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.
Charles Van Commenée
The Former Head Coach & Technical Director of British AthleticsCharlie Whyman
Founder of The Curious Marketing Club & Managing Director of TGIS Aviation LtdChris Boardman
Former Olympic Cycling ChampionChris Gregory
Former Team GB Volleyballer & Head of Health & Fitness at C4 Executive HealthChristian Horner
Architect of Six-Time F1 Constructors’ Champion Red Bull Racing & Eight-Time Drivers’ Champion Leader & CBE HonoreeClive Woodward
Former England Head Coach, Director of Sport for Apex2100, & Sports Pundit for ITV SportCraig Goldblatt
Founder of Giving Africa, Partner at Magnifi Global, & Has Advised Large-Scale Organisations Such as Microsoft, WWF U.K, & The Learning TrustDaley Thompson
2x Olympic Decathlon ChampionDame Jessica Ennis-Hill
3 x World Champion & 1x Olympic Gold Medallist HeptathleteDame Katherine Grainger
Five-Time Olympic Medallist, World & Olympic Champion RowerDamian Hughes
Owner of LiquidThinker Ltd & Former HR Director of UnileverThe 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.
