Motivational Speakers
Personal Development Speakers
Looking for a personal development speaker to inspire, motivate and challenge your people to overcome their challenges and perform at their best? Then take a look at our range of personal development, motivational speakers to help deliver powerful messages and personal stories that will leave a lasting effect on your audience.
Our speakers come from a wide range of backgrounds including business experts, athletes and authors, each with their own unique insights and experiences to share. Experts in their fields, they know how to connect with their audience and can tailor their speeches to meet your needs.
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Dr Paul Redmond
Dr Paul Redmond, author, keynote speaker, employment guru, is one of the UK’s leading experts on generational change and the future of work.
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Jo Malone CBE
Jo Malone CBE has been described as an ‘English scent maverick’ and the woman responsible for creating some of the world’s most loved fragrances.
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Alex Scott MBE
The former Arsenal Captain and England Centurion is the co-host of Sky Sports’ Goals on Sunday, a well-regarded pundit for BBC and Sky Sports, a regular on BBC’s Match of the Day, an ambassador for Nike and Mastercard and current lead host on BBC’s Football Focus.
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Azeem Rafiq
Azeem Rafiq is a British Asian cricketer and now a campaigner for meaningful change in sport.
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Steven Bartlett
Entrepreneur, speaker, investor, bestselling author and the host of Europe’s No.1 podcast ‘The Diary of a CEO’ – an unfiltered journey into the remarkable stories and untold dimensions of the world’s most influential people, experts and thinkers.
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Dr Andy Cope
Dr Andy Cope is a keynote speaker, best-selling author and wellbeing expert. A self-confessed ‘learning junkie’, Andy has spent two decades studying positive psychology and human flourishing.
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James Cracknell OBE
James Cracknell OBE is an inspiring sportsman, athlete and adventurer.
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Debra Searle MBE
Debra Searle MVO MBE is a professional adventurer and serial entrepreneur.
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Ellie Simmonds OBE
Ellie Simmonds OBE is a Five-time Paralympic Champion and currently has numerous World records to her name. Ellie shot to fame when she won her first Paralympic medal at the age of 13, and she is also the youngest recipient of an MBE.
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Col Dame Kelly Holmes DBE
Colonel Dame Kelly Holmes is a British icon and an inspiration
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Emma Mills-Sheffield
Consultancy & coaching for businesses to be efficient, productive & resilient. Helping leaders to understand strategy & put it into practice
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Dr Sarah Caddy
Dr Sarah Caddy is a Director of Chimp Management and a General Practitioner of 11 years. She graduated from the University of Sheffield Medical School in 2002.
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Nicolas Hamilton
Born with Cerebral Palsy, which affects the movement of his leg muscles, Nicolas was initially a wheelchair user. He endured years of gruelling, painful training so that by the age of 17 he could walk completely unaided. A huge achievement in itself, but this was just the first part of his unwavering determination to become a professional racing driver.
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Sathya Bala
Sathya is a leader, board member, entrepreneur and Top 100 Empower Ethnic Minority Exec committed to building a more equitable world.
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Rebecca Adlington OBE
Arguably one of Britain’s highest profile and most popular female athletes, Rebecca Adlington became a household name following her two gold medal-winning performances at the Beijing Games in 2008.
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Chris Brindley MBE
Chris Brindley MBE is an award-winning Business Leader who is former Sales and Marketing and Non-Executive Director of the Year. He is a leading authority on Sales Management, Customer Experience, Employee Engagement & Satisfaction particularly within organisations where change is on the agenda.
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Dr Alison Edgar MBE
Dr Alison Edgar MBE is not your average speaker; she’s a dynamic yet relatable catalyst for business success.
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Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova, tennis player extraordinaire, took women’s tennis to a new level with her speed, determination and agility. She won the Wimbledon women’s singles title a record nine times and has been described by many as “the greatest singles, doubles, and mixed doubles player who’s ever lived”.
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Dame Denise Lewis DBE
Dame Denise Lewis DBE is an accomplished presenter, broadcaster, former athlete and President of Commonwealth Games England.
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Professor Steve Peters
Professor Steve Peters has been a vital cog in one of the world’s greatest ever sporting success stories, as well as the internationally acclaimed author of the international best-selling book ‘The Chimp Paradox’.
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Alec Stewart OBE
A cricket legend who captained England and Surrey, Alec Stewart is one of the most successful players the English game has ever seen. As an after dinner speaker, his wealth of stories which mix humour and storytelling are well-received by audiences. He spends much of his time today as a pundit and analyst for the BBC and Sky Sports’ cricket coverage.
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Elizabeth Day
Elizabeth Day is an author, journalist and broadcaster.
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Alex Partridge
Alex Partridge is one of the pioneers of social media content the way we know it today. At age 21, he founded UNILAD and LADBible, two of the most popular social news and entertainment Internet companies in the world with an astonishing following of 100 million people around the globe.
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Dr Robbie Anderson
Robbie is a British Psychological Society (BPS) Member Status Psychologist and has over 10 years of frontline experience as a Mentor.
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Dr Kate Goodger
Formerly a PE teacher, Kate is one of the most experienced performance psychologists in Olympic sport in the UK having worked with Team GB athletes and medallists at seven Olympic Games.
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Kriss Akabusi MBE
Kriss Akabusi MBE is a three-time Olympic medallist, World, European and Commonwealth Champion, British record holder and media personality. Kriss is a wonderfully entertaining and engaging speaker, ideal for keynotes and award ceremonies. His presentations are high energy, inspiring, and will leave delegates feeling motivated and engaged.
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Sir Chris Hoy MBE
Sir Chris Hoy MBE, multiple world and Olympic champion track cyclist, was born and raised in Edinburgh. He is one of Great Britain’s most successful Olympic athletes, with six gold medals and one silver.
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Sir Clive Woodward
Sir Clive Woodward has secured his place in history. His reputation as a world-class leader makes him one of the most sought after public speakers industry-wide.
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Chris Boardman MBE
Chris Boardman MBE is arguably one of Britain’s most successful cyclist of all time with 3 World Hour Records, an Olympic Gold and holder of the prestigious yellow jersey in the Tour De France.
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Matt Ellison
Matt Ellison is an inspiring and thought provoking transgender speaker, powerfully exploring topics around Diversity & Inclusion, LGBTQ+, Resilience, Courage and Change.
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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE DL
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is Britain’s greatest Paralympic athlete and is acknowledged as one of the most gifted and courageous sportswomen of her generation.
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Jamil Qureshi
Jamil Qureshi is one of today’s foremost practitioners of performance enhancing psychology and is an expert in high performing teams. Jamil has enjoyed working with a rich diversity of the most talented business and sports people and teams in the world, helping six individuals get to World Number 1.
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Dr Kate Allatt
After Dinner, Webinar, TEDx & Keynote Speaker. The ultimate ‘Ronseal Kid’ with an extraordinary journey of resilience after being ‘buried alive’ and losing everything both physically, professionally and emotionally, but Kate adapted and bounced back stronger and faster, as your team will after COVID. She will literally blow your mind! Kate walks her talk.
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Katie Piper OBE
Katie Piper OBE is a best-selling international author, inspirational speaker, TV presenter and charity campaigner.
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Diane Modahl MBE
Diane Modahl MBE is one of Britain’s most accomplished middle distance runners, she represented Britain at four Olympic Games, and won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games.
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Afua Hagan
TV & radio presenter, Managing Editor of Black Business Magazine, TEDx speaker, diversity and inclusion speaker and event host.
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Ayo Sokale
Civil engineer, BBC Presenter, former Deputy Mayor of Reading, speaker on sustainability, motivation, STEM and neurodiversity, entrepreneur and AI powered tech CEO and founder.
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Dr Jon Finn
Best-selling author of ‘The Habit Mechanic’ and Tougher Minds founder. Dr Finn coaches leaders & coaches to be Certified ‘Habit Mechanics’.
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Dominic McGregor
Dominic McGregor is a 31-year old trailblazing entrepreneur, investor, and sought-after speaker specializing in helping businesses navigate change, accelerate growth, and build resilient cultures.
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