Wellbeing & High Performance Keynotes
Science-backed tools and microhabits to optimise wellbeing, elevate performance, build resilience and prevent burnout.
Make Wellbeing Your Performance Edge
Jess delivers dynamic keynotes that fuse wellbeing science and elite sport insights with real-world application. Each session equips leaders and teams to optimise energy, build resilience and achieve sustainable success.
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Wellbeing and High Performance Keynotes
Wellbeing is the foundation on which performance and leadership capacity are built.
The Wellbeing Secret
Mastering sustainable high performance
Work today demands more than ever, yet high performance is impossible to sustain from an exhausted state. Most people are running on empty in a reactive mode where energy drops, stress rises and capacity erodes long before burnout appears.
This dynamic keynote reveals what it takes to thrive now and for the long haul, using five science-backed pillars that turn wellbeing into a measurable performance and leadership advantage.
Drawing on 15 years working at the top of corporate leadership, elite sport and Special Forces, Jess equips audiences with practical strategies that strengthen stamina, sharpen decision-making and protect career and life longevity.
Audience Takeaways
- The five pillars that underpin wellbeing, high performance and longevity
- How to create, optimise and sustain energy levels for sustainable peak performance
- Leave with one evidence-based micro-habit that can be applied immediately for improved energy and enhanced recovery
Audience
Leaders, emerging leaders and individuals operating in dynamic-fast paced environments or facing high levels of stress or burnout.
Format Available
- Keynote
- 1-day workshop
Note: there are three and six-month coaching program for individuals or senior leadership teams based on this work
Core Themes: Physical and mental wellbeing, peak performance, energy, longevity, resilience.
The High Performer's Edge
BUILD YOUR sustainable success operating system
High performers do not need more motivation. They need a system that protects their energy, sharpens their thinking and helps them sustain a relentless pace without burning out.
This high impact keynote breaks down the three pillars of the Sustainable Success Operating System, designed specifically for those who operate at pace or in high pressure environments.
Jess draws on 15 years working at the top of corporate leadership, elite sport, high growth start-ups and the military to deliver practical, science backed tools that elevate performance today while protecting capacity for tomorrow.
Audience Takeaways
The two essential metrics that help leaders monitor energy, capacity and performance
The three science-backed pillars that build your Sustainable Success Operating System
How to embed micro-recovery strategies that lower stress, improve mental clarity and build capacity
Delivery Formats
- Keynote
- Half-day and full day workshop
- Note: there are three and six-month coaching program for individuals or senior leadership teams based on this methodology
This Session Is For
- Leaders, emerging leaders and high performers operating in dynamic, fast paced environments or facing high levels of stress or burnout.
Note: The title can be adapted for specific audiences such as The Executive’s Edge, The Founder’s Edge, The Agent’s Edge etc
The Women's Secret
Science backed tools to go from exhausted to energised
Women are more stressed, exhausted and burnt out than ever before. The constant juggle of careers, households, families and expectations drains energy, strains health and is taking a toll.
This keynote unpacks what is truly driving that fatigue. Jess breaks down the science-backed strategies that help women work with their biology rather than against it, so they can take back control, protect their energy and perform at their best.
Most importantly, without adding more to an already full mental and physical load focusing on three key behaviours they all do, every single day.
Key Takeaways
- The physiological, emotional and social drivers behind rising stress, exhaustion and burnout in women
- How to upgrade three daily behaviours in a way that fits real life
- How to create, optimise and sustain energy levels
- Leave with one evidence-based micro-habit to implement immediately for improved energy and recovery.
Delivery Formats
- Keynote
- Half day workshop
Target Audience
C-suite, leaders, emerging leaders, women’s networks and organisations with predominantly female teams or audiences, including allies.
Note: This session is ideal for International Women’s Day, Women’s Health Week or any event focused on supporting and elevating women in the workplace.
Fuelling High Performance
What corporate athletes can learn from elite athletes
Elite athletes and high-performing professionals have more in common than most people realise and it starts with how they fuel. For more than 15 years, Jess has worked with Olympic athletes, premiership-winning teams, special forces operators and executives, helping them unlock nutrition as a critical performance advantage. Nutrition is one of the only behaviours you repeat every day, giving it enormous power to shape mood, focus, recovery and resilience.
In this dynamic keynote, Jess bridges the gap between the boardroom and the playing field, sharing science-backed strategies Australia’s top athletes use to perform at their best. She shows leaders and teams how to apply them in ways that are simple, enjoyable and sustainable to optimise wellbeing, sharpen focus and improve performance.
Takeaways
- Understand how daily nutrition choices shape wellbeing, focus and performance.
- Learn three simple frameworks that make fuelling clear, practical and sustainable.
- Apply five proven nutrition principles to strengthen recovery, sharpen focus and sustain success.
- Discover the bidirectional link between nutrition and sleep — and how to eat better to sleep better.
Delivery Formats
- Keynote
- 2 hour workshop
This Session Is For
Suitable for individuals at all levels of an organisation, from emerging leaders to executives, and for any team operating in fast-paced or high-stakes environments.
Core themes: Physical and mental wellbeing, peak performance
About Jess
Jess Spendlove is a leading voice on wellbeing and high performance. With more than 15 years’ experience working with executives, elite athletes, special forces and high-growth founders, she delivers science-backed strategies that help leaders and teams achieve and sustain peak performance.
Her keynotes are dynamic, practical and high-impact. Known for making the complex simple, Jess equips audiences with microhabits that optimise energy, build resilience and prevent burnout. Drawing on her experience across corporate leadership, elite sport and the military, she shows how embedding wellbeing as a performance advantage drives measurable results for individuals, teams and organisations.
Whether in person or virtual, Jess delivers engaging and transformational experiences that leave audiences inspired and ready to take action.
“She captivated the audience and left a lasting impact…the perfect speaker for the day.”
“We had lots of excellent feedback from staff.”
“Professional, engaging and evidence-based. Jess was adaptable, impactful and a pleasure to work with.”
“Jessica’s ability to connect with people, share impactful insights, and spark important conversations is what makes her stand out”
“She would make any organisation. better.”
