Her boundless energy and knowledge of influence ensure that your audience is on the edge of their seats. Nicol shares her insights on understanding and influencing human behavior with the goal of becoming ridiculously successful.
Nicol is a highly sought-after speaker and author on influence. With practical and relatable insights from behavioral science and influence psychology, she makes the audience look, think, and act differently right away.
Nicol was active in marketing and communication for many years. She previously worked as a marketing manager and was the founder of a communication agency. Additionally, she is the author of 5 books, including the bestsellers The 7 Magical Words and 101 Influence Techniques. The latter book has been nominated for the PIM Marketing Literature Award and Management Book of the Year 2026. And there’s more: Nicol is also a certified Cialdini Coach, Ethical Online Practitioner, and Ethical Influence Practitioner.
On stage, Nicol is particularly energetic, inspiring, and funny. She loves to engage with the audience, and no lecture is the same: the audience partly determines the content themselves. In this way, she takes the audience along to understand behavior and influence it positively.
Once you understand behavior, you can positively influence it. This is how you become ridiculously successful.
What does this offer the attendees? Practical insights to become ridiculously successful. Because it is precisely very small, subtle actions that can change behavior, shift choices, and have an immediate effect on results. So no, with Nicol, you are not booking a speaker for a nice story. You are booking Nicol Tadema if you want people to truly look, think, and act differently.
So no, with Nicol, you are not booking a speaker for a nice story. You are booking Nicol Tadema if you want people to truly look, think, and act differently.