LINDA PLANT
Linda built her career from humble beginnings to become one of Britain’s most recognisable business leaders and is now empowering others to successfully start and run their own companies with her Linda Plant Business Academy.
After leaving school at 16, Linda progressed from selling fashion on a Dewsbury market stall to launching an international knitwear brand, Honeysuckle, in the process becoming one of the first women to head a fashion company flotation on the London Stock Market. As a pioneering female business leader, Linda worked in a series of challenging executive roles, building, and running successful companies. Today, in addition to the Linda Plant Business Academy, she also runs property development and interior design businesses.
You might also know Linda as one of the interviewers on BBC 1’s ‘The Apprentice’, providing advice to Lord Sugar for over 6 series. Linda’s passion for business and entrepreneurship has also been recognised with several business awards and she is also a panellist and judge, including top female entrepreneurs for HSBC’s Panel of Forward Ladies and The Prince's Trust.
SPEAKING TOPICS
BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Running a successful business alongside other commitments certainly comes with its challenges. Linda will give you the tools to balance the highs and the lows, keep going during tough times, and channel your energy where it matters most.
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After leaving school at 16, Linda progressed from humble beginnings selling fashion on a Leeds market stall to launching an international knitwear brand. Following this, Linda has worked in a series of executive roles and built and ran successful companies in various sectors. Get the inside story of Linda’s business journey to discover how she became one of Britain’s most successful business leaders. Linda will inspire you to take action and achieve your goals.
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As one of the first women to head a fashion company flotation on the London Stock Market, Linda is a pioneering female business leader. Linda shares what it takes to thrive when facing the stereotypes, expectations, and barriers as a woman in business.
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Using her decades of business experience across diverse sectors, Linda will show you how to create a business idea, shape it, and grow it into a success; this is the perfect opportunity for leadership teams to learn from Linda’s extensive experience to develop their own business ideas.
INSPIRATION
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All too often, we can put things off or turn down opportunities that come our way - thinking it’s the wrong time, we are too busy or don’t have enough experience… the list goes on. The truth is that if you wait until you’re fully ready, you’ll never get started. Linda’s talk will empower you to take advantage of opportunities now to grow your business's success.
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Whichever path you take in life and business, resilience is key to success. This inspirational talk will motivate you to achieve results and exceed your goals by living with tenacity and resilience.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
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Having been a trusted adviser for Lord Alan Sugar, interviewing candidates on BBC One’s ‘The Apprentice’ over six series, Linda is a specialist at uncovering candidates’ weaknesses to ensure they’re the best fit for a role. Linda brings her no-nonsense approach to interviewing to this talk to give you clear guidance on how to impress.
“We were delighted to have Linda Plant speak at our annual summer event, which hosts employees and partners from across the country. Linda’s talk was inspirational beyond measure. She spoke about her journey, which, as a successful woman in business, opened our minds as to what is possible. The feedback from her talk was immensely positive, and she has inspired a very female-dominated business that it is possible to have it all. From my own personal point of view, her words challenged me to increase my own ambition, and I now have a new role model to look up to. Thank you, Linda!”