Jim Lawless

Jim Lawless is an inspirational keynote and motivational speaker and author of best-seller 'Taming Tigers'. He is an expert on change and coached high-performing teams in companies around the world, including Apple, Barclaycard and Atos.

Jim Lawless is the elite team coach of choice for many senior leadership teams around the world. He has been the architect of high performance and change in global organisations, governments and Olympic teams for two decades.
A leading motivational speaker, he has inspired and educated over half a million people on five continents through his mindset-shifting keynotes and workshops and many more through his bestselling book, ‘Taming Tigers’ (Penguin Random House).

He delivers in business but also tests his frameworks personally and in extreme settings, giving him unparalleled credibility with his audience.

Highly engaging, memorable and one we would recommend over and over.

Genentech

He used ‘Taming Tigers’ to become a televised jockey within a year of starting to ride and to become Britain’s deepest Freediver in just 8 months of training. Both whilst delivering his day job (a key element of change).

Jim was elected a fellow of the UK’s Royal Society for the Arts in recognition of his writing on culture and change and has also been ranked #1 Motivational Speaker outside of the USA and #6 Motivational Speaker globally in the Global Gurus 2020 rankings.

Jim’s keynotes and whole-conference action-planning workshops are legendary. He now delivers around 100 major conference presentations annually from Las Vegas to Bangkok.

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What people said about Jim Lawless

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Lafarge Tarmac

Captivating, humorous & inspiring. Pleasure to work with.

The Travel Network Group

Jim managed to energise and motivate an early morning crowd. Exceptional job.

The Personal Finance Society

Brilliant - effervescent, inspiring, relateable and approachable. The perfect addition to our agenda, raising the tempo, energy and laughter in the room of what had been a serious few days. Thank you!

Ernst & Young

Jim connected well with the audience and the second day in particular was getting them really involved - good to hear people talking about their facing their tigers in a tram meeting later in the week - feedback was strong. The way Jim encouraged my team to ride down the final furlong with him kept them engaged better on day two. 50 minutes was the right length - and the sight from the back of the room where I was will stay with me for a long time!

Barclays Bank Plc

Very engaging speaker who provided a great balance of coaching whilst using his own experience to bring the main points to life.

Abbott

Jim is an excellent and engaging speaker, who got immediate rapport with the audience, and managed to transcend his personal story to motivate and inspire a group of very different people from varied cultural backgrounds.

Sony Europe

Great! Very personable, inspirational and entertaining. Would certainly book him again, it added a real buzz to the evening.

GlaxoSmithKline

Enjoyed by all the delegates attending our company workshops. Excellent feedback received from our delegates.

Ibstock Brick

Jim tailored his performacne to exactly what we wanted following the briefing call - he got across exactly the right messages. We have had comments from the attendees that Jim's performance was very inspirational and people are referring to 'taming their tigers'

GroupAma Insurances

I was really pleased to hear people days later still talking about Jim's presentation - great fun at the time but clearly a more lasting message that hits home.

GroupAma Insurances

Jim held the audience, entertained and got across a postive message - unusual but it is remembered by attendees later. In retrospect Jim did not have enough time to cover fully all ten tigers.

Generation (UK) Ltd

Brilliant! Our audience are a very difficult group to please but the feedback has been fantastic - not one negative comment. A great performance that was relevant and inclusive.

Connexions Cornwall and Devon

The humour factor was perfect to ease the tone of the event and Jim was a lovely guy.

Logistik

Jim was fantastic. Fromt he first phone call he was keen to take our objectives on board and he delivered them perfectly in his unique style. He brought a real buzz to the conference which we wouldn't have had without him. It was a great way to kick off and put our delegates in the right frame of mind for the work that followed.

Tate and Lyle

We are very garteful you were able to deliver such a compelling, humourous and exhilarating session at our recent official opening of our Management Training and Conference Centre. The event was a great success with many congratulatory comments about the Centre and in particular your session. The links of Ten Rules to Taming Tigers certainly brought home to not only me, but many of our audience, that little voice whic in reality is a big voice that prevents us from believing in ourselves. Your session reflected exactly the achievements of our organisation. Thank you for a great presentation.

Peta Ltd

Jim's Taming Tigers was relevant, thought provoking and entertaining. His presentation and 10 rules has provided us with a catalyst for change within the organisation with lots of the delegates committed to taking the 10 rules back to their teams. It was a timely reminder that we are all in control of our own attitude and decisions. Highly recommended. Heather Bolton, Programme Director, The Health & Safety Executive.

Health and Safety Executive

Jim was excellent - amusing, inspiring and really backed up the key messages from our conference. A fantastic keynote speaker.

Best Western Hotels

Very energising. Just what was needed.

NHS Coventry

Jim was amusing, thought provoking and inspiring!

Best Western Hotels

On behalf of the Coventry & Warwickshire Leadership &Management Group please accept our sincere thanks for a very entertaining and inspirational talk. Feedack has been excellent. Jan Spalding - Chair

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.

Barclays Bank plc.

This was a very important event for my department. Your challenging and inspiring presentation and professional (but hilarious) hosting made the day for us. One of the delegates went straight back and ran a 'Taming Tigers' training session for his own team! No racehorses where involved, thank heavens.

Marks and Spencer plc

You did an outstanding job closing our European Sales Kickoff in Barcelona, you delivered a faultless performance, capturing our imagination with your racing analogies and using humour to engage with a pan-European audience. The '10 rules for taming tigers' resonated with our people.

Sun MicroSystems/StorageTek

Exciting, Inspiring and extremely motivational.

NHS Coventry

Jim was a brilliant speaker - He fully engaged our audience from start to finish - I would definitely recommend Jim to other clients.

CYNERGY HEALTH CARE

JIM WAS A BRILLIANT SPEAKER- HE FULLY ENGAGED OUR AUDIENCE FROM START TO FINISH - I WOULD DEFINITLY RECOMMEND JIM TO OTHER CLIENTS.

CYNERGY HEALTH CARE

Great speaker with a lot of experience

BARRANCO CONCEPT bvba

Brilliant! Thoroughly engaging and with a message that can resonate with his entire audience. We had a client who had attended the session emailing us their plans to "act boldly". Thought the coaching and motivational aspects were expertly mixed with fantastic delivery and fun when appropriate. Am looking forward to reading my book!

Fundtech

'The best business speaker I have ever seen.' Jim was energetic, humorous, and delivered a practical and meaningful message.

Hilton Worldwide

Fantastic, listened to my need and fitted his presentation to support my need.

Arriva Main

Personable, Inspirational, Genuine

BUPA Ltd

Amazing - his performance was perfect, he's very knowledgeable, engaging and funny.

Kenwood Limited