Dr Steve Ingham
Dr Steve Ingham delivering a keynote on stage

Speaking

Supporting Champions.

Most teams chase outcomes. Elite teams design for probability.

“It will motivate your people. Then we’ll get serious about what they do on Monday.”

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The showreel

Recent events. The room, the rhythm, the response.

The keynote

High performance is not about working harder. It is about increasing the probability of success.

This keynote shows how. World records measured out across your conference room. Olympic video that silences 500 people. Data from 10 million athletes projected on screen. Your audience won’t sit and listen — they’ll interact, debate, and discover.

Four signature moments that shift thinking

The heart of the talk.

  1. 01

    The tape measure

    By stretching the long jump world record across the room, the audience lock in and focus on the unthinkable limits of human performance. The goal looks impossible. But rather than think about the 'summit', Steve coaches you to think about today — "How can I perform at a higher level?"

  2. 02

    Olympic videos

    A gold medal won by pure luck. A career ended by bad luck. And an athlete 43 metres in the lead who threw it away doing something unnecessary. The room zones in on what went wrong before Steve reveals the lesson: most performance comes from doing what's necessary under pressure.

  3. 03

    10 million marathon times

    Real data, projected live. The audience spots the pattern before Steve explains it — a clustering effect that exposes how most people chase goals, raising the question — "What goals are you setting that drive performance above the norm?" It changes how your leaders think about target-setting overnight.

  4. 04

    The Ennis-Hill story

    An 18-year-old Jessica Ennis forced a roomful of experts to stop applying their solution and start solving her problem. Were they solving for 'their' event or the whole heptathlon? The lesson: switch your thinking, do what is necessary.

Why this talk works

Supporting Champions doesn’t just inspire — it changes behaviour. The data, the video, and the physical proof make the ideas stick. Leaders leave with specific frameworks they can apply to their own teams immediately, not just motivation that fades by Tuesday.

What your people will learn

Five things that move the needle.

  • Why SMART goals are among the least effective methods in goal-setting science.
  • The “necessary vs unnecessary” filter for any initiative, meeting, or project.
  • Switching perspectives when a team is stuck — the method used inside Team Ennis-Hill.
  • What a race plan under pressure looks like — and why the debrief matters more.
  • How to build high-challenge, high-support environments that sustain performance.

Impact on your organisation

What changes the next morning.

  • Reduced wasted effort and misaligned work.
  • Faster, more confident decision-making under pressure.
  • Standards that are consistently applied, not occasionally discussed.
  • Leaders who listen before they solve.
  • A shared language your team uses long after the event.

Ideal for

When this keynote earns its place.

  • Your leadership team is delivering results but lacking alignment
  • Performance is high but inconsistent across the organisation
  • You need a conference keynote that actually changes behaviour
  • A strategy day that needs to land, not just energise
  • Your people are under sustained pressure and it's starting to show

What clients say

  • Steve gave a thought-provoking, inspiring and engaging speech at our Staff Away Day. Pitched at just the right level with good humour. He highlighted the positive impact everyone can have on performance, whilst continuing to drive the business forward. We would definitely recommend him.
    Robert Camp

    Robert Camp

    Scowns

  • Brilliant, just brilliant. Just what our team needed!
    Rim Abida

    Rim Abida

    Google

  • Incredible insights, electrified the team and left them energised to achieve!
    Ben Scott

    Ben Scott

    CEO, Datum

Formats

Two ways to deliver the work.

  • Keynote

    45–60 minutes

    Video, live data, audience interaction, and four ideas leaders act on immediately. For conferences, leadership events, and strategy kick-offs of 50–1,000+ people.

  • Workshop

    Half-day

    Teams apply the frameworks to their own challenges with group exercises and real-time coaching. For leadership teams and away days of 10–60.

This is not about motivation. It is about changing how leaders think and act so success becomes more likely.

Conferences · Strategy kick-offs · Leadership away days · Culture resets · Scale-ups · High-stakes delivery periods

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