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Neil Edge is an ultra-endurance athlete and mental performance speaker who has conquered immense physical and mental challenges, including a battle with cancer.
His resilience and determination have become the cornerstone of his approach to resilience, performance, and leadership. Drawing on his journey through ultra-endurance sport, elite coaching, and personal adversity, Neil helps leadership teams build the mental resilience needed to thrive under pressure.
A highly sought-after speaker, his keynotes are science-backed, practical, and designed to help leaders prevent burnout, sustain performance, and led through complexity.
Through his athletic and leadership experience, Neil Edge has honed the tools needed to thrive under pressure and adapt to challenging circumstances.
His journey as an ultra-endurance athlete has instilled in him the value of discipline, focus, and resilience, perfect for navigating physical and mental challenges.
As well as his own experience in endurance sports, he has worked with other elite professional athletes, coaching them to strengthen their mental capacity, overcome setbacks, and perform at their best under extreme pressure. It is these same tools that can be tailored to help leadership teams achieve clarity, maintain resilience, and drive peak performance.
His keynote presentations are engaging, impactful, and informative; with a blend of storytelling, scientific insights, and practical exercises, Neil’s ability to connect with his audience makes his keynotes memorable and transformative.

Maximising Mental Resilience: How Leaders Prevent Burnout: Leadership is demanding, and without the right mental strategies, burnout, stress, and decision fatigue can take over. Neil explores the neuroscience of resilience, providing leaders with evidence-based strategies to sustain peak performance under high pressure.
Key Takeaways
– The science of stress resilience and how to train it
– Preventing burnout with cognitive pacing and strategic recovery
– Decision making under pressure and mental clarity tools
– How elite athletes sustain focus and apply it to leadership
Adversity Unlocked: Preparing For Life’s Toughest Challenges: Adversity is not a matter of if, but a matter of when. The real challenge for leaders is whether they’re mentally prepared before it happens. Neil provides audiences with practical tools to pre-empt and prepare for adversity, ensuring readiness when challenges arise. Drawing from his own experience with cancer and his background in ultra-endurance, he offers a powerful framework for building resilience before it’s needed.
Key Takeaways
– Build resilience before you need it
– Learn cognitive strategies to manage stress, setbacks, and uncertainty
– Adapt quickly to personal and professional adversity
– Foster a mindset that turns challenges into growth opportunities
Optimising Your Mind For Success: Ultra-Endurance Meets Leadership: In this keynote, Neil equips leaders with actionable strategies to elevate their mental performance by rethinking how they approach focus, resilience, and complexity. Drawing on insights from ultra-endurance sport, he provides practical tools to optimise mental clarity, sustain energy, and lead with confidence and purpose
– Arctic15 Startup Conference in Helsinki: a leading European startup and tech conference where Neil delivered the opening keynote on preparing for adversity.
– Leading Business School in Paris: Neil was invited to deliver multiple lectures on mental performance, leadership resilience, and decision-making under pressure to senior business students on their MBA program.
– The Cheshire Business Club in the UK: Neil delivered his ‘Adversity Unlocked’ keynote to regional entrepreneurs to inspire and educate them about how to develop their businesses in times of adversity.

In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world, senior leaders face immense challenges, cognitive overload, decision fatigue, and diminishing resilience, all of which directly impact team productivity. Neil Edge brings a unique perspective to tackling these challenges; as an ultra-endurance athlete, he understands what it takes to sustain focus, resilience, and clarity under extreme conditions.
I have worked ith Neil and he’s been a valuable addition to my team, providing many tools to help sharpen my metal edge. Neil’s mental tools have not only improved my performance in racing but also helped me stay focused and resilient under pressure.
Gabrielle J. Suver – Professional Triathlete
This morning at Mercedes-Benz Breakfast Club launch, we had the absolute pleasure of hearing Neil Edge speak and what a morning it was! Neil is known for captivating large audiences, but today he brought that same energy, impact, and insight to a more intimate setting with The Cheshire Club and a room full of entrepreneurs and business owners.
The result? Pure gold. Raw, real, and ridiculously inspiring, Neil Edge delivered value from the very first moment. We walked away with mindset shifts, actionable strategies, and a fresh dose of motivation. It wasn’t just a talk; it was an experience. If you’re thinking of hiring a speaker who will leave your audience with a lasting, impactful impression, look no further.
Joanna Scott-Aspray – Founder of the Cheshire Club
Neil delivered a powerful keynote at our Arctic15 Startup Conference in Helsinki, speaking to startup entrepreneurs about the importance of preparing for adversity. He was exceptionally well-prepared, professional throughout, and truly resonated with our audience. The feedback from attendees was overwhelmingly positive. Highly recommended.
Jakub Florzcak – Arctic Startup Conference, Helsinki