Leadership Masterclasses

As a speaker Jim has an innate knack of making you smile through tough tasks and getting you to your goal with the energy to keep going. The impact of the session continues to be felt long after the day itself. I couldn’t recommend Jim highly enough.

Tim Railton. Regional business director Astra Zeneca

Fresh thinking. Practical strategies. Measurable impact.

Our immersive half-day and full-day leadership masterclasses are designed to challenge thinking, develop leadership capability and accelerate performance.

Led by award-winning author and performance strategist Jim Steele, these highly interactive experiences combine the science of human performance with practical, tried-and-tested strategies drawn from business, sport, performance psychology and neuroscience.

Whether the focus is leading through change, building momentum, strengthening collaboration, developing an adaptive mindset or creating a culture of high performance, every masterclass is tailored to your organisation’s specific challenges and ambitions.

These aren’t traditional training sessions. Participants are actively involved throughout, exploring ideas, challenging assumptions, testing strategies and developing practical approaches they can apply immediately.

At the heart of each experience is our Better Smarter Stronger performance framework, helping leaders develop greater clarity, make better decisions and build the capacity to perform consistently in a fast and changing world.

The objective isn’t simply to inspire people for a day. It’s to develop the mindset, behaviours and habits that make a lasting difference back in the workplace.

Judge by results.

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Masterclass Overviews

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Bios

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Book - 'Unashamedly Superhuman'. Jim unpacks a modern toolkit of smart behavioural thinking while advocating some radical new habits. London Business School

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Further Information

Jim includes:

  • A 90 second introductory video tailored to include your conference theme and date, to be sent to delegates pre-event.
  • A 5 minute post-event video, tailored to reflect the speech delivered at your event, summarising the key take aways and actions.

You can view examples of both of these videos.

Jim brings:

  • A Macbook Pro
  • DVI, HDMI and VGA connectors
  • Wireless presentation clicker and backup
  • A presentation designed to work on 16X9 screens

 

 

Jim requires:

  • A wireless lapel microphone (depending on audience size)
  • Mains power socket to power his laptop
  • A projector (DVI, HDMI or VGA Connector)
  • A speaker system that receives audio output from the laptop

Testimonials

“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