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.
Bernadette Collins
F1 Performance Engineer & Former Head of Race Strategy at Aston MartinBernard Jackman
Former Professional Rugby Player for Sale Sharks & Leinster Rugby, Acting Head of High Performance Sport at Horse Sport IrelandBinod Shankar
High Performance Finance Leader & 13 Mountain Mountaineer, CA, CFA & ILM MentorBradley Scanes
Human Performance Coach & Physiotherapist & Consultant to Red Bull RacingBriana Scurry
Legendary American Retired Soccer Goalkeeper, The First Female Goalkeeper & Black Woman Inducted into the US Soccer Hall of Fame, Broadcast Analyst for CBSCalum Giles
Former GB Olympic Field Hockey Player, Founder & Hockey Coach at Stickwise, Head of Hockey & Master in Charge of Golf at Worth SchoolThe 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.
