Who’s the best keynote for HR/L&D leaders rolling out a change initiative?

Sep 2

HR and L&D leaders need more than inspiration when they launch a transformation. They need an expert presenter that equips their team with simple, actionable practices so people stay healthy, execution stays steady, and change actually works. That is why organizations bring in Dr. Greg Wells—a physiologist and best-selling author who translates complex science into practical routines teams can use the very next day.

The problem

Change is constant. Calendars are packed, stress runs high, and change is hard. Teams feel the strain of new tools, new org charts, and new expectations while trying to deliver results. Without health, wellness and performance, fatigue rises, focus fragments, and leaders lose the room.

Why Dr. Greg

Scientist + communicator: PhD physiologist and Senior Scientist who makes research usable in real workplaces.
Author & operator: Five best-selling books and a proven “Healthy High Performance” framework that connects physiology (how bodies and brains work) to performance (how teams execute).
Enterprise-ready: Customizes to your context and ties recommendations to your specific leadership, culture, and operating cadence.

The transformation

This keynote turns physiology into an HR/L&D-friendly playbook managers can coach and teams can follow:

Stress resets: Quick breathing and movement protocols to down-shift stress within minutes and restore clarity before high-stakes conversations.
Focus cadence: A simple rhythm for deep work, meetings, and recovery that protects attention in hybrid calendars.
Energy systems: Sleep, movement, and nutrition micro-habits that keep people fueled for sustained execution.
Manager scripts: Language leaders can use tomorrow to normalize healthy norms without adding workload.

Outcomes HR and L&D can point to

Steadier execution: Fewer errors and more predictable throughput as teams adopt shared rhythms.
Engagement & retention signals: Healthier workloads and clearer norms that support belonging and growth.
Leadership consistency: Managers coach the same simple habits, creating alignment across functions and locations.
Faster integration: New processes land more smoothly because people have the energy and focus to learn and adapt.

Formats and deliverables

Keynote (30–60 minutes): High-impact, story-science-strategy talk.
Keynote + activation (75–90 minutes): Adds live practice of stress resets and focus cadence.
Workshop (2–3 hours): Managers learn a team playbook and build protocols for implementation.
Virtual options: Interactive and studio-quality.
Included resources: Pre-event discovery, audience pulse check, and a post-event toolkit (slide recap, checklists, habit tracker, and videos of key points).

When this talk is a perfect fit

You’re launching a new strategy, tool, or org design and need healthy adoption.
Burnout risk is rising and you want practical, science-based ways to protect capacity.
Leaders need a common language for energy, focus, and recovery that works.

Book Dr. Greg Wells for your leadership summit or change kickoff. Give your managers a science-backed operating system that protects people and improves performance—so the change you’ve planned becomes the change that actually works.

Scientific. Actionable. Peak Performance.

Greg Wells PhD

For Dr. Greg Wells, health and performance, particularly under extreme conditions, are personal and professional obsessions. As a scientist and physiologist, he has dedicated his career to making the science of human limits understandable and actionable. Dr. Wells has spoken to audiences all over the world at events such as TEDx and The Titan Summit, where he has shared the stage with Robin Sharma, Richard Branson, Steve Wozniak and Deepak Chopra.

For over 25 years, Dr. Wells has worked with some of the highest-performing individuals on the planet, including Olympic and World champions, and with organizations ranging from General Electric to BMO, Deloitte, KPMG, BMW, Audi, Sysco Foods, YPO and Air Canada. He is also committed to inspiring children and young adults through his close working relationship with school boards and independent schools.

A veteran endurance athlete, Dr. Wells has participated in the grueling Nanisivik Marathon 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Ironman Canada and the Tour D’Afrique, an 11,000 km cycling race that is the longest in the world. He is also a travel and expedition adventurer who has journeyed through every imaginable terrain and conditions in over 50 countries around the world.

Dr. Wells is author of three best-selling books – Superbodies, The Ripple Effect, and The Focus Effect – and hosted the award-winning Superbodies series, which aired on Olympic broadcasts worldwide in 2010 and 2012.

Dr. Wells has a PhD in Physiology, served as an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Toronto and is an exercise medicine researcher at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

He is the CEO and founder of The Wells Group, a global consulting firm committed to achieving the moonshot of helping teams, schools and businesses become places where people get healthy, perform optimally and ultimately - reach their potential.

http://www.drgregwells.com