Ronan Harrington is an industry-leading burnout and resilience specialist, best known for supporting global companies to create healthy, high-performance cultures. Admired for driving company growth during times of change and uncertainty, his remarkable career has been recognised as Best Live Speaker and shortlisted as the top 5 best storytellers at the 2023 Speaker Awards. Having been selected to deliver leadership programmes to industry leaders including KPMG Executive Leadership Programme, Ronan has become a trusted advisor to industry leaders on driving productivity and wellbeing. When looking to hire a transformative speaker to inspire your corporate audience, look no further than Ronan.
After graduating from the University of Galway in 2008, Ronan began his professional career by interning at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. Admired for his natural leadership abilities, he was selected to become the Director of Ark in 2009 and utilised this role to advance his industry knowledge and experience. In 2012, Ronan was selected to become a Consultant for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and played a key role in planning an exercise to understand the world of 2030. Passionate to implement positive change throughout society, Ronan has most recently worked as a Strategic Lead for RethinkX and a Resilience Specialist for Mycelium.
An inspiration to audiences globally, Ronan is now working as an esteemed resilience expert. Having been diagnosed with a debilitating lifetime chronic illness, he began to truly understand the importance of resilience, both physically and mentally, for an individual's wellbeing. Passionate about sharing his remarkable insights with audiences across the globe, his motivational training sessions have been utilised by high-profile clients such as Deloitte, Sky, L’Oreal, Sky, Kellogg's, KPMG, EY, the UK Treasury and Oxford University.
A LinkedIn Top Voice on Public Speaking, Ronan Harrington is now highly sought-after to attend speaking engagements internationally. With over ten years of industry experience behind him, his expertise on topics such as burnout, leadership, wellbeing, and vulnerability is respected and taken on board by audience members of all ages and backgrounds. He often shares anecdotes about how he went from the corridors of power on the British Foreign Office to being diagnosed with a lifetime chronic pain condition. When looking to hire a distinguished keynote speaker, who speaks with unforeseen vulnerability and honesty, for your upcoming events, do not hesitate to hire Ronan today.
How to hire Ronan Harrington
Contact the Champions Speakers Agency to provisionally enquire about hiring Ronan Harrington 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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Ronan Harrington's official speaking topics are listed below:
- From Burnout to Resilience
- How to Lead Resilient, High Performance Teams
- Rock Solid Confidence Under Pressure
- How to Embed a Culture of Sustainable Performance
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"Ronan is a world class resilience teacher. His ability to connect leaders with themselves and each other is rare." - John, Head of Strategic Relationships, KPMG
"Our Leadership Team is still talking about it and it has prompted a very healthy and open discussion about how we build resilience for ourselves and our people. Thank you Ronan – you were brilliant." - Scott, Head of Financial Consulting, Deloitte
"Insightful, authentic and engaging. His personal story is highly compelling and I would recommend anyone working in a high performance culture or role to spend time with Ronan." - Chris, VP Technology, IBM
"I left Ronan’s talk truly speechless and determined to take better care of myself. He tells his resilience story through sharing deeply moving lived experiences, anchoring it with compelling science, breathing it to life with humour and relatability – a rare, powerful alchemy that goes so far beyond a typical “keynote speaker” it seems a miss to even refer to it as that. Essential. Inspirational. Human." - Julia, Director, Employee Experience AKQA
"Ronan’s keynote was one of the stand out moments at our conference. A 500 person standing ovation and by all accounts, not a dry eye in the house." - Oliver, Managing Director, HR TechX
"I’ve told so many people about Ronan’s talk as it was one of the most thought provoking and poignant presentations I’ve ever had." - Face, Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer, Simply Health
- 2023 - Shortlisted as the Top 5 Best Storytellers at the 2023 Speaker Awards
- 2021 - Resilience Specialist at Mycelium
- 2020 - Strategic Lead at RethinkX
- 2016 - Worked closely with brands such as KPMG, EY, Kellogg's, Sky & Meta
- 2015 - Director of Futures Strategy and Animation at RPC
- 2012 - Consultant at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, serving as a Strategist to the FCO
- 2010 - Account Manager at Frank
- 2009 - Director of Ark
- 2008 - Intern at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs
