Leadership Keynote Speaker: Jimmy Burroughes
Practical, story-driven keynotes and workshops on removing leadership friction, preventing burnout, and building teams that run the business without you. Delivered at conferences, corporate events, and leadership offsites worldwide.
Content reviewed September 2026
Leadership Keynotes and Workshops That Change How Your People Work
Jimmy delivers keynotes, workshops, and leadership intensives for corporate events, conferences, and offsites. Every session is built around observable behaviour change, not inspiration for its own sake.
50+
Events delivered
10+
Countries reached
45-90
Minutes (flexible)
Available Formats
- Conference Keynote - 45-60 min including Q&A
- Leadership Workshop - 90 min, interactive, tools-based
- Half-Day Intensive - 3-4 hours, team offsite format
- Virtual Keynote - All major platforms supported
- Panel / Fireside Chat - Moderated or as expert contributor
Keynotes Built Around the Problems Your Leaders Actually Face
Each keynote opens with a challenge your leaders will recognise straight away, and ends with a change they can apply the next morning. All four are built on the award-winning Simplify to Amplify® methodology and tuned to your audience, sector and event goals.
Stop Losing Your Best People to Burnout
Your highest performers carry the most, and they are the ones most likely to walk. When they go, the results and the hard-won knowledge go with them.
- Spot the early signals of burnout in your strongest people before they hand in their notice
- Protect their capacity without dropping the standards the business runs on
- Keep the people who drive your numbers, and the numbers they deliver
Get Your Managers Out of the Weeds
Every decision still lands on your desk. Your managers mean well, but nothing moves without your sign-off, and the business waits on you.
- Push decisions down to the level where they should be made
- Cut the escalations that fill your day and slow the business down
- Reclaim the hours for the work only you can do
Working Harder, Still Missing the Numbers
The team is flat out, the hours are long, and you are still behind plan. More effort is not the answer, and everyone can feel it.
- Find where effort leaks away before it ever reaches the result
- Focus the team on the few things that actually move the number
- Deliver more without burning the team out to do it
Simplify to Amplify®: Why Your Last Restructure Did Not Stick
You have reorganised, rehired and rolled out new tools, and the same problems keep coming back. The issue is not the structure. It is the friction inside it.
- See the friction that restructures and new systems never remove
- Simplify the way work actually flows through your teams
- Make the change stick, confirmed by the results your leaders deliver
Or a Custom Keynote, Built Around Your Needs
Have a specific challenge, theme or outcome in mind? Jimmy will design a bespoke keynote aligned with the Simplify to Amplify® methodology and the exact conversation your leaders need to have - tuned to your industry, audience and event goals.
Keynotes and workshops start from $8,000. Final fee depends on format, location, and duration.
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Speaking Testimonials
Feedback from event producers, conference organisers, and audience members after Jimmy's keynotes and workshops.
“Jimmy was one of the most practical speakers we have had. Our audience got clear, actionable frameworks for burnout recovery that they could apply the very next day.”
“The keynote landed exactly where we needed it. Our leadership team left with a shared language around Simplify to Amplify and a clear 90-day focus.”
“Brilliant balance of research, lived experience and warmth. Our delegates rated this session the highest of the entire conference.”