Jim Lawless

Motivational Speaker, Pioneer in the Fields of Change and Performance Shift

  • Jim Lawless Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    United Kingdom (UK)

  • Jim Lawless Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    United Kingdom (UK)

Suggested Keynote Speaker Programs

The DARE Loop: How to Deliver the Impossible

A visceral and thrilling high-impact keynote on overcoming fear, acting boldly, and navigating enormous levels of uncertainty to deliver big bold goals you think you have no business attempting.

The Next Dimension of Leadership

Tomorrow’s leaders work with Jim to design and build agile, curious, empowered organisms. Yesterday’s leaders are oiling slow, command and control machines. How do you design a culture to deliver the future, when you don’t know what the future is?

High Performance Under Pressure

Real-world strategies drawn from freediving, elite sport and global leadership. Jim delivers actionable frameworks to help teams focus, design their results and behaviours and standards to act, remain resilient and win.

About Keynote Speaker Jim Lawless

A deeply trusted architect of transformation and culture, he has advised senior leaders from Apple and Microsoft to Diageo and carries that gravitas onstage with him.

Jim Lawless has spoken to well over a million people on five continents and is consistently voted #1 Motivational Speaker outside of the US in the Global Guru rankings.

Best-selling author and record-breaking freediver, Jim is widely respected not just for his achievements but also for his ability to connect with people at all levels. His talks are filled with real-world applications, challenging audiences to re-evaluate their assumptions and take bold steps towards their goals. His methodology emphasizes the importance of agile thinking and decisive action in a rapidly changing world.

His captivating presence onstage is magnified by his energy, humour and compelling storytelling with a deep, lived understanding of the emotions, vulnerability and personal encounters with risk and uncertainty that come with change – drawn from his own experience of achieving the ‘impossible’ in his own life.

His immense and immediate credibility comes from the fact that he sits at the top table as a trusted advisor to leaders delivering change and that he literally embodies what he talks about. He became the deepest freediver in British history with an incredible dive to 101m without air in just 8 months. He transformed from non-rider to televised jockey in just 12. He is the author of the global Best Seller ‘Taming Tigers’.

A City of London commercial lawyer by training, he went on to study at Guildford School of Acting in his thirties to better understand human connection, communication and storytelling. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts in 2008 in recognition of his business writing.

Testimonials

Jim’s session was inspiring and motivating, resulting in unanimous positive feedback from our attendees. Thank you, Jim, for an entertaining and powerful speech.

Maria S.

Dir. Sales + Marketing, Virgin Atlantic

I would without hesitation highly recommend Jim. He made a real impact understanding and adapting to our business and objectives and with great attention to detail and care for our priorities. I was personally impressed and received unanimous positive feedback.

David L.

CEO, SITA

Jim is a true source of inspiration, easy to connect with and triggers the mindset shift required to enable transformations! He captivated the audience with a wonderful blend of humility and humour, instilling in us confidence to do things we never thought we could.

Constanze R.

Head of Strategy/Chief of Staff, Novartis

We at Apple pride ourselves in thinking differently, that is why we work in partnership with Jim. Our big conference pitches and our key sales presentations have both been inspired by the Lawless touch.

Human Resources Director, Apple Europe

 

‘Act Boldly’ is now part of the team’s vocabulary to demonstrate our commitment to excellence. The audiences in Palm Springs, CA and in Miami, FL were captivated by Taming Tigers and Jim received a standing ovation at both US events. Only a few speakers or messages ever break thru and have a lasting impact – this is definitely at the top of the list. Highly engaging, memorable and one we would recommend over and over. Thank you Jim.

Quita Highsmith

Sr. Director, Genentech

“Working with Jim proved to be challenging and a turning point for our Exec team. It allowed us to step back and examine how we were operating as a team and create a team agreement around how we would step up together.”

Ursula Morgenstern

CEO, ATOS UK & Ireland

“It exceeded my expectations in so many ways and I wanted to let you know that the unsolicited feedback from participants has been resoundingly positive. A standing ovation is not given lightly by our European Leadership Team – a true testament to the value you brought to our conference and I’m confident that we are ready as a team to both tame and unleash our inner tigers.”

Sinead Collins

HR Director European Cereal & Marketing, Kellog's

After hearing Jim’s speech and learning more about “Taming Tigers” on his website, I was truly inspired and started immediately to incorporate the principles learned on how to approach my work, family, and social activities. After 12 months, I have to say that it has changed my life. I have done things I wouldn’t have otherwise and most importantly accomplished things that I thought were well beyond my abilities. Everyone should hear Jim story and “Taming Tigers” principles. He delivers them in such a fun way!”

Jack Bush

Director, Global Pharmaceutical Marketing Intelligence, ALCON Laboratories INC

“Jim has been very inspirational for foodpanda’s organization and helped us to align on a common understanding on management style and execution focus. We implemented Jim’s principles across all of our more than 30 markets from Mexico to Vietnam.”

Ralf Wenzel

Co-Founder / CEO (Global) foodpanda group

“I have worked with Jim on stage at three high-profile Barclaycard leaders’ conferences. Not only is he engaging, challenging, inspiring and very funny but he delivers a practical, compelling model for achieving results – which he has risked his life on the racecourse to prove.”

Gary Hoffman

Group Vice Chairman, Barclays

“The most inspiring speech I watched for a long time. Jim helped to make our conference a memorable and unforgettable event. His enthusiasm and dedication fascinated the audience from the very first moment on.”

Marcel Nickler

Partner & Member of the Management Committee, BearingPoint

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