Speaking & Events
Jonathan Butler delivers engaging, practical and commercially relevant speaking sessions focused on performance under pressure, confidence, communication and high-performance behaviour.
Before moving into transformational coaching and performance work, Jonathan spent decades leading sales, consulting and business transformation initiatives within global organisations. Throughout his corporate career, he regularly presented to audiences ranging from small executive groups to large-scale sales and corporate events involving many hundreds of people.
He was also professionally trained through the Professional Speakers Academy, further developing his ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear, engaging and impactful way.
Today, Jonathan combines deep commercial understanding with transformational expertise to deliver speaking sessions that are both thought-provoking and immediately applicable in real-world professional environments.
His sessions are designed not simply to motivate audiences temporarily, but to give people practical insights and tools that can improve how they think, communicate and perform under pressure.
What audiences say
Jonathan was an interesting and engaging speaker who delivered a really meaningful and insightful talk to our sales team. The proof of any good speaker is the number of people who want to hear them again and in Jonathan's case that seems to be lots!
David McMaster, CEO, Legal and Estate Planning
Speaking Topics
Performing Under Pressure
Why highly capable people underperform in critical moments — and how to change it.
Confidence & Communication
How internal state affects influence, leadership and executive presence.
High-Performance Leadership
Helping leaders communicate more effectively under pressure.
Sales Performance
Enabling individuals and teams to perform consistently at their best.
Presentation & Public Speaking
Helping professionals communicate with greater clarity and authority.
Jonathan will discuss your specific requirements and goals to ensure the content, focus and delivery are tailored appropriately to your audience, event and desired outcomes. Sessions can be adapted to address a wide range of performance, leadership, communication and high-pressure workplace challenges.
Formats
Keynotes
Leadership workshops
Sales kick-offs
Executive off-sites
Conference speaking
Team intensives
Half-day and full-day sessions
Sessions can be tailored to suit a wide range of professional and corporate environments, from focused leadership workshops and executive off-sites to large-scale conferences, sales kick-offs and keynote presentations. Each session is designed to deliver practical insights, high engagement and immediately applicable performance strategies.
Why Jonathan Butler?
Jonathan Butler brings a unique combination of senior corporate leadership experience and transformational expertise.
Before specialising in performance and behavioural transformation, he spent decades in senior leadership, consulting and sales roles within global organisations including Avanade (an Accenture and Microsoft Joint Venture) Capgemini Ernst & Young, Fujitsu and BAE Systems Applied Intelligence.
Over the last eight years, he has worked internationally with thousands of clients across more than 30 countries, helping professionals, executives and high performers improve confidence, communication and performance under pressure.
Jonathan also spent two years working directly with Marisa Peer and her clients, becoming one of the most experienced RTT practitioners internationally.
This combination of commercial understanding, speaking experience and transformational work allows Jonathan to connect strongly with professional audiences while delivering practical insights that are immediately relevant to real-world individual and team performance.
Audience Outcomes
Sessions are designed to help audiences better understand how pressure affects performance, communication and decision-making in real-world professional environments.
Participants typically leave with:
practical strategies for handling high-pressure situations more effectively
greater awareness of how pressure influences confidence, communication and performance
tools to help manage overthinking, hesitation and performance inconsistency
insights that can improve effectiveness in presentations, negotiations and high-value sales conversations
Depending on the format and depth of engagement, sessions can range from thought-provoking keynote experiences through to more immersive workshops focused on behavioural and performance change.
Speaking that changes performance under pressure
Jonathan Butler delivers engaging, thought-provoking talks and workshops that help professionals, leaders and teams perform at their best when it matters most.
Drawing on decades of leadership experience in global consulting and technology, combined with transformational coaching expertise, Jonathan brings a practical and highly relevant perspective to confidence, communication, leadership and performance under pressure.
Planning an event or leadership session?
Jonathan works with organisations, leadership teams and event organisers to deliver engaging, practical sessions tailored to the audience, objectives and format of the event.
Use the form below to discuss your requirements, availability and speaking options.
Jonathan personally reviews all speaking enquiries and responds directly to discuss availability, event requirements and next steps.
Or contact directly: jonathan@performanceoncommand.com