Transforming business with
vision, voice and story.
Nicholas Flanagan (PhD) and his team empower Australia’s leading businesses to communicate with clarity, authenticity, and influence. Drawing on decades across the arts and business, he helps leaders, bid teams, and client-facing professionals craft narratives that connect, inspire, and drive results.
High-impact programs for leaders and teams include:
Executive and leadership coaching that transforms and drives outcomes.
Presentation and communication training that builds presence and influence.
Storytelling frameworks that embed narrative power for structure and impact.
Vocal and on-camera training for confident digital delivery.
Customised tailored communication seminars.
Cultural change and alignment programs that unify and transform.
Team-building programs that energise culture and build engagement.
How to use AI to enhance your communication so it is influential and transformative.
Use of visual collateral to empower story.
Communicating Excellence programs that integrate all of the above.
COURAGE 🔘 CONFIDENCE 🔘 CONNECTION
Meet Nicholas
Nicholas Flanagan (PhD) is one of Australia’s most in-demand consultants in executive training, communication, and bid coaching. His ground-breaking seminars and programs have redefined how Australia’s leading businesses communicate — helping leaders and teams connect with clarity, confidence, and influence.
Nicholas has been instrumental in more than $50 billion in successful bids and IPOs across the infrastructure, resources, telecommunications, private equity, and financial services sectors, working with leading organisations such as BCG, Macquarie Capital, Telstra, and BHP.
A NIDA graduate, Nicholas began his career as an actor, writer, director, and producer. He has performed in film, television, and theatre; written for TV; is a published playwright; and has taught acting and writing at some of Australia’s most prestigious institutions, including NIDA and Melbourne University.
This multi-disciplinary foundation underpins NFC’s distinctive approach and success. Nicholas’s command of language — combined with his understanding of story, structure, and human communication — enables clients to write and speak with authenticity, precision, and conversational, persuasive power.
Testimonials
“In my previous role at Macquarie, my team and I worked with Nicholas across the best part of a decade on a number of winning bids in many different consortia.
He's greatly skilled at seeing what the teams need as well as what individuals need in order to ensure a coherent, compelling and powerful story is told. Not only does his background provide the necessary skills and experience but it is most impressive to watch him literally transform some perhaps recalcitrant participants into excellent, engaging and ultimately compelling presenters.”
Jim Miller, Executive Director, Head of Infrastructure, Utilities and Renewables, Macquarie Group
“Nicholas is one of the best presentation coaches around. He is creative, insightful, honest and highly adept at facilitation and training. He has a deep understanding of the business world and brings his energy, passion and enthusiasm for engaging and connecting to audiences to that context. His is a unique blend of skills and capability that can lead to real change in those with whom he works.”
Natasha Winton, Managing Director & Partner and Asia Pacific Chief HR Officer
“Nicholas was fantastic at helping our team fine tune our presentation and speaking skills. The before and after videos and analysis were incredibly useful. The team talk and laugh about these sessions to this day. I can highly recommend Nick as a facilitator and as someone who can help your teams cut through to the key message in your presentations in plain simple language.”
Ben Wall, Senior IT Project Manager BHP
Let’s talk
Contact me to discuss a specific and tailored program for your company.
Email: ns.flanagan@me.com
Phone: +61 411 731 737