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Ronan Harrington      

Resilience Expert with an Inspiring Story of how to Overcome Adversity

Ronan Harrington teaches on the KPMG C-Suite Leadership Programme and advises world leading companies on how to create healthy, high performance cultures.

He is delighting audiences worldwide with a fresh take on resilience, revealing the hidden burnout trajectory that many of us are unwittingly on.

Harrington is an expert on the neuroscience of resilience, delivering world class resilience programmes to major institutions and organisations including the British Government, Sky, and Oxford University. His talks draw on a fascinating array of expertise, including working as a Lead Futurist to the British Foreign Office (at the age of 24), writing a report on the world of 2030 and how the UK should respond.

In his keynotes, audiences are introduced to a new way of working grounded in the science of resilience, with practical tools to operate at peak performance without compromising our health. His delivery is a delightful blend of humorous reflection that encourages us to laugh at ourselves and catchy takeaways that are perfect to share later with families and teams.

Harrington’s ultimate power as a keynote speaker is to serve as a cautionary tale that inspires change. With rare vulnerability, Harrington shares how he went from leading the largest global movement of the 21st century to being diagnosed with a debilitating chronic illness. Clients often describe being deeply moved by Harrington’s story of burnout and credit him with inspiring a deeper commitment to change how they work. Now more than ever, we need guidance on how to keep going in the face of adversity. Harrington’s story is a moving reminder that even most difficult circumstances are an invitation to transform.

Speech Topics


From Burnout to Resilience

Ronan reveals the hidden drivers of burnout, and how outdated ways of working put us on a trajectory that harms both health and revenue.

Audiences are introduced to a new way of working, grounded in the science of resilience, with practical tools to operate at peak performance without compromising our health.

The keynote’s primary power is as a cautionary tale that inspires change. With rare vulnerability, Ronan shares how he went from leading a global movement to being diagnosed with a debilitating chronic illness, as a direct consequence of burnout.

His journey to overcome adversity is an inspiring reminder that most difficult circumstances are an invitation to transform. Audiences leave with a renewed commitment to take their resilience seriously.

A Step by Step Guide to Becoming Resilient

Ronan provides the essential skills and tools you need to become truly resilient. It includes the latest insights from the neuroscience of resilience on how to master habit formation, set boundaries, reset your relationship with addictive technology, reduce your exposure to disruptions, process difficult emotions, develop a resilient mindset, bounce back from difficulty, and cultivate reset and renewal.

How to Create a Healthy, High Performance Culture

Ronan teaches the secret formula that winning teams use to perform at peak levels without burning out and losing morale. You will learn how to activate a resilience mindset, deepen self awareness and emotional intelligence, create psychological safety, overcome blame culture, embody deeper levels of vulnerability, practise interpersonal candour, and master the art of appreciation. with the ability to create healthy, high performance environments where your team is excited to do the best work of its life.

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