Motivational Speaker

Motivational Speaker | Facilitator | Team Building

Motivational Speaker2026-05-06T19:28:01+00:00

MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER DR. STEVE HARRIS

Motivational Speaker Dr Steve Harris has a wealth of experience and knowledge to draw on to bring you the ultimate conference, team building or motivational experience.

Using a variety of strategies and proven activities, Dr Steve Harris can help you and your team find their mental toughness.

Choose a motivational topic to help achieve your companies objectives.

Contact Steve to check his availability at a venue of your choice.

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WHY HIRE STEVE AS A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

Dr Steve Harris is an international motivational speaker, known for presentations which inspire & convince audiences to take action to improve.

Each motivational talk or team-building workshop is tailored to your organisation’s needs

  • Motivate and entertain

  • Apply mental toughness as a competitive advantage

  • Combine fiery passion with ice-cold reason

  • Increase energy and intensity

  • Instill supreme confidence

  • Reach beyond your grasp by innovating and improvising

  • Access state of the art knowledge and skills

  • Know how and when to grit to implement the plan

Motivational Speaker Dr Steve Harris Talking To The Springboks

Using Mental Toughness as the underlying key component for achieving success, Steve applies this to your context. He uses business and sport examples combined with his PhD research to show how to achieve success and significance.

The focus of the improved performance may be on any of a host of subjects ranging from strategic planning, leadership, management, teamwork,  sales, customer service, operational efficiency to wellness in the workplace.

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WHAT MAKES DR STEVE HARRIS UNIQUE?

Dr Steve Harris is an international motivational speaker who has presented at conferences in nine countries

He will help you make your conference a resounding success by providing the high point and professional edge you need.

He is in a unique category as a speaker. You can benefit from this uniqueness when he combines your needs with his PhD research on Mental Toughness to create a competitive advantage for your organization.

His motivational presentations, workshops, team building, facilitation and books are highly entertaining and packed with take away value.

Could Mental Toughness be used to create a unique competitive advantage?
Content is adapted to audiences’ context without sacrificing the integrity of his message. Clients have requested a wide range of topics as motivational speaker, key note speaker, guest speaker or workshop facilitator. Some of these are listed below:

Dr Steve Harris provides imagery, reference points and entertainment for your audience by drawing on a variety of business and sport examples. Personal relevance is created by adding some of his experiences as a successful businessman and international sportsman.

Dr Steve Harris now also offers Courses. The course material has been created with content & material from his motivational topics and offers teaches delegates the mental toughness required to achieve the desired outcome. View these courses here.

Learn More About Steve

choose a motivational speaker topic below that suits your organisation or team

Steve’s motivational speaking offering is unique as he offers you motivational topics to choose from to suit your objectives. These topics are tailor-made to your requirements, use a holistic approach and produce remarkable results.

A GAME
OF INCHES
Using marginal gains to go from mild success to wild success.
A MIND
FOR SALES
Better selling skills by integrating Mental Toughness
A MIND
FOR STRATEGY
Better strategic plan when integrating Mental Toughness
A MIND
FOR SERVICE
Better customer service by integrating Mental Toughness
A MIND
FOR TEAMWORK
better teamwork by integrating Mental Toughness.
A MIND
FOR CHANGE
Better change management by integrating Mental Toughness.
A MIND
FOR LEADERSHIP
Better leadership & management skills by integrating Mental Toughness.
A MIND
FOR WELLNESS
Better health by integrating Mental Toughness
A MIND
FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT
A motivational workshop in stress management and wellness.

STEVE’S CORE ACHIEVEMENTS

  • PhD and MBA

  • Former World champion in Surf Lifesaving

  • Former winner Anglo American’s “Build a Business” contest for entrepreneurs

  • Former mind coach and team manager for the Springbok rugby team

  • CEO of eta College – specializing in sport and exercise science qualifications

  • Author of the motivational book: Mental Toughness – Mastering your Mind

  • Author of the novel: Impimpi – Black Anger and White Fear

  • Playwright – Borderline performed at National Arts Festival

FAQ

What Does a Facilitator Actually Do?2026-05-07T02:38:11+00:00

It’s more than just running a meeting. A skilled facilitator is part guide, part referee, part psychologist – and when they’re really good, you barely notice they’re doing any of it.

Here’s what’s happening behind the scenes:
They stay neutral. A facilitator doesn’t take sides. Their job is to protect the process, not to win the argument. That neutrality is actually what makes them so powerful – people open up because they trust the space.

They keep the group honest. It’s easy for a meeting to drift, for dominant personalities to hijack the room, or for groupthink to set in. A facilitator holds everyone accountable to the agenda and makes sure the right conversations happen – not just the comfortable ones.

They draw out consensus. Getting 12 people to agree is hard. A facilitator knows how to surface the real disagreements, work through them constructively, and find the common ground that a group can genuinely commit to – not just grudgingly accept.

They manage conflict. Disagreement isn’t bad – unmanaged disagreement is. A great facilitator knows how to let tension breathe productively and redirect it before it derails the whole session.

They lead without taking over, the motivate, they teach. This is the real art of it. A facilitator provides structure and momentum while keeping the ownership firmly with the group. The outcomes belong to the team, not the facilitator.

Dr. Steve Harris offers facilitation services to help corporates achieve results.

  • Help your group understand their common objectives
  • Assist your group to plan to achieve their goals
  • Achieve consensus and manage disagreement in the group
  • Develop a strong basis for future action
Why Does A Facilitator Matter?2026-05-07T02:38:12+00:00

Because the quality of your conversations determines the quality of your decisions. And the quality of your decisions determines the direction of your organisation.

When you bring in someone like Dr Steve Harris – a facilitator who combines real-world business experience, a PhD rooted in human behaviour, and the mental toughness framework he’s refined over decades – you’re not just getting someone to run your day. You’re getting someone who understands why groups get stuck and how to unlock them.

Dr Steve helps groups understand their common objectives and set plans and strategies that allow them to reach their goals, all while nurturing the natural rhythm and atmosphere of the group. That last part matters more than people realise – the best facilitation doesn’t feel forced. It feels like the group finally found its flow.

Whether it’s a strategic planning indaba, a leadership team that needs to get aligned, or an organisation navigating real change, a facilitator makes the difference between a day that felt productive and a day that actually was.

Dr. Steve Harris offers a selection of motivational workshops for corporates including corporate team building.

What is a Facilitator2026-05-07T02:38:12+00:00

Think of the last time your team sat in a room together – big plans on the table, lots of opinions flying around, and somehow by the end of the day… nothing was actually decided. Everyone talked, but nobody really moved. That’s the gap a facilitator fills.

A facilitator is the person in the room who isn’t there to push their own agenda. A facilitator like Dr. Steve Harris, is there to make your group’s agenda work. They guide the conversation, keep things on track, draw out the quieter voices, manage the egos in the corner, and make sure that when everyone leaves, they leave with clarity, consensus, and a real sense of direction.

In short: a facilitator helps a group of people think better together than they ever would apart.

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