Chris Hadfield
Astronaut & Social Media Star
Mandy Hickson
Former Fighter Pilot
Mandy was one of the first female pilots to serve in a front line Tornado GR4 squadron, taking an active role in the Iraq conflict. In presentations she reveals the lessons learned, and how she had to react in the most high pressure environment of all - 'I slammed my throttles forward, rolled the aircraft 120 degrees and pulled 4G towards the ground. That's four times your bodyweight. The reason: a surface to air missile had been fired and we were its target.'
Biography
Mandy Hickson was one of the first female pilots to serve in a front line Tornado GR4 squadron, playing an active role in the conflict in Iraq.
Obsessed with flying from a very young age, Mandy applied to join the RAF while at university. Despite failing the computerised tests twice, instructors passed her application and she was soon on the path to joining an elite group of fast jet pilots. After twenty years service, she now talks about the personal and strategic lessons learned with frankness and appropriately wry humour.
From motivation to decision-making, Mandy gives a vivid insight into the leadership, teamwork and communication required to define and then realise specific goals in high-pressure situations. She also highlights the value of honest and open debriefing after any project or phase; something the Royal Air Force always do, but which businesses often overlook.
In addition to conference presentations, Mandy also leads workshops designed to pinpoint how delegates react to given situations challenging teamwork, communication and decision-making.
“Mandy has great presence and a wonderful presentation style that is both inspiring and endearing.”
Absolutely amazing – all of our Partners thought she was brilliant. Mandy linked to the theme of the day so well.
Mandy spoke at our virtual event celebrating International Women's Day. What an inspiring session with and full of comedy too! She was passionate, engaging and has a great message. She was a pleasure to deal with from start to finish and we’d highly recommend her as a guest speaker.
My congrats to Mandy, her talk was the best I have ever heard, and I've heard lots, brilliant, thanks
Absolutely spot on – Mandy delivered on point and certainly hit the right note. The audience loved her – the feedback has been fantastic. Mandy had the audience in the palm of her hand – how could they not be wowed by this incredible woman!
Mandy was excellent. She totally captured the spritit of the event, brought in the concepts and theme of the event that we had discussed the day before and has really inspried our team to take on the challenges aehad for 2017. Highly reccomended.
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