Neil Laughton is a successful business entrepreneur, multiple Guinness World Record breaking adventurer and a former Royal Marine Commando, helicopter pilot and Special Forces Officer.
During a varied business career he founded company’s in property development, construction, commercial interiors and office furniture, which were bought by a FTSE 100 in 2011. Since then Neil has focused on helping business leaders become more inspirational and their teams to deliver exceptional performance. He is the CEO of Laughton & Co Ltd, Director of Floating Developments Ltd, Founder of the Penny Farthing Club and Vice-President of the charity Scientific Exploration Society.
Neil has a passion for travel, sport and adventure. He has organised and led more than 50 expeditions on 7 continents – by land, sea and air. He summited Mt Everest with Bear Grylls, circumnavigated the UK & Ireland on a jet ski and he piloted the world’s first road legal flying car on a 10,000 km journey from London to Timbuktu and across the Sahara Desert.
“Neil Laughton was the key speaker at a recent event hosted by Oakglen Wealth. Neil delivered a terrific presentation that was informative and entertaining. We have received excellent feedback from our guests.”
Michael Clarke, Investment Director, Oakglen Wealth.
Neil’s new book ‘Adventureholic – Extraordinary journeys on seven continents by land, sea and air’ was published on 12th October 2023 and became an Amazon No. 1 Bestseller. To order your copy on Amazon UK, visit www.adventureholic.uk
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‘Developing an Adventurous Mindset’
When someone believes in themselves, is prepared to take calculated risks, looks for ways to be innovative, create strategies for success, learns to work in a team and adopts an optimistic attitude, then they will have developed an adventurous mindset. In this talk, Neil explains how everyone can develop an adventurous mindset.
‘When disaster strikes and all hope is gone’
When everything goes pee-tong and disaster strikes then its time to “get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton”. In this talk, Neil reveals some great stories of heroic endeavour delivering success from the jaws of defeat and what can be learned from them.
‘Becoming a 21st Century Explorer’
When Neil Laughton got bored doing a 9 to 5 job, he decided to travel the world, play sport and be adventurous during extended holidays from work. In this talk, Neil explains how to design, plan, fund and lead teams safely on amazing journeys around the world.
Adventureholic
(Published October 2023)