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Paula is onto something big here with her Adventure Psychology. The will to succeed and endure is key to performance.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
In today’s unpredictable world, mindset is your competitive edge. Paula Reid, adventurer, psychologist, and business leader, has completed 120+ extreme expeditions and spent 30+ years coaching global brands like RBS, GSK, and Palo Alto. Her keynotes blend real-world adventure with science-backed strategies to help leaders build resilience, manage risk, and thrive under pressure. Through Adventure Psychology, Paula empowers organizations to lead with confidence and go Knowingly into the Unknown™.
From skiing to the South Pole to yacht racing round-the-world, Paula Reid has learned to develop the mindset needed to thrive and perform in the toughest of conditions. Drawing on her extreme adventuring experience, extensive business acumen, and a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology, she helps individuals and organizations survive, adapt, and lead through uncertainty.
With a unique blend of adventurer, psychologist, and seasoned business leader, Paula brings real-world experience to corporate audiences facing disruption, change, and uncertainty. She has worked with global organizations such as RBS, GSK, Palo Alto, Arla, and the Ministry of Defence, delivering insights that help leaders and teams build resilience, manage fear, and perform under pressure.
Her keynotes are not just inspiring, they are transformational. Paula delivers practical tools grounded in Positive Psychology and lived expeditionary wisdom, helping businesses foster adaptability, courage, and enduring performance.
Whether you’re navigating a corporate restructure, preparing teams for change, or simply seeking to boost morale and motivation, Paula Reid offers invaluable perspective and strategies.
Book Paula for your event to empower your people to face uncertainty with confidence, perform under pressure, and lead through the unknown, turning adversity into opportunity.
5 of 5
Paula is onto something big here with her Adventure Psychology. The will to succeed and endure is key to performance.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
5 of 5
You were sensational. They loved you.
Chai Cancer Care
5 of 5
An accomplished and inspiring speaker on leadership. The personification of #thisgirlcan
Wellington College
5 of 5
She is hugely inspirational but also truly grounded.
Red Thread
5 of 5
They were raving about you. They loved the seminar, the way you interacted with the audience, and the message that you delivered.
Bahrain empowerment
5 of 5
Inspiring us with your incredible achievements/story and brilliant insights. It was truly powerful
East Midlands Housing, IWD
5 of 5
A great honour and terrific fun to share the stage with Paula Reid polar explorer and round-the-world sailor. Her keen insights on adventure psychology have so many parallels for navigating disruptive technology.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, PwC
Keynote by Paula Reid :
When change is constant and pressure is high, even the strongest teams can lose direction. That’s where Adventure Psychology: Going Knowingly into the Unknown™ comes in. In her keynote sessions, Paula Reid shares powerful, real-world lessons from her life as an extreme adventurer and business leader to help organizations face challenge with confidence.
With over 120 global expeditions and decades of leadership coaching, Paula delivers practical tools and fresh perspective on building resilience, managing fear, and staying grounded through uncertainty.
Learning points:
You’ll walk away with practical strategies, models, tips, and tools your team can apply immediately to navigate challenge, embrace uncertainty, and perform under pressure.
Keynote by Paula Reid :
When goals feel distant and conditions get tough, it’s easy to lose momentum. Paula Reid knows exactly what that feels like because she skied 1,000 km to the South Pole, one of the most extreme endurance feats on Earth.
In her inspiring keynote, Paula takes audiences inside that brutal journey, whiteouts, isolation, freezing temperatures and shares what it really takes to keep going when everything in you wants to quit. It’s a powerful, relatable metaphor for the long-haul goals your team faces every day.
Her keynotes offer more than motivation. They deliver real-world insights on resilience, courage, and enduring performance, plus practical tools to help your people strengthen their mental stamina and achieve their toughest goals.
Keynote by Paula Reid :
When stakes are high and conditions are changing fast, even strong teams can struggle with communication, motivation, and leadership. Paula Reid has been there, literally. With no prior sailing experience, she raced 35,000 miles around the world in the Global Challenge, the toughest yacht race on Earth.
In her keynote Sailing Round-the-World – Boat to Boardroom, Paula brings that high-stakes experience into the corporate world. She shares hard-won lessons on leading through crisis, staying focused under pressure, and building teams that perform when it matters most.
Audiences walk away with powerful insights and practical tools to strengthen leadership, boost motivation, and foster high-performing teams, even in the roughest waters.
Keynote by Paula Reid :
In today’s world, taking bold steps often feels risky but without action, progress stalls. When Paula Reid cycled across war-torn Ukraine in 2023, she didn’t just take a physical journey, she embraced fear, uncertainty, and risk in the name of purpose, hope, and humanity.
In her powerful keynote Cycling Across Ukraine, Paula shares this modern-day hero’s journey to show how courage isn’t the absence of fear—it’s moving forward despite it. She offers a deeply personal and empowering narrative that inspires audiences to dare greatly, act with intention, and lead with heart, even in high-risk environments.
Learning points:
This keynote is a rallying cry for purpose-driven action and the mindset shift needed to confront fear and lead bravely.
Watch Paula Reid in action
Watch Paula Reid in action
