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Alex Staniforth

Adversity Adventurer, Motivational Resilience Speaker, Author and Mental Health Activist

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Is your team stuck at base camp? 

Challenges in life are inevitable: being defeated is optional. At just 26, Alex Staniforth is already an expert in overcoming challenges and forging a path through adversity, having survived the two biggest disasters in Mount Everest history as a teenager.

However, his biggest challenges have been much closer to home, suffering with epilepsy, stammering, bullying and mental ill health since childhood. Alex is a now a record-breaking adventurer, published author, charity founder and motivational keynote speaker on resilience and mental well-being, across the UK and internationally.

Alex offers a unique vulnerability to the typically invulnerable world of extreme adventure and high performance, sharing a human side and mental health journey which others can connect and relate to their own challenges; whatever the context.

Through lived experience, insights and practical tools, Alex can help your team build the resilience and tools to:

  • Discover the opportunities within adversity
  • Maintain motivation during periods of high stress and uncertainty
  • Proactively manage their well-being and prevent burnout
  • Re-define success and overcome their fear of failure
  • Encourage authentic conversations to build an open mental health culture

Alex has already helped teams at Rolls-Royce Submarines, Bank of America, Shoosmiths, FedEx, Smurfit Kappa, Reckitt Benckiser, Heineken and the NHS build the tools to embrace challenges and put well-being first. Can you afford not to?

"Alex’s keynote address positively inspired our Leaders of the Future conference audience - whatever their age. His impassioned talk transformed our day from being just a good one to being exceptional. He was also a very tough act to follow!"
Philip Lawson
CEO, BOSS Federation

Alex’s most popular themes and topics include:

  • Mental Resilience 
  • Overcoming Adversity
  • Growth Mindset
  • Motivation
  • Mental Health & Wellbeing

Alex can especially relate to millennials and the challenges they face in the workplace. With an unassuming and relatable style, Alex delivers his expertise through inspirational keynote presentations – live, virtually and hybrid. These interactive sessions are always tailored to your objectives, but are typically 30-60 minutes with exclusive media and Q&A discussion.

"Alex delivered a virtual motivational speech via Skype to circa 150 leaders in our business. The event was very well received with many leaders commenting on the relevance of Alex’s journey to our challenges and since the event several leaders have linked back to Alex’s content – describing their “resilience rucksack” and the question “are you pulling on the rope?” has entered our lexicon."
Robert Neale
GM, Core Manufacture, Rolls-Royce
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"Sometimes the approach to mental health within organisations as big and cumbersome as ours can feel a bit of a tick box, superficial exercise, but your sessions felt very different, very real, very humble and very authentic. In my view, you will have made a difference that is much bigger than you may think or ever know."
Chris Mead
Chief Supt. Cambridgeshire Police
"We have invited Alex to speak to our managers at our Open Leadership programmes on numerous occasions. His story offers a refreshing take on resilient leadership, delivered in an engaging and unassuming way that our team can relate to the challenges within their own roles."
Trudy Rush
HR Director, Smurfit Kappa
"The universal feedback from all delegates was that the session was inspirational, stunning, awesome and engaging delivered by a stand-out speaker. We cannot underestimate the messages delivered or their embodiment in determination to continue in the face of setbacks."
Peter Batty
Chairman, SASCAL Conference
"This young man has a special charisma, he tells his incredible story in an unassuming and simple way that captures the imagination and inspires action."
Sophie Beardsall
Acting MD, Melton Foods
"Alex’s preparation for the presentation was meticulous, he customised his presentation to my need, message, and audience. The timing was good, the message was brilliant and the whole team were captivated with his story. The message of overcoming obstacles to still come out on top was simply thrilling.”
Dan Hallett
VP Health & Hygiene, Reckitt Benckiser
"Thank you for sharing your story with us today, I found it deeply moving, thought provoking, helpful and humbling. Keep up the good work in speaking out about mental health."
'Futureproof' Conference
The Personal Finance Society
"Told with humility and humour, Alex’s story of resilience and persistence in the face of adversity gave us all a renewed sense of motivation to overcome the barriers that are present in our work and home lives.”
Stephen Deadman
National Association of Hospital Education
"It was wonderful for us all to know that we are not alone when we experience similar feelings that we all certainly do. You were mesmerising. You could have heard a pin drop.”
International School of Geneva
"You have definitely inspired me to keep looking at everything that happens in a positive way. Every experience is a learning experience!"
BOSS Federation 'Leaders of the Future' Conference

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