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.

James Laughlin

Leadership Strategist & Executive Coach for James Laughlin Leadership & Mental Skills Coach for Canterbury Rugby

James Peach

Former Global Brand Director at Vinted & Uber & World-Cycling Adventurer

Jamie Chadwick

3x W Series Champion & First Female INDY NXT Road Course Winner, Williams F1 Driver Ambassador & ELMS Competitor

Jamie Edwards

Former Professional Basketballer & Expert in Brain Training

Jamie McAnsh

First Person with CRPS to Reach Mount Everest Base Camp on Crutches

Jamil Qureshi

Co-Founder of We Do Things Differently & Thegrowingcoaches.com

Jasmin Paris

British Runner & First Woman to Finish the Barkley Marathons

Jayne Storey

Pioneering High Performance Specialist & Chi Performance Method Innovator Trusted by Elite Athletes & Global Brands

Jeremy Snape

Former British Cricketer Known For Off-Break Bowling

Jez Rose

Behavioural Expert & Founder of the World's First Carbon Neutral Ceramics Studio

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 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.