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Chris Roebuck
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Leadership Development
High Performance
Chris Roebuck helps organisations unlock leaders' hidden performance potential, drawing on 40+ years across military, business, and government. A leadership speaker and BBC business expert, he has advised 37,000+ leaders across 33 countries.
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Chris Roebuck is a global leadership keynote speaker who has spent over 40 years developing leaders across the military, business, and government sectors, drawing on a career built on proven, practical results.
A former British Army Officer, Chris has led global leadership teams at HSBC, London Underground, UBS, KPMG, NatWest, and the UK NHS. He served as Honorary Visiting Professor of Transformational Leadership at Cass Business School from 2009 to 2022, has been interviewed more than 250 times as the BBC's business leadership expert, and has been named one of HR's Most Influential Thinkers ten times.
Chris's Accelerate Your Success roadmap combines his leadership insights with each leader's own experience to build a personal, practical action plan. It helps leaders unlock more than ten percent of untapped performance potential, addressing a gap the Chartered Management Institute found affects 80 percent of leaders who have not been given the skills they need to be fully effective, so they can deliver faster, engage people, and lead change with confidence.
Audiences leave with clarity on priorities aligned to business KPIs, practical tools to improve execution immediately, and often report gaining half a working day back each week. Chris has spoken to more than 37,000 leaders across 33 countries, working with organisations including HSBC, UBS, KPMG, NatWest, Goldman Sachs, Tata, L’Oréal, and BASF. Clients have seen a 40 to 82 percent increase in key people metrics following his sessions.
Book Chris to turn inspiration in the room into a measurable leadership transformation that delivers lasting return on investment.
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Chris Roebuck emphasises that employee engagement is crucial for organisational success, yet many leaders struggle to harness its full potential. He highlights the importance of understanding the nuances of engagement levels - engaged, not engaged, and disengaged - and how to foster a more human-centric approach. Drawing from his extensive research and experience with companies like KPMG and HSBC, Chris provides leaders with essential insights to enhance engagement. Attendees will learn effective strategies to transform their teams and boost overall performance.
Chris Roebuck addresses the challenges leaders face in maintaining business as usual while navigating change and uncertainty. Drawing from his experience leading successful transformations at organisations like London Underground and UBS, he emphasises the importance of human-centric leadership skills. Chris highlights how to foster an environment of certainty amid uncertainty, motivating teams to align with organisational goals. Attendees will learn to embrace change as an opportunity through the practice of Entrepreneurial Leadership, ultimately delivering a better future.
Chris Roebuck reveals that 80% of organisations have untapped performance potential due to ineffective leadership. With over 40 years of experience, he introduces his Accelerate Your Success roadmap, which transforms leaders from overworked to high-performing. Attendees will learn how to unlock hidden potential, boost employee engagement by 30%, and achieve a 10% increase in profits. Chris's practical, interactive keynotes provide actionable strategies for effective leadership, ensuring every participant leaves with a tailored plan to enhance their organisational performance.
Chris Roebuck emphasises that leaders can unlock over 10% extra performance with the right strategies, especially amid the challenges of AI implementation. Currently, around 80% of organisations struggle with effective AI integration, highlighting the critical need for a focus on Human Intelligence (HI). Chris's keynote, "Human Leadership for AI Success," teaches leaders how to create environments that maximise both AI and human potential, ultimately finding more time for effective AI implementation.
Chris Roebuck empowers leaders to develop the confidence and capability needed to navigate ongoing global changes. His session focuses on creating a personalized action plan, drawing from his expertise in military leadership, corporate leadership, and a proven six-step roadmap. Attendees will learn how to build resilient teams, lead through complex transformations, and optimize their impact during change. By understanding the "Crisis Consumption Loop," leaders will enhance their disruption resilience to not just survive, but thrive.
Chris Roebuck's Accelerate Your Success roadmap turns 40+ years of military, business, and government leadership experience into immediate, practical action. For organisations facing slower delivery and disengaged teams, his approach unlocks the performance leaders are already capable of delivering.
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Chris Roebuck structures his keynotes around the Accelerate Your Success roadmap, a framework that combines his research findings — including data from the Chartered Management Institute — with each participant's own leadership experience to produce a personalised action plan they leave with on the day.
Chris Roebuck speaks on employee engagement, culture and change, and unlocking leadership performance potential. He has been named one of HR's Most Influential Thinkers ten times and has served as the BBC's business leadership expert, contributing to over 250 interviews.
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