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.
Sir Matthew Pinsent
Four-Time Olympic Gold Medallist, Ten-Time World Rowing Champion, IOC Member, BBC BroadcasterSir Terry Leahy
Former Chief Executive Officer of Tesco & Former Chairman of the Board of B&M RetailSpencer Matthews
Former Made in Chelsea Star, Founder of CleanCo & 30 marathons in 30 days RunnerStephen McDonnell
Global Managing Director at Live Unbound, Adjunct Lecturer at Munster Technological University & Ambassador of One Young WorldSteve Redgrave
5x Olympic Gold Medallist Rower, 9x World Rowing Champion & Former High-Level Performance Director for the Chinese Rowing AssociationSusie Wolff
Former Formula 1 Development Driver & First Woman in 22 Years to Participate in F1 WeekendThe 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.
