Martin Erichsen's sessions teach you how to accelerate the personal development you want. He mixes teaching, entertainment and practical exercises holding more than 250 sessions every year, making him one of the most popular speakers in Denmark.

"I concentrate on how to make things work properly and not who is right and who isn't. It's like learning to drive a car:

Some people have trouble starting the engine or need to find the pedals. Some need help with the steering wheel, and others have always just chosen to sit in the back, just watching passively as the car moves along without their input or control.

My job is about getting teams and people to climb into the driver's seat and take control of the car so they can drive in their own direction at the speed they want. It's really all about creating freedom."

Martin has had interesting and varied work experience, including selling toothpicks, but it is his commercial background that is the foundation of his career. He has a finance degree from Copenhagen Business School and has worked as a management consultant for the Swedish Internet consulting firm IconMedialab.