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22 August 2011 - NR 38/11

Training Roadshow hits Cambridgeshire

A former Naval Officer will use the “white tunnel experience” of his close scrape with death to inspire health and safety professionals and business leaders next month.

Phil Olley, 47, collapsed with anaphylactic shock in 1999 and stopped breathing. It was then, recalls the veteran of tours to the Falklands and Gulf, that he saw the oft-reported tunnel and bright light.

But as paramedics battled to save his life, it was not past events that flashed before Phil, he said. It was those ambitions that remained unfulfilled.

The inspirational speaker will talk about his near-death experience and how it changed his life as part of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) Training Roadshow, which will take place at the Huntingdon Marriott Hotel, in Cambridgeshire on 22 September.

Phil, from Coventry, has been delivering talks and writing books on his blueprint for success for more than a decade, but this is the first time he has spoken to experts in the field of health and safety.

He said: “I want them to go away inspired, and focused, not just to do things a little differently, but to feel they have permission to be creative with their training, and to unleash their true potential.”

The IOSH Training Roadshow will be split into three sessions.

‘Blueprint for a Breakthrough’ is described by Phil as his “principles of success”. ‘Peak Performance’ is about producing your best at specific moments in time. And ‘Getting Your Act Together’ is on how self-improvement can “breathe new zest” into your training.

Recounting his life-changing experience 12 years ago, he said: “It’s not your life that flashes before your eyes, it’s your values. And it’s not the things that you did – it’s the things you wish you had done. It’s the regrets.

“At that point, I had been pretty successful in business but had not done those things in life I wanted to do. I hope that, without having had to have gone through that, participants in the Training Roadshow can learn from what I went through.”

As well as Phil, IOSH commercial development manager, Tracey Wright will bring delegates up to date with the latest marketing thinking which can mean the difference between business success and failure. During the marketing session, Tracey will explore strategies for in-house and commercial trainers who are facing different challenges – from new marketing techniques to dealing with conflict of interest from managers.

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Notes for editors:

IOSH is the Chartered body for health and safety professionals. With more than 40,000 members in 85 countries, we’re the world’s biggest professional health and safety organisation.

We set standards, and support, develop and connect our members with resources, guidance, events and training. We’re the voice of the profession, and campaign on issues that affect millions of working people.

IOSH was founded in 1945 and is a registered charity with international NGO status.