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.
Andreas Welsch
Founder of Intelligence Briefing & Bestselling Author of the 'AI Leadership Handbook'Andrew Bustamante
Former CIA Intelligence Officer & Decorated U.S. Air Force Combat VeteranAndrew Strauss
Former England Cricket Captain & 2009 Ashes WinnerAndrzej Bargiel
Record-breaking Ski Mountaineer, First to Ski K2, Snow Leopard Title Holder & Named National Geographic Adventurer of the YearAndy Wyatt
Former RAF & Red Arrow Display Pilot, Chief Pilot for Longtail Aviation, & Captain of the Boeing 737 for British AirwaysAnnette Andrews
Founder & Director of Acaria Coaching & Consulting Ltd, Held Senior HR Positions at Ford Motor Company & Lloyds Bank GroupAnt Middleton
Chief Instructor on SAS: Who Dares Wins, Former Special Forces Officer & Author of the 2021 Number 1 Debut Thriller 'Cold Justice'Baroness Sue Campbell
Former Chairman of UK Sport, Head & Director of Women's Football for The Football AssociationBaroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Paralympic Legend with 11 Gold Medals & 6x London Marathon WinnerBastian Schweinsteiger
Former Professional Footballer for Manchester United, Bayern Munich & the Germany National Team, Sports Expert for ARDBen Aldridge
Best-Selling Author of "How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable", Specialist in Resilience & Mental StrengthBen Hunt-Davis
Former Competitive Rower & Olympic Gold MedallistThe 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.
