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This is a copy of the original Superman Movie poster which sits in my office. When Richard Donner set out to make the film his aim was to make the world believe that a man can fly. I love this film and I remember as an 8 year old watching it for the first time and my jaw dropping watching a man fly.

Richard Donner and his team’s persistence is a great example of if you put your mind to it you can achieve anything.  These are a few of the speakers we work with who through their own resilience went on the achieve something that many may have seen as impossible.

Jim Lawless is a world-class C-Suite advisor and record-breaking freediver, and is ranked among the world’s leading business speakers by Global Gurus.

He has delivered DARE Loop and Second Strategy keynotes to well over a million people across five continents and he has tested his frameworks at the extreme edge, becoming the deepest free diver in British history in just eight months with a dive to 101 metres on a single breath; he moved from non-rider to televised jockey in twelve months.

Jim very kindly took some time out to answer some questions for our speaker focus series.

October each year marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The international health campaign, aims to promote screening and reduce the risk of the disease, which affects 2.3 million women worldwide. Breast Cancer Now also holds its “Wear it Pink Day” on Friday 23rd October 2026, encouraging people to where pink for the day and fundraise to support research and care.

If you are looking to plan an event around this campaign these are the few of the speakers we work with who share their experiences of breast cancer.

We are delighted to now be working with Frederick Afrifa, a former elite sprinter and communications and high performance speaker, who speaks on how to perform under pressure, master communication and destroy anxiety.

Frederick has trained over 20,000 professionals across four continents, working with organisations including 10 Downing Street, Shell, Arsenal FC, NatWest, Barclays, Imperial College London, King’s College London and TEDx. He is co-founder of leadership communication group and a judge for The Speaker Awards. We look forward to working with him

This is our September 2026 speaker news this month featuring feedback on Alan Chambers, Alex Wood, Jamie McAnsh, Matt Ellison and Marc Convey; we welcome Andrew Davis to the website; have updates from Sally Henderson, Jackie Handy and Chris Britton; a new showreel from Dean Leak and news from Maria Conceicao.

We work with a number of speakers who have spent time in prison but have since turned their lives around. They are now working with clients and speaking at events to not only discuss their experiences, but the lessons they have learned and how to prevent others from following in their path and helping others to reform.

Despite working in the speaking industry and booking for speakers for over 25 years I am not actually that comfy speaking on stage myself. I have great admiration for anyone who can speak from the stage and whilst I can do it, I always see myself as more engine room that front of house.

It does however sometime may me feel like a bit of imposter and based on the enquiries we have received I don’t think I am the only one to experience this. These are a few speakers that talk on imposter syndrome, why we experience it and how to overcome it.

As we come to the end of summer and the start of Autumn we are delighted to have added 4 new speakers to our website.

Smajo Beso – Smajo brings a rare ability to combine lived experience of the most extreme test of human values imaginable with two decades as an architect, having fled Bosnia and now as a researcher, lecturer and keynote speaker – studying how human beings learn, lead, and flourish under pressure.

Darren Harris is a blind Paralympian, psychologist, and speaker with an incredible story and a powerful mission to help others to go from adversity to achievement.

Tom Stroud and Dan Shrigley are the co-founders of Shoulder to Shoulder, a values-led community of over 1,700 men built around connection and purpose and speak on the importance of connection, happiness, belonging and modern masculinity.