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Zoe Bennett BEM

The Motivational Queen

People’s champion Zoe Bennett, an international speaker renowned as the ‘Motivational Queen’, His Majesty the Kings British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Birthday Honours List 2023 for services to charity and inspiring disadvantaged people. Zoe has fought back from adversity and become known for her dedication to helping others through her expertise of resilience, employability skills, entrepreneurial mindset and personal mindset development.

As the founder of the Multi-cultural Business and Community Champion Awards (MBCC), Zoe promotes a mindset of never giving up blended with ED &I expertise and knowledge. She advocates setting (realistic) goals and having clearly defined life strategies for those wanting to stretch themselves to positively succeed.

Providing motivational talks and confidence-building workshops for schools and charities, Zoe is an accomplished ambassador for the charity Women and Families Resource Centre in Wolverhampton and Birmingham Youth Sports Academy as well as a board member for Equality Council UK

Zoe is a powerhouse motivator. The brutal torture and murder of her father in 2011 in his homeland of Jamaica left her traumatised with memories, yet her determination to see justice for him and herself became her breakthrough. She shares her emotive story, covered in the national press to inspire others to take control and define a clear life strategy built on resilience. She feels she is fulfilling her father’s legacy by helping individuals and their families gain a meaningful life to overcome challenges, social economic situations, crime and poverty.

With a focus on personal mindset development, employability and entrepreneurship, Zoe is committed to inspiring confidence in all demographics as a Mindset Resilience Coach. Her passion for her audience leads to remarkable transformations. Through her successful training company, Training Personified, Zoe has helped hard-to-reach unemployed individuals with mental health needs at Job Centre Plus. She shows them how to self-coach and gain the mindset where they can get up, get dressed and get out on their terms. Zoe gives people back the desire and passion for wanting to succeed.

Over the years, Zoe has acquired business collaborations, such as a partnership deal with NatWest Business, to deliver her entrepreneur-focused Motivational Queen Masterclass. Zoe has also worked with the Department of Work and Pensions, EmployabilityUK, Lloyds Bank, NHS, Birmingham City University, and the Big Lottery, plus many more.

Testimonials from Teachers

"It went very well and the students seem to have enjoyed her presentations."

– Sukhbeer Bhopal, Small Heath Leadership Academy

"Zoe is a fantastic motivational speaker who really brings out the best in her audience. Young people can be hard to engage but Zoe has them eating out of the palm of her hand. From a hesitant start, she soon has them on their feet and joining in. An absolute delight to see! I would wholeheartedly recommend Zoe for any occasion where an entertaining, inspirational and informative input is needed."

– Diane Vernon, CEO, Employability UK

"Zoe certainly made the students sit up and listen. They didn’t know what to expect from a motivational talk having not had one before. She was engaging, talked at their level and included all the group. It was not a “talking at you” talk or an all about me talk. Yes, she gave the audience a lot of history about herself, what motivated her, but it was clearly about how they can help themselves, believe in themselves and make things happen for themselves. I would have no hesitation in recommending her. My only regret is that she did not have a bigger audience – it would be amazing to see a lot of students (and staff) standing and saying 'I am awesome'!"

– Aileen Johnson, Careers Advisor, Stoke Park School

"Thank you, so so much for all of your support and your input. The feedback from everyone involved was that the event was really well run and every workshop had a great impact on the students and also the knowledge and understanding of the school staff, which is an added bonus."

– Deborah Merrick, Co-ordinator, Education and Business Partnership

The session went really well thanks! The students enjoyed it and the second session was reported to be really useful to students.

– Frankie Bryan, Director of Sixth Form, Alderbrook School