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.

Cathy O’Dowd

First Woman to Summit Everest from Both North & South Sides

Charles Van Commenée

The Former Head Coach & Technical Director of British Athletics

Christian Horner

Team Principal of Red Bull Racing, Former Professional Racer, & Appointed OBE in the 2013 Birthday Honours

Clive Woodward

Former England Head Coach, Director of Sport for Apex2100, & Sports Pundit for ITV Sport

Craig Goldblatt

Founder of Giving Africa, Partner at Magnifi Global, & Has Advised Large-Scale Organisations Such as Microsoft, WWF U.K, & The Learning Trust

Damian Hughes

Owner of LiquidThinker Ltd & Former HR Director of Unilever

Damian McGrath

Former Head Rugby 7s Coach for Canada, Germany, Samoa & Kenya

Dan Hunt

Former Sports Director for Team Sky & Performance Director of GB Snowsport

Debra Searle

Founder of MIX Diversity Developers LTD, Inspirational Explorer who Led an All-Female Traverse of Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle & Youngest-Ever Trustee of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

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 2025, it will be celebrated from the 3rd to the 7th 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.