For Financial Services
Keynotes for financial services.
In banking, insurance and investment, every relationship runs on trust — and every deal runs on negotiation. David Watts helps financial-services leaders master both, ethically.
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Three talks that consistently move the room.
Cracking The Influence Code
The Signature Keynote, Built on the Book
Most leaders rely on authority, logic, or repetition to get buy-in. When those fail — and they do, constantly — teams stagnate, deals collapse, and change initiatives die. The problem isn't the message. It's the missing understanding of how the human brain actually processes influence.
From Friction to Fusion
Resolving High-Stakes Corporate Conflict with Integrity
Unresolved conflict — between departments, between leaders, between teams — is one of the most expensive silent costs in any organisation. Productivity drops. Innovation stalls. Talent walks. And most leaders have been given no tools to address it beyond 'have a conversation' or bringing in an external mediator at crisis point.
Beyond the Bargaining Table
The Hidden Psychology of Win-Win Negotiation
Multi-million-rand deals stall, collapse, or settle for less than they should — not because of poor strategy, but because of hidden human emotions, identity concerns, and loss aversion that neither party knows how to navigate. Logic alone has never closed a hard deal.
Trust is the entire product
Financial services sell something invisible: confidence. That makes communication the core competency, not a soft extra. David's keynotes equip banks, insurers and investment teams to build trust faster, negotiate complex deals without leaving value on the table, and lead clients and staff through market turbulence with a steady voice. Every example is tailored to the regulatory, high-stakes reality your people actually work in.
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