High Performance Keynote Speaker
Your team has the talent. Performance is the mindset.
Dr Alison Edgar MBE is a business speaker who turns potential into performance — by getting people to take ownership, back themselves, and act.
Thought leader in the ownership mindset
Awarded an MBE, 2020
Honorary doctorate, 2024
2 x best-selling author
Trusted by British Airways, Amazon, MetLife, and smaller companies alike
Why book Alison for a high-performance event?
Because she's lived the climb, not just read about it. Alison built her business from her kitchen table to advising some of the world's biggest brands — so when she talks about performance, setbacks and getting back up, the room can tell she's been there.
Her edge is ownership
Most performance talks stop at motivation. Alison's intrapreneurial approach goes further: high performers act like owners, not passengers — they take initiative, solve the problem in front of them, and carry the result. That's the unlock teams remember.
Confidence you can actually build
Performance follows self-belief, and self-belief can be built — especially after a knock. Alison gives people practical, repeatable ways to back themselves when it counts, rather than a one-off adrenaline hit.
She turns it into action
No vague inspiration. People leave with specific things to do differently immediately so the lift outlasts the event and actually shows up in the numbers.
She brings the energy and the substance
A keynote that's genuinely entertaining — humour, honesty, stories at her own expense — wrapped around a message with real depth. Nobody checks their phone, and nobody forgets the point.
Throughout her years advising successful businesses, Alison has discovered important factors that make them high performing. She takes these lessons on enhancing motivation, communication, and agility and shares them with forward-thinking businesses, helping them to:
Break down silos
Embrace change
Enhance autonomy
Rebuild relationships and trust
Manage their time efficiently
Communicate more effectively
Trusted by organisations of all sizes:
“Alison delivered an exceptional keynote session, The Intrapreneur Mindset, at my National Conference. Her messaging and delivery aligned perfectly to my brief and requirements, and most importantly, they were relevant to the entire audience. The feedback from my teams were really positive both during & after the event.”
— Julian, SchwarzkopfDon’t take it from us, hear it from our clients:
“Alison delivered an outstanding keynote on intrapreneurship and high-performing teams at our audit team event. Her energy, professionalism, and ability to tailor content on the fly made a lasting impact. In the lead up to the event, Alison and the team were a joy to work with - collaborative, authentic, and delivered a session which was fully aligned with our organisational strategy. The keynote was dynamic, engaging, and resonated across all levels of our organisation”
-Charlotte, Forvis Mazars
Working with Alison and her team was seamless. Alison is full of energy and just ‘gets it’ around business elements. We focused on performance culture and bringing our people into a growth mindset and Alison immediately understood what we were trying to achieve and the content of her presentation was customised to fit. Alison is an inspiration and an absolute pleasure to work with
-Helen, Elexon
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sales kick-offs, leadership conferences, company all-hands, team away-days and performance summits — for audiences from a small leadership team to 800-plus.
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Both. You get the energy and lift of a keynote, but it's built on practical things people can change straight away – so the performance gain doesn't fade by the following week. Depending on your desired outputs, we work together to find the right balance of motivation and implementation.
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Always. Before the day we'll talk through your metrics, your team and the change you want – a sales target, a culture shift, a leadership step-up — and shape the talk around it. Whether you’re looking to reinvigorate an existing team, building a new one, going through M&A, we’ve got experience with them all and know what lands and what sticks.
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Yes — in person, fully virtual, or hybrid, with the interaction adapted to the format.
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Keynotes are typically 30-45 minutes, with longer sessions available which can include breakouts and interactive elements. You can build your quote here in minutes.
“The messaging was clear and simple, we wanted to get the team thinking of being no. 1 and how to get there. Alison was charismatic, engaging and kept the audience guessing.”
-Katy, Circet UK
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