Jonathan Stanger

Jonathan’s presentations focus on adapting to change, implementing change, growth mindset, attitude and reacting positively to setbacks.

He is also the owner of Raise the Bar and works closely with many high profile business people, sports coaches and inspirational speakers developing performance programmes to increase both business and individual success. Raise the Bar is now over 20 years old, growing year on year and is currently considered one of the UK’s leading Training and Development & Speaker Agencies.

Jonathan has managed to achieve this success despite being diagnosed with depression. In his presentation, he recounts how this has affected him and how he works on a daily basis to deal with this. He is a former board member of the charity CALM (Campaign against living miserably), which helps to prevent male suicide and ran the London Marathon in 2017 in support of the Heads Together Campaign.

As a teenager, Jonathan was one of England’s brightest young talents and was signed by Sir Alex Ferguson to play for Manchester United. He went on to study at Loughborough University, before spending eight years as a Sports Agent.

Jonathan is a Level 5 Qualified Executive Business Coach, and is fortunate to have Professor Steve Peters (Author of the Chimp Paradox) as his mentor.

In his presentation, Jonathan shares what he has learnt from his three careers and focuses on the key aspects that he believes are fundamental to having a Growth Mindset.