High Performance Speakers

In business, teamwork and leadership are key indicators of high performance. Senior leaders and managers spend several hours a week investing in their employees’ performance; one study even found that managers spend over 210 hours a year on performance management. This equates to a large expense for any business, so it is natural to expect a return on investment.

High performance speakers have the necessary experience and expertise to take your workplace performance to the next level, by inspiring your employees and educating your managers. Their public speeches are filled with personal anecdotes and accounts of hardship and adversity, psychological frameworks, and other approaches to high performance.

Roberto Forzoni

Sports Psychologist, First-Team Coach for Premier League Teams & National Psychology Manager for British Tennis

Ross Brawn

Former Motorsport Engineer & Formula One Team Principle

Roz Savage

The First Woman to Row Solo Across Three Oceans – the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean & the Pacific Ocean

Russ Cook

Endurance Athlete Known as "The Hardest Geezer" who was the First Person to Run the Length of Africa

Ruth Buscombe

Formula One Strategy Engineer & F1 TV Presenter & Analyst

Ryan McGarva

Former F1 Mechanic & Mercedes-AMG Petronas Pit Crew Member

Ryan Stramrood

4x Guinness World Record Holder, Ultra-Extreme Open Water & Ice Swimmer

Sam Warburton

Former International Rugby Union Player, Former Captain of Wales & the Lions & Co-Founder of the SW7 Academy

The benefits of high performance are not just visible in the results, but also in the absence of workplace stress. Stress Awareness Week is an annual event that recognises the impact of stress, and in 2026, it will be celebrated from the 2nd to the 6th of November. Events recognising Stress Awareness Week often feature a mental health speaker; however, high performance speakers offer just as much insight and engagement. They focus on the impact of stress on performance and teach audiences how to manage their workplace wellbeing.