Holistic Performance Lab
Better Smarter Stronger
'Jim's session was engaging, funny and most importantly valuable and practical. Spot on!' Bolt Global

Strategic wellbeing initiatives aren’t an HR endeavour, they’re a fundamental business imperative.
Keeping teams and leaders vital, engaged and working optimally is paramount to sustaining peak business performance. Yet the prevailing view of wellbeing places it below pure performance in terms of value. This approach is flawed. Recognising that high leverage wellbeing strategies can drive peak performance is a transformative mindset shift.
HP Lab helps unlock business success
through the symbiosis of wellbeing and performance, making it a strategic priority that delivers unparalleled productivity, innovation and success.
Our Areas of Expertise
Cultivate confidence and sustain self-belief in an ever-changing business landscape.
Through our better, smarter, stronger approach, HP Lab empowers teams at the highest levels.
Jim’s speeches and conference content solutions support you and your teams by providing science based strategies to address the following business challenges.
- Leading in times of change. How to synergise and collaborate to achieve ambitious goals
- Build high performing teams to inspire and empower a multi generational workforce
- Create a high performance culture aligned around your vision, values, key initiatives and winning behaviours
- The EQ factor. How to develop an agile growth mindset and master emotional fitness
- Adapting to disruptions and challenges by fostering a resilient 'change fit' mindset
- Building a healthy workplace culture through the intersection of well-being and productivity
A Three-Pronged Approach
HP Lab is the engine that drives Jim Steele’s better, smarter, stronger approach to leadership development. Its deep resources offer huge scope that allow him to adapt and tailor his speeches and masterclasses to meet your organisation’s specific business objectives. It is a catalyst for a balanced approach to mental, physical and professional excellence.
Jim works collaboratively with you to understand and facilitate your vision. While his approach is provocative – maverick, even – it’s also high impact.
Better
Tap into your potential.
The technique of interconnecting wellbeing and performance.
Crack the code to gain access to some remarkable resources that enable you to adapt to your surroundings and develop your ability to respond agilely to challenges and opportunities. Tap into a pragmatic, science-based, step-by-step process for developing a growth mindset and unlocking human potential.
Smarter
Tap into your optimum mindset.
The science of fusing wellbeing and performance.
Structure your thinking to increase confidence and mental focus. Tap into ‘Flow’, that super productive state of mind where you feel and perform at your best. Work smarter not harder.
Enhance clarity and focus by aligning your teams overall direction of travel – mission critical goals – right down to the daily focus goals that turns the vision into a reality. Uncover performance hacks that increase drive, confidence, concentration and intrinsic motivation.
Stronger
Tap into your resilience.
The power of wellbeing to improve performance.
Better understand your extraordinary capabilities to build mental and physical resilience. Discover how to avoid burnout by developing successful habits so you can push yourself to the edge of your abilities and recover in a world class way.
Tap into science-based tools and techniques that optimise your energy management so you can excel during extended bouts of exertion, both mental and physical. Raise your threshold for stress to lean into hard tasks and circumstances with a sense of strength and determination.
“The Unashamedly Superhuman session was one of the most highly-charged events I have ever seen at any corporate event. For four hours Jim held our team spellbound. The ideas we discussed that day about high performance, mindset and belief now resonate deep within our team vocabulary.”
— Global Head of Sales, Third Bridge
“Love working with you Jim Steele, a dream professional speaker that always delivers! #ThePostMan”
— Steve Lindsay, National Sales Conference
“Jim completely changed the mindset of every one of our 250 attendees, instilling confidence and positivity. I have never seen a group of that size remain totally engaged for the entire day. Better, I had many emails thanking me for the session, suggesting Jim had changed their outlook on life and ideas about future careers. The energy and motivation in the office is noticeable and envied by others.”
— Senior partner, Deloitte
“Participants explicitly complimented Jim on his ability to keep the audience engaged and energy levels high while being able to share his profound knowledge and expertise on business performance. Jim brings in exercises in a timely and effortless manner with the right dose of humour and cutting-edge content”.
— Director, DNVGL Energy
“I can always count on Jim to be the highlight of my annual, four-day leadership development conference. I’ve hired Jim for four conferences in a row and he is always the highest rated presenter in a talented field. My leaders really connect with Jim’s message – brain science, peak performance, inspirational leadership and even a little magic!”
— Senior manager, Compass Group
Conferences Content Solutions
From dynamic keynote speeches and interactive team breakout sessions at conferences or virtual events, to in-depth digital learning programs developed in collaboration with the University of British Columbia, Jim Steele brings the cutting-edge research of HP Lab to life. Whether for client conferences, product launches, leadership off-sites, or team kickoffs, Jim’s approach centres on the powerful intersection of wellbeing and peak performance, helping you and your teams become better, smarter, and stronger.

Keynote Speeches
A seasoned international speaker, Jim’s keynote speeches inspire high performance in leaders and their teams. Whether you’re seeking support with leadership impact, team alignment, management development, employee engagement and motivation, resilience or any area of performance improvement, Jim delivers a tailored, engaging and inspiring experience for your audience.
Delivered face to face or on virtual platforms, Jim’s customised speeches translate the latest developments in performance psychology and neuroscience into actionable leadership development and high performance team building.
Jim’s speeches are designed to help teams unlock their highest potential by blending the science of performance with practical wellbeing strategies. In these impactful sessions, Jim provides actionable tools and strategies to elevate performance while fostering lasting mental and physical resilience.
Click on the Bookers Kit page to view session overviews for the following three keynote speeches.
The Science of Performance: Better Smarter Stronger
How to thrive in the workplace by harnessing science backed peak performance and wellbeing strategies.
Inspiring High-Performing Teams: Better Smarter Stronger – Together
How to unite, motivate, and elevate multi generational teams to create a high performance culture.
Leaders Leading Change: The Power of Momentum
How to master the art of leading change by aligning direction, purpose, belief and action!

E-Learning Experience
Be Better, Be Smarter, Be Stronger.
In this inspiring E learning experience – PERFORM, Jim draws from his groundbreaking book Unashamedly Superhuman to reveal how anyone can harness cutting-edge neuroscience and performance psychology to harness their inner power and achieve their greatest professional and personal goals. Combining actionable insights with real-world examples, Jim empowers individuals to break through limitations, cultivate laser-like focus, and develop winning habits and behaviours. With an engaging mix of science, storytelling, and practical strategies, participants will leave equipped to take control of their mental and physical potential becoming better, smarter, and stronger in every area of life.
This programme created in collaboration with the University of British Columbia includes three modules of interactive workshops—Better, Smarter and Stronger—to immerse you in content that develops new proficiencies for growth. Craft tangible developmental goals for enhancing your potential. Practice techniques for entering heightened states of mental clarity and performance. Develop successful habits for promoting physical wellness. Empower yourself to accomplish your most ambitious professional and personal aspirations.