Hire Michael Bunting to Speak on Leadership, Culture, and Performance
Evidence-based keynotes that help leaders raise the bar on performance, accelerate innovation, and build great cultures.
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Why Michael Bunting
Michael Bunting is a global authority on the behavioural foundations of modern leadership. He is the best-selling author of The Mindful Leader and Vertical Growth, and the founder of TripleGoal leadership growth company.
Michael’s work is built on a simple but profound idea: leadership behaviours shape results, culture, and learning simultaneously. This is the Triple Goal: Great Performance, Great Learning, and a Great Workplace.
Through more than two decades of research and practice, and through the Leadership Growth Profile (LGP), Michael helps leaders grow vertically—transforming how they see, think, and relate under pressure.
His work equips leaders to create sustainable performance without burnout, and cultures where trust, accountability, and learning can thrive.
Michael has worked with senior leaders across dozens of global organisations including Swarovski, EY, Sanofi, Hilton, and many others, delivering measurable improvements in engagement, accountability, and leadership effectiveness.
Known for his depth, humour, and practical clarity, Michael’s keynotes cut through leadership noise and leave audiences with a shared language for real change.
“Michael is truly exceptional. Insightful, practical, and unforgettable. The audience response was outstanding.”
Richard Lindell
CEO
Corporate Leaders Network
Signature Keynote Topics
All keynotes are evidence-based, highly engaging, and tailored to the audience and context.
The Only 3 Things That Matter in Leadership
Grounded in global research and real-world data (not opinion or a hero story), this keynote provides clear, practical insights into how leaders can drive results, accelerate learning, and build healthy workplaces without burning out their people.
What Your Team Wishes You Knew: The Hidden Gaps That Kill Trust and Performance
Leaders leave knowing where to look, what to ask, and how to create the conditions for honesty, trust, and high performance.
Leading Through Extreme Disruption
Participants learn what leaders must do differently now to get the best from their teams—not just to survive change, but to thrive in it.
Why Most Leadership Training Fails—and What to Do Instead
Organisations invest heavily in leadership development, yet behaviour rarely changes. This keynote explains why—and what actually works.
Designed especially for HR and senior leaders, this session outlines the fundamentals of sustained behaviour change and provides a practical roadmap for achieving real, sustained leadership development.
What Audiences Take Away
- Clear, evidence-based actions leaders can apply immediately.
- Deep insight into why people behave the way they do under pressure.
- Clarity on what leadership outcomes truly drive success.
“Michael’s ability to explain complex leadership challenges in a simple, practical, and deeply authentic way created an appetite in our leaders we had never seen before. The impact was eye-opening and life-changing.”
-Michaela Wortley, Ernst & Young
Previous Engagements
Michael has delivered keynote presentations for senior leaders and executive teams around the world, including:
- World Business Forum Leadershift Conference
- Novartis Global Leadership Conference (Top 300 leaders)
- OMD Global Leadership Conference
- EY Leadership Development Series (APAC)
- Mindful Leadership Global Summit (Washington DC)
- Mindfulness Annual Summit (Mumbai, India)
- EY Leadership Development Series (APAC)
- Annual conferences for multinational organisations across multiple regions
What Clients Say
Tracey Craven
Head of Organisational Development, George Weston Foods
“Michael helped us deliver our most successful leadership conference to date. Our NPS score doubled, and the highlight by far was Michael’s two-hour interactive keynote. He helped us create an event to remember—and map a clear leadership and culture journey going forward.”
Shona Poulten
TPG Vodafone
“Michael delivered exactly what we needed—connecting the dots, reinforcing our leadership strategy, and supporting leaders to reflect honestly on how they show up under pressure.”
Tanya Bowes
Corporate Affairs Executive Director for Tourism Australia
“I recently asked Michael to deliver a keynote on self awareness, growth and leadership to my function. The feedback was truly exceptional. People were very moved and inspired by the message and simple (not easy!) take outs and Michael's incredibly honest, personal style of delivery. So impactful and so good.”
Richard Lindell
CEO of Corporate Leaders Network
“Michael was a keynote speaker for our CEO and HRD forum. We have seen hundreds of keynote speakers in our line of work and Michael’s presentation was right at the top of the range. It was a truly terrific presentation on leadership and the process of growth and culture change.”
Jaime McCoy
Vice President at Gilead Sciences
“Michael ran a 2.5 hour keynote and workshop on Vertical Growth for our broader leadership team. I have had amazing feedback from my team about the session and its impact. Michael makes a complex, yet game changing leadership development process easy to understand, immediately practical and useful. His deep expertise and good humour made the session engaging and enjoyable for all.”
Sharon Woodley
Chief People Officer consulting for high growth businesses
“Michael’s presentation style, knowledge and use of research engages our leaders in a way I haven't seen. These leaders have implemented changes they've made in their leadership practices as a result and often quote some key concepts from Michael's presentation which is starting to give us a common leadership language. We are already planning our next leadership sessions with Michael.”
Enquire About Booking
Michael Bunting is available for keynote presentations at conferences, leadership offsites, and executive events.
Keynotes can be delivered live or virtually and are customised for each audience.
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