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.
Sarah Storey
19x Paralympic Gold Medallist, Cyclist & SwimmerSarina Wiegman
Dutch Football Manager & Former PlayerScott Walker
Former Kidnap-For-Ransom, Extortion & Crisis NegotiatorScotty Mills
Highest Ranking Black Officer in the History of the Royal Marines & Performance Expert Trusted by Gareth SouthgateSebastian Sheppard
Former Engineering Manager at Alpine Formula OneSilvia Garcia
Former Global Director of Happiness for Coca-Cola & TEDx SpeakerSimon Hartley
Performance Psychologist & Founder of Be World ClassSimon Hayes
Founder & Human Performance Consultant of Performance PhysixxSir Ben Ainslie
4x Olympic Sailing Gold MedallistSir Bradley Wiggins
First British Tour de France Winner, Olympic Champion & Most Decorated British Olympian in Cycling HistorySir Dave Brailsford
Former Performance Director of British Cycling & Creator of the Marginal Gains TheoryThe 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.
