Public Speaking

I talk about the four years nobody sees. Not the medals, but the decisions underneath them: who gets the seat, what gets ignored, how a group stays together when everyone in it is pulling a different way, and what it costs the person making those calls. The evidence comes from Olympic sport. The argument is for anyone leading under pressure with less than they would like.

Every talk is built from what actually happened, told plainly, and ends with something the audience can use the following week.

Winning Differently

How the smallest budget in the room won the Olympic medal table. Not marginal gains, but the discipline of choosing what to ignore, how that decision process worked in practice, and how to run it in an organisation with more work than people.

Never Raced a Bike

The outsider’s advantage. Leading experts without holding their credential, and earning authority on judgement alone. For anyone leading specialists, entering a new sector, or hiring outside the obvious pool.

Formats: keynote (30 to 45 minutes), after dinner, half-day leadership workshop, executive team session, panel and moderation. Recent audiences include the Association of Sporting Directors Global Conference, FUEL Manchester and leadership teams in financial trading.