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INSPIRATIONAL, ENGAGING, EMPOWERING

Keynote Speaking

Gareth empowers individuals and teams to thrive in both personal and professional spheres. Drawing on his extensive background in psychology, Gareth explores the science of human behaviour, unravelling the dynamics that unite successful teams and drive sustained high-performance. His unique academic grounding, elite military and professional sporting background, provides a practical and rare perspective that blends high-level experience, psychological understanding and behavioural applications that propel you and your team towards sustained and long-term success.

Explore Gareth’s
specialist topic areas

1

Leading Under Pressure: Lessons from a Somali Pirate Attack

Gareth shares his experience of being attacked near the Somali Basin, exploring human reactions to extreme pressure. He uncovers our psychological hardwiring and highlights high-performance behaviours that can enhance corporate team dynamics.
2

Finding Acceptance & Learned Optimism

Gareth shares insights and psychological foundations on embracing sudden adversity, turning initial disappointment into opportunities, and demonstrates how to connect the ‘psychological bridges’ that link the transfer of high-performing behaviours.
3

Failure, Success & The Perception of Overwhelming Challenges

An individual and collective reframing process that helps the audience see setbacks as stepping stones and re-conceptualise their comfort zones.
4

Controlling the Middle-ground & Taking the Pie Away

Gareth shares his unique experiences and insights amassed from a lifetime in elite military organisations and working in elite sport to demonstrate how to apply and weaponise the 1% behaviours.
5

Is Mental Resilience, Resilient?

Challenge views on mental resilience, gain a fresh perspective, and learn actionable strategies for maintaining performance by exposing a fresh approach to ‘Cognitive Endurance’.
6

Attention To Detail

Gareth explores the roles of 'The Controller' and 'The Dismisser' in decision-making and problem-solving, highlighting their impact on long-term success.
7

The Subjective Science Of Togetherness

Gareth delves into the powerful dynamics that unite individuals, cultivating teamwork, collaboration and corporate/business alignment for long-term success.
8

Cultural DNA: Architects Vs Assassin’s

Explore what ingredients make healthy cultural dynamics and what roles Architects and Assassins play in the formations of successful teams.
9

Military Team Structures & Fostering Trust in Business Organisations

Unlock leadership and teamwork principles from Gareth's military, sporting, and academic background, demonstrating how to cultivate trust, accountability, and self-confidence for success in corporate settings.

Clientele

Client Testimonials

Gareth told his story with authenticity and openness that had us all engaged. His stories and anecdotes about harnessing the ability to adapt to the situation and work as a team during adversity were captivating. I am really enjoying the first book, and I’ve got the 2nd on pre-order. I look forward to sharing the leadership journey with Gareth in future.

Rohan SmithLeeds Rhinos Head Coach

Gareth has helped shift the mindset of our leadership team, by really getting under the skin of why groups and individuals react to pressure in certain ways. As a result, the managers have already adopted a new narrative on how they can work together as an elite team and the power of embracing acceptance.

Jason CranswickManaging Director, Norton Way Group

Leeds Rhinos, 2024

Maximise employee potential

Peak Productivity

Gareth’s inspirational talks instil purpose, and motivation to enhance productivity. Your team will embrace challenges and leverage resilience for efficient task management & outstanding results.

Sustained Happiness

Practical advice for sustained employee happiness. Providing the tools to create a positive work environment, promoting well-being, job satisfaction, and long-term happiness.

Lasting Habits

Gareth’s insights help to develop and sustain positive habits, driving continuous improvement for a culture of lasting excellence. Transform your workplace with success-fuelling habits.

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