Ronan Harrington

Burnout & Resilience Specialist, Former Director of Futures Strategy & Animation at RPC & Listed Among the Top 5 Storytellers at the 2023 Speaker Awards

  • Resilience Specialist at Mycelium
  • Strategic Lead at RethinkX
  • Consultant at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Account Manager at Frank
  • Director of Ark
  • Intern at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs

When Ronan Harrington is booked for events, they are known to discuss the following speaking topics:

From Burnout to Resilience
Take Back Control: How to make knowledge work productive again
How to Lead Resilient, High-Performance Teams
Rock Solid Confidence Under Pressure
Leadership Talk Show: Hard-won wisdom from the inside
Keynote or Workshop: How to have difficult conversations
The Power Moves that Boost Our Mental Health
Candour Unleashed: Master the art of difficult conversations
The Fearless Organization: Unleash peak performance through psychological safety
Unleash Innovation by Mastering the Experiment Mindset
Future-Proof Your Company: Master the human skills for the AI age
How to Embed a Culture of Sustainable Performance
Open Mic Night / Failure Fest

Ronan Harrington teaches on the KPMG Executive Leadership Programme and advises industry leaders on creating sustainable, high-performance teams. His clients include Deloitte, EY, KPMG, Siemens Energy, Kellogg’s, L’Oreal, Sky, IHG, Sage, the UK Treasury and Oxford University.

Ronan reveals the secrets to being a high performer with a low risk of burnout and an ideal speaker if you focus on driving productivity and wellbeing. In his engaging keynotes, Ronan doesn’t just inspire; he equips. Audiences are introduced to practical tools and strategies for managing pseudo-productive and overly stressful knowledge work environments, empowering them to shift to a model of sustainable high performance.

Ronan’s expertise and speaking capabilities have been widely recognized. He is a LinkedIn Top Voice on Public Speaking and was voted among the top five Best Storytellers at the 2023 Speaker Awards, a testament to his industry recognition and confidence in his audience.

Industry leaders work with him because he has a true gift for inspiring audiences. Ronan’s jaw-dropping story is a cautionary tale about the pressures of senior leadership and the lasting consequences when we get it wrong.

A former futurist to the British Foreign Office, Ronan shares how he went from the corridors of power to being diagnosed with a lifetime chronic pain condition. It’s rare that a keynote speaker vulnerably shares what it’s like to be amidst ongoing adversity. With depth and wisdom, Ronan shows us what resilience truly means.

Official Testimonials

Ronan Harrington is regularly booked to engage audiences at events, read their latest feedback below:

“Ronan gave the key-note speech to all 200 of our Senior FS Consulting Leaders on the topic of ‘resilience versus endurance’. His story was incredibly moving and the way he articulated the difference between general wellness matters and, more specifically, symptoms of burnout was hugely insightful and really resonated with the room. More importantly, his approach required us to hold a mirror up to our everyday lives and reflect on how we are all taking care of ourselves and our teams. Our Leadership Team are 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

“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 is a world class resilience teacher. His ability to connect leaders with themselves and each other is rare.”

John, Head of Strategic Relationships, KPMG

To enquire about Ronan Harrington for your event or corporate function, simply contact us via agent@mentalhealthspeakers.co.uk or call a booking agent on 0203 9816 296.