Book IWD Speaker: Laura Kennington

Adventure Athlete | Keynote Speaker | Helping teams think bigger, grow through adversity and keep moving forward | Author

“Laura’s talk was TED quality with down-to-earth advice and added storytelling flair... If you’re looking for a motivational speaker for your next event, you’ve found her.”
— Kim Willis, The Heroine's Journey Speaker Series

Laura helps people develop expand what they believe they’re capable of. Her work draws on a decade of endurance challenges and what you learn when conditions are difficult and the outcome isn’t guaranteed.

Over the past ten years she has completed a series of self-powered adventures:

•Solo kayaking a section of Russia’s Volga River
•Running 100 miles across Fuerteventura in four days
•Solo cycling the world’s longest coastal route in Ireland.
•Becoming the first person to complete a triathlon across the Channel Islands by swimming around Sark, kayaking Guernsey, and cycling Jersey.
•Failing halfway through cycling Scotland’s North Coast 500 due to injury, returning seven months later to finish it, then continuing on to ride solo 3,700 miles through eight countries from Scotland to Norway.

The skills that matter most during endurance challenges apply far beyond sport. You see them in leadership decisions, in how teams move forward without perfect information and in whether people keep going when a goal begins to stretch them.

Laura shares what she's learned from these self-powered adventures with organisations that want their people to recover quickly from setbacks and keep moving forward when conditions are demanding. Her experience includes speaking at international festivals, conferences and public facing events across a variety of industries.

Laura's talks are energetic, honest and practical - engaging storytelling with science-backed strategies for performance you can actually use.

At their core, Laura’s talks are about mindset: how to build confidence, endure under pressure and adapt when the unexpected happens.

Alongside keynote talks, Laura also works as a leadership trainer and offers interactive workshops that focus on personal development and wellbeing, providing participants with practical tools and actionable takeaways to unlock potential and overcome obstacles.

Real stories - useful strategies - measurable impact.

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