Backley Black, a duo comprised of Roger Black MBE and Steve Backley OBE, is a renowned executive coaching company dedicated to increasing and sustaining performance in the workplace and personal life. Drawing on the experience of two British Olympic legends, Roger and Steve deliver a variety of comprehensive training workshops and keynote speeches on what drives success and how Olympic success can be translated into real life. If you are looking for executive coaches with detailed expertise in achieving and sustaining peak performance, hire Backley Black today!
Before joining forces to forge Backley Black, Roger Black MBE and Steve Backley OBE led successful careers as Olympic athletes. Roger Black MBE specialised in the disciplines of 400m and the 4 x 400m relay. Remaining in Great Britain’s All-Time lists for the 400m today, Roger claimed two World Champion titles, five European Champion titles, two Commonwealth Games Gold medals and two Silver Olympic Medals at the height of his career – later becoming a television presenter upon his retirement. Steve Backley OBE was exceptionally talented in the javelin, formerly holding the World Record and the British Record of 91.46m. Across the course of his decorated career, Steve was able to secure four European Champion titles, three Commonwealth Games Gold medals and two Olympic Silver medals. With Roger appointed MBE in 1992 and Steve appointed OBE in 2003, it is evident that the pair have left their mark in the history books of athletics.
Back in 2009, Steve and Roger joined forces to become the Founders of BackleyBlack Ltd, continuing their work together to pioneer peak performance practices in the workplace and personal life. Capturing the essence of competing at the highest level, Steve and Roger educate their audiences on how elite athletes behave and the values that surround such behaviour. Translating this behaviour into the personal and professional lives of their audiences, Steve and Roger help clients to build Olympic performances of their own. Sharing their unique and impactful experiences as athletes, Steve and Roger energise key players within organisations, helping clients to continually strive for an “extra edge” in their performance.
When hired to deliver motivational speeches or transformational workshops, Backley Black is renowned for pushing the performance of individuals, teams and organisations forward. Having already delivered keynote speeches for the likes of BMW, Backley Black is renowned for helping clients hone their mindsets to achieve greatness. Sharing their best sporting practices, and how they translate into proven personal development skills, Roger and Steve help people to build the very best version of themselves. Embedding Olympic principles into their workshops set Backley Black apart from other executive coaches, acclaimed for their interactive and pragmatic approach. If you are looking for executive coaching that will help you and your workforce strive for peak performance, don’t hesitate to hire Backley Black today!
How to hire Backley Black
Contact the Champions Speakers Agency to provisionally enquire about hiring Backley Black for your next event, today. To get in touch, simply call an official booking agent on 0207 1010 553 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
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Backley Black's official speaking topics are listed below:
The Olympic Experience
This unique and impactful speech creates an opportunity to energise the key players in your company. Like Olympians, to compete successfully, businesses should be continually striving for that extra edge to their performance. All the skills and knowledge development in the world will not generate maximum return if the behavioural aspects of performance are absent. Developing a winning mentality and a 'can do' attitude will undoubtedly help push individual, team and company performance forward.
5 Olympic Performance Traits
What makes BackleyBlack workshops different is their ability to embed the principles of Olympic excellence within highly engaging, business-focused development. This unique design coupled with an interactive and pragmatic approach means that you can expect a far higher level of motivation and skill transfer, and in turn, gain a greater level of performance in the workplace. With a rich history and an appreciation of elite performance both in practice and analysis, at BackleyBlack they have identified what they believe to be the non-negotiable factors that drive great results. This model has been built, challenged and tested by many of the elite achievers that they have met over the years, and they feel represents the 'truths' of any top performer. By incorporating these traits into their programmes, Backley Black can engender a philosophy of Olympic performance into your everyday activities.
Mind-Setting
A step-by-step blueprint to help users optimise their performance. Mind-Setting integrates the best sports practices with proven personal development skills and habits of high performers, to help users to build the best version of themselves in their professional, sporting and everyday life. Mind-Setting is designed for individuals who want to reach their goals quickly and efficiently. It is understood that performance comes from achieving excellence in 3 areas, namely Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours. Mind-Setting focuses on the latter of these three divisions, and will guide users through the essential habits that make up effective behaviours - gleaned from industry leaders and effective performers in sport and business and that users can transfer into their own world. Backley Black has identified and modelled the key skills and habits from sports and of successful people from other fields and converted them into practices (a coaching point from either Steve or Roger) that anyone can develop, and apply to everyday life.
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"The impact you made was immediate and I could tell that the interest level you sustained throughout was absolute." - Trevor, Regional Development Manager, BMW
Backley Black
- 2009 - Partners at BlackleyBlack Ltd
Roger Black:
- 2 x World Champion in the 4x400m relay
- 5 x European Champion in the 400m & 4x400m relay
- 2 x Commonwealth Games Gold medallist in 400m & 4x400m relay
- 2 x Olympic Silver medallist in 400m & 4x400m relay
- 2 x World Championships Silver medallist in 400m & 4x400m relay
- 1 x European Championships Silver medallist in 400m
- 1 x Olympic Bronze medallist in 4x400m relay
- 1999 - Published "Roger Black: How Long's the Course?"
- 1995 - Awarded an Honorary Degree from Southampton University
- 1992 - Appointed MBE for Services to Athletics
Steve Backley:
- 4 x European Champion in javelin
- 3 x Commonwealth Games Gold medallist in javelin
- 2 x Universiade Gold medallist in javelin
- 2 x Olympic Silver medallist in javelin
- 2 x World Championship Silver medallist in javelin
- 1 x Commonwealth Games Silver medallist in javelin
- 1 x Olympic Bronze medallist in javelin
- 2009 - Inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame
- 2003 - Appointed OBE
- 1995 - Appointed MBE
