobain, The UN, Vodafone, and more.
Up to 2004, Selfridges for example was a sleeping giant - but in recent years has achieved two significant accolades… it’s officially the best department store in the world … and one of the most profitable (per m²). Alan was their lead consultant for many years.
A consultant, trainer, non-exec director, an author, and a visiting professor with Ashridge, he is also a trusted mentor to many CEOs and board directors who seek his advice on various issues. Alan has a reputation for making the complex simple… being down-to-earth and practical… with a commercial focus that brings everything back to the customer.
It is this unrivalled business acumen that has seen Alan chair and speak at conferences around the world and conduct master-classes with C-level executives. He asks hard and uncomfortable questions, e.g. How do you change an old culture to prepare for emerging global challenges? How do you overcome cynicism and resistance to change? How do you overcome complacency and lack of accountability? How do you differentiate with customer-experience culture?
How do you retain the best talent? How do you increase sales in a challenging and disruptive global market?
Dare to Change. For all sorts of reasons such as mergers, acquisitions, globalisation, competition, Brexit and other political challenges - more and more organisations want to better understand how to cope with ‘change’ and what it means for their culture. Every single organisation is going through some change. And instead of keynotes on leadership or innovation, change is all embracing.
Premium is the New Black. My debut book has prompted organisations to reconsider how they put customer at the heart of all decision making. After all, differentiating on product alone doesn’t cut it anymore. In almost all industries they know that customer experience is the new competitive battleground.
The Retail Apocalypse and Fake News. Retail is the one sector that is experiencing more disruption than any other. Although e-commerce is growing, it does not herald the demise of bricks and mortar retailers. It’s simply ‘Darwin-ism’ at work - bad retailers are closing. The survivors of the future are those that adapt their retail model to a new world.
Premium Is The New Black by Alan O’Neil
Excellence in Customer Experience is the new battleground for businesses that want to compete in an ever-changing world. In Premium is the New Black Alan O’Neill will challenge you and lay out the tools that enable great iconic B2C and B2B organisations to achieve consistency.
"Alan is very commercial and gave practical, sound advice that truly inspired and motivated our people." - CEO, Dubai Refreshments
"We in the motor industry believe that we can learn a lot from the world of retail. Alan made that clear." - SVP, Mercedes
"As a public service institution, Customer Service is a priority for us. Alan inspired us with his commercial stories and showed how they’d work for us too." - HR Director, ECHA
"What impressed me about Alan was how much he knew about the estate agency business and how tailored the presentation was to our needs." - Director, Sherry Fitzgerald, Ireland
"We greatly admire the Selfridges brand and wanted to hear the success story firsthand." - CEO – Retail - Russia
"We’ve invited Alan to speak on several occasions. If I had to do them all over again – I’d call Alan." - CEO, Financial Services, UK
"Alan delivered Supercharge your Sales to our full management team. He challenged us to re-look at ourselves in a very different light and we needed that." - Commercial Dir. Gleneagle Hotel Group
"We put it up to Alan to deliver a keynote that would really help our members be more professional. He was excellent and we now want to roll it out to the rest of our members." - Director, VFI
“Alan, your keynote was excellent – it was pitched and presented just right and got the conference off to a great start” - Donnie Tantoco - Rustan Commercial Corporation and Board Member of APRCE (an audience of 2000 leaders from across Pacific Rim) - Nov 2015
“We’ve invited Alan to speak on several occasions. If I had to do them all over again – I’d call Alan.” - Marketing Director – fmcg, UK
“With no fluff, Alan made efforts to get to know us. That’s what made our partnership work.” - VP – Europe – Software Localisation, EMEA
“Alan is very commercial and gave practical, sound advice that truly inspired and motivated our people.” - CEO – Financial Services, UK