Olympic-winning coach Ben Ryan helps organizations build winning cultures through trust, identity, and purpose-driven leadership that delivers sustained high performance.
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“Ben was excellent and a great fit for our group and event. He was obviously well prepared and took into account our brief for the event. Only positive feedback from the group as a whole!”
Conference Manager
Bazaarvoice
Olympic gold-winning coach and bestselling author, Ben Ryan, empowers leaders to build trust-driven, high-performing cultures. Renowned for transforming Fiji Rugby into world champions, he now helps organizations translate elite sporting insight into practical leadership strategies, driving unity, clarity, and sustainable performance across business, sport, and government.
Keynote Speaker Ben Ryan is an Olympic gold medal-winning coach, bestselling author, and world-renowned expert in high performance and leadership. Best known for his transformative leadership of the Fiji Rugby 7s team, Ben turned a group of under-resourced athletes into Olympic champions, creating one of the most inspiring success stories in modern sport. His approach, grounded in trust, cultural alignment, and simplicity, demonstrates how belief and purpose can outperform resources and expectation.
Today, Ben Ryan applies these same elite principles to the corporate world. As Performance Director at Brentford Football Club and trusted advisor to global organizations across finance, technology, and the public sector, he helps leaders build resilient, high-performing cultures. His keynotes offer practical tools for creating unity, inspiring trust, and leading with clarity in times of change and pressure.
Audiences value Ben’s ability to translate Olympic-winning insights into real-world strategies for leadership, culture, and performance. His storytelling is authentic, thought-provoking, and deeply human, leaving organizations with actionable steps to unlock potential and drive lasting success.
If you’re seeking a speaker who combines Olympic achievement with profound leadership expertise, Book Ben Ryan for your event. His message of trust, simplicity, and purpose will inspire your teams to perform at their absolute best.
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“Ben was excellent and a great fit for our group and event. He was obviously well prepared and took into account our brief for the event. Only positive feedback from the group as a whole!”
Conference Manager Bazaarvoice
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“Ben came to Boston to speak at our company’s leadership team event. What a story this man has, and he tells it in a way that audiences were glued. He’s a down-to-earth guy with an out-of-this-world tale to tell.”
Paul McKinlay, Vice President Cimpress
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“We had a great amount of positive feedback on Ben’s speech. We also received a number of comments from people associated with our tournament about how well mannered and polite the Fiji team was. I can see this is a direct reflection of the leadership they are receiving from Ben.”
Jamie Levchuk, Managing Director HSBC Canada Sevens
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“Ben gave a brilliant speech; he achieved complete audience buy-in and absolutely delivered on the message we were trying to convey to our business. Highlights that stood out in particular were his wholehearted commitment to the team, strength of morals and unwavering belief in his standards. This is something we can all learn from and deliver into our business going forward on a daily basis.”
Executive sponsor Nissan
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“Our audience was tired of hearing about tech, and Ben’s messages about leadership through telling his story were really meaningful to the audience. There was also a group of rugby followers that were star struck and wanted pictures and autographs. If I had known he is on the Fijian currency, I would have acquired some and had him sign it!”
David Sjolander, Chief Operating Officer Hospitality Technology Next Generation
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“We absolutely recommend Ben for anyone trying to get their<br>leadership teams thinking differently about creating cultures and<br>teams in which individuals can thrive and differences are embraced and championed.”
Mike Reynolds, Managing Director Vattenfall Heat UK Ltd
Keynote by Ben Ryan:
Are your teams struggling to stay motivated, aligned, and performing at their best under pressure? In today’s fast-changing world, even the most talented organizations falter without the right culture and environment to sustain success. Keynote Speaker Ben Ryan, Olympic gold medal-winning coach and high-performance strategist, shows leaders how to build trust, clarity, and purpose into their teams.
Drawing from his experience transforming the Fiji Rugby 7s team into Olympic champions, Ben shares powerful, practical strategies for creating environments where people thrive and performance flourishes. His keynotes reveal how small cultural shifts drive big organizational results. If you want your teams to perform with unity, resilience, and belief, book Ben Ryan for your event and learn how to create lasting high-performance cultures.
Keynote by Ben Ryan:
Do your teams hold back ideas, avoid risks, or struggle to communicate openly? Without psychological safety, even high-performing groups fail to reach their potential. Keynote Speaker Ben Ryan, Olympic gold medal-winning coach and culture strategist, reveals how to create the trust-filled environments where people truly flourish.
Drawing from his experience leading the Fiji Rugby 7s team to Olympic victory, Ben shares practical, evidence-based strategies for embedding psychological safety into the fabric of your organization. His keynote equips leaders to foster openness, accountability, and shared purpose, turning fear into confidence and hesitation into innovation. Empower your people to speak up, collaborate deeply, and perform at their peak. Book Ben Ryan for your event and discover how a culture of trust can unleash extraordinary results.
Keynote by Ben Ryan:
Do your leaders struggle to balance authority, collaboration, and individual accountability within their teams? In many organizations, unclear roles and weak communication can derail even the best strategies. Keynote Speaker Ben Ryan, Olympic gold medal-winning coach and leadership expert, helps leaders and teams redefine how they work together for peak performance.
Drawing on his experience transforming the Fiji Rugby 7s team into Olympic champions, Ben shares practical, human-centered tools for leading with clarity, empowering others, and “upmanaging” effectively. His keynotes inspire self-awareness, trust, and purpose, turning individuals into aligned, high-performing contributors. Through powerful storytelling and actionable insights, Ben shows how great teams thrive when every member leads from within. Book Ben Ryan for your event and unlock a culture where leadership is shared, performance is collective, and success is unstoppable.
Keynote by Ben Ryan:
Do your teams struggle with inconsistent decision-making, blurred responsibilities, or conflicting priorities? Without clear “guardrails,” even talented people lose direction and momentum. Keynote Speaker Ben Ryan, Olympic gold medal-winning coach and culture architect, helps organizations create the shared frameworks that empower confident, values-driven decisions. Drawing from his experience leading the Fiji Rugby 7s team to Olympic victory, Ben shows how collaboratively designed guardrails strengthen trust, accountability, and alignment.
His keynotes offer practical tools to define what success looks like, so every action, decision, and behavior reinforces your collective mission. Through powerful storytelling and actionable insights, Ben helps leaders transform uncertainty into clarity and chaos into cohesion. Book Ben Ryan for your event and learn how to build a culture where everyone knows the boundaries and performs brilliantly within them.
Keynote by Ben Ryan:
Are your teams allowing small compromises to slip by, slowly eroding performance, trust, and culture? In many organizations, it’s not the big failures that cause decline, but the everyday standards we choose to ignore. Keynote Speaker Ben Ryan, Olympic gold medal-winning coach and leadership expert, shows how holding firm to shared values defines who you are as a team and as a leader. Drawing on his experience transforming the Fiji Rugby 7s team into Olympic champions, Ben reveals how accountability, consistency, and integrity create lasting excellence.
His keynote inspires audiences to take ownership, uphold higher standards, and lead by example, turning “good enough” into “world-class.” If you want to strengthen culture and performance through everyday behaviors that matter, book Ben Ryan for your event and rediscover what it takes to build a truly exceptional team.
Keynote by Ben Ryan:
Do your people show up but lack true engagement, drive, or passion for their work? When teams lose sight of their “why,” performance and purpose fade. Keynote Speaker Ben Ryan, Olympic gold medal-winning coach and culture strategist, helps organizations reconnect individuals to what truly motivates them. Drawing on his experience leading the Fiji Rugby 7s team to Olympic glory, Ben reveals how understanding personal purpose can transform team performance.
His keynotes provide leaders with powerful tools to uncover intrinsic motivation, align it with organizational goals, and ignite lasting commitment. Through authentic storytelling and actionable insight, Ben inspires audiences to lead with empathy, purpose, and clarity. Book Ben Ryan for your event and discover how unlocking the “why” behind every individual can fuel extraordinary collective success.
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