Jim Steele

Jim Steele is a leading performance strategist and speaker who helps teams and leaders boost resilience, alignment and results through science-led, practical insight.

Jim Steele is a highly respected keynote speaker and performance strategist, known for helping organisations develop leaders and teams who are energised, resilient and ready to perform at their best. With over 30 years of experience working across sectors and continents, Jim brings both depth and clarity to the challenges facing today’s workplaces.

As founder of Holistic Performance Lab, Jim leads a team exploring how science, psychology and strategy come together to influence behaviour and performance. His belief is simple but powerful: peak performance and wellbeing aren’t competing goals—they’re two sides of the same coin. When people feel supported, aligned and connected to purpose, results follow.

Jim’s keynotes and workshops are both insightful and enjoyable. He’s a natural communicator who draws on cutting-edge research and makes it easy to understand and apply. His delivery style is lively, human and grounded in real-world application—mixing evidence with stories, humour and practical tools that stick. Whether speaking to senior leaders or entire organisations, Jim equips his audiences to think differently and act with confidence.

He has worked with a wide range of businesses and is a regular speaker at major leadership events. His clients value his ability to bring fresh energy to well-worn topics, and his approach is always tailored to the culture, goals and context of the organisation in front of him.

Jim is a trusted voice at institutions including London Business School and IMD Lausanne, and he co-develops digital learning content with the University of British Columbia. His ideas are often featured in publications such as Forbes, The Huffington Post, Elite Business Magazine and The Association of MBAs.

At the heart of Jim’s work is a belief in the power of people—when supported and inspired—to rise to new challenges. He helps individuals and teams perform better, think smarter and become stronger… together.