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Scotty Mills
Former Royal Marine & Elite Team Coach
As Britain's highest-ranking black Royal Marine, Scotty passes on his wisdom to some of the world's most elite performers, both as a team-leadership coach and as a motivational speaker. He was a driving force behind the success of the England football team at the 2018 World Cup and continues to work in the world of elite sport and business to develop innovative leadership, team cohesion and peak performance.
Speaking Topics
- Wellbeing
Biography
Scotty Mills is the highest-ranking black officer in the history of the Royal Marines and led Britain’s Commandos around the world. He shares his lessons of leadership and resilience working as a performance coach in the world of elite sport and business. As an advisor to the FA, he worked closely with Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane, and the England Football Team to help them reach the World Cup semi-final.
Growing up in South London with many hardships, Scotty joined the Royal Marines by chance after ducking into their recruitment office to avoid a downfall. He worked his way up to become a Commando ‘Green Beret’ Officer, leading the Marines on operations around the world. He also acted as Head of Rehab, and Head of Performance throughout his time, supporting recruits who needed retraining, rehabilitation and reintegration and guiding them to peak performance.
Scotty has an international reputation for his ability to use his experience to inspire others and help them overcome their limitations. He continues to work with the nation's top sports teams and Olympic teams to develop innovative leadership, team cohesion and peak performance. His compelling journey highlights the power of human inspiration and his lessons on how to achieve impossible results and how to make a winning team are transferable to any organisation. His book Never Give In draws on his experiences in the Marines and shares how the ‘commando’ way of thinking provides elite performance and helps anyone reach targets and transform their way of thinking.
A world record breaker for leading the Marines to break a long-standing Endurance Marathon World Record, Scotty was selected as an Olympic Flag Bearer at the London 2012 Olympic Games and has dined at Buckingham Palace with the Queen. He was also the recipient of a national award to honour him as the most inspirational serviceman across the entire Armed Forces community.
"Scotty's journey inspired and moved our audience to tears, making him one of the most impactful motivational speakers we have ever seen."
Scotty was absolutely brilliant, we all loved him. What a lovely man with an energy and enthusiasm that is infectious. He was super helpful throughout our experience. The session was brilliant and the attendees loved it – they are all saying how do we top that next year??
Your powerful story not only met the brief, but it also resonated far beyond what we could have imagined. It was clear that you cared deeply about the event, our little team behind it, and more importantly, you cared about every person in that audience. You stopped us all in our tracks, and because of your passion, authenticity, and courage, this year’s awards became the best I have EVER attended. You made it more than a celebration—you made it a moment I will NEVER forget, and from every conversation I had during the evening, it was obvious I was not alone. Thank you. You’re a true hero, Scotty, not just for your story, but for the way you gave yourself to us that night.
Wonderful to work with. The speech was exceptional – and our attendees loved the bootcamp!
Rule 1: Book Scotty now for your next conference. Rule 2: Suspend your perception of what a Royal Marine Commando might be like. Rule 3: Be prepared to be blown away by his personal history, individual achievement and infectious enthusiasm for living life to the fullest with humility, excellence, integrity and self discipline. Stories of great courage from 40 Commando in Iraq where determination and selflessness were pre-requisites to survival but equally peppered with cheerfulness, humour and more than a little bit of emotion. If you want your conference attendees to put their phones down for a solid hour and focus then get Scotty on your stage – fantastic!
Scotty was brilliant, both in terms of his delivery and one to one interaction with the group before and after his presentation. I am getting great feedback! What a great guy! I and others felt so inspired.
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