Jim Steele is a motivational business speaker awarded Speaker of the Year 2025, Best Live Speaker and Best Virtual Speaker at the annual Speaker Awards, a regular podcast guest and trusted voice on corporate performance and developing an empowered workforce. Whether it’s an all-hands meeting, product launch, or leadership offsite,... Read more
Jim Steele is a motivational business speaker awarded Speaker of the Year 2025, Best Live Speaker and Best Virtual Speaker at the annual Speaker Awards, a regular podcast guest and trusted voice on corporate performance and developing an empowered workforce.
Whether it’s an all-hands meeting, product launch, or leadership offsite, audience engagement is a key success factor. Jim does more than hold attention, he inspires delegates to lean-in with focus, energy, and a shared mindset. The result? Deep engagement, active participation and a room fully primed for whatever comes next.
With a reputation for high-energy delivery, Jim’s sessions are anything but passive. Expect practical insight, active participation, and a powerful mindset shift, equipping teams to confidently lean-in to the future.
Renowned for his ability to blend the science of performance, with storytelling and humour, Jim’s sessions leave delegates with a renewed mindset and a belief in their own capabilities, that spark an emotional and cognitive shift that endures long after the mood of the event has passed.
From C-Suite to frontline, Jim works with global brands, fast-growth scale-ups and is a regular collaborator with world-leading institutions including London Business School, IMD Lausanne, and the University of British Columbia, where he co-develops flagship learning programmes and digital content. With Holistic Performance Lab he ensures his material stays razor-sharp, constantly evolving with the latest science and real-world demands.
Regularly featured in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Elite Business Magazine, and The Association of MBAs.
In today’s fast-moving business landscape shaped by AI disruption, evolving workforce expectations, and constant change, teams are under increasing pressure to adapt, collaborate effectively, and deliver results in complex environments. Jim’s content explores how principles from neuroscience, performance psychology, and leadership strategy can be applied in practical ways to build resilience, shift mindset, and strengthen collective performance. His keynotes prepare teams to tackle today’s biggest business challenges.
Jim translates complex research into engaging, actionable insights that teams can immediately apply. His high-energy delivery is immersive, data-driven and emotionally resonant and, with the ability to make the audience laugh, creates an engaging learning environment. Expect practical insight, active participation, and a powerful mindset shift, equipping teams to confidently lean-in to the future.
Peak performance is a core driver of productivity and business results. When organisations add in a strategic approach to well-being, keeping leaders and their teams vital, engaged and working optimally it becomes a critical enabler, empowering teams to meet complex demands and sustain high performance over the long term.
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Leading change is one of the most challenging yet critical roles of a leader. In this highly interactive session, Jim equips leaders with the tools to navigate transformation by focusing on three pivotal elements: aligning vision and purpose, shifting mindsets and beliefs, and driving execution with impactful action.
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In a world reshaped by generative AI, hybrid workforces and relentless disruption, one question has never been more urgent:
How can we inspire teams to lean in?
This keynote goes beyond traditional team-building to explore the science and strategy of transformative teamwork. It’s a dynamic, insight-rich session designed...