Peter Van Kets is a South African professional endurance adventurer, speaker and bestselling author. As an inspirational speaker he shares the hard lessons he’s learnt during his expeditions through a series of powerful keynotes as well as team and leadership interventions.... Read more
Peter Van Kets is a South African professional endurance adventurer, speaker and bestselling author. As an inspirational speaker he shares the hard lessons he’s learnt during his expeditions through a series of powerful keynotes as well as team and leadership interventions. These are all immersive, emotive and compelling presentations backed up with gripping visuals.
He has spoken at over 1000 conferences globally and has worked with leadership teams of organisations across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, China and the USA.
Peter has authored two best-selling books. The first in 2014, “The Eighth Summit”. The core theme of which is ‘mind-over-matter’ and what we can do to overcome seemingly impossible challenges.
The second book, ”Grin & Bear It”, was published in August 2022. The core themes of this book are the building blocks and key foundations of passion, endurance and resilience, the most significant predictors in a persons or organisations ability to achieve and sustain success. This could also be an excellent ‘add-on’ for any conference.
Peters presentations/keynotes are always personally tailored to his clients needs. A few of the popular and most successful titles include, “Impossible is Nothing”, “Leaving a Legacy” and “Grin & Bear It – Adapt and Thrive 2023”.
These are some of his inspirational topics: passion, endurance, resilience, enthusiasm, humour, strategy, practice, curiosity, the capacity to suffer, courage, embracing change, being a +1, +1 teams, small steps, avoiding pig headedness, routines, vulnerability, hope, trust, helping others succeed and a sense of purpose.
This presentation takes a fresh look at how to foster passion, harness that passion to create discipline, and eventually construct a process to drive the passion.
There can be no doubt that we conduct our personal and business ventures in a dynamic, turbulent world. Given the ever-changing circumstances, how do we adapt and thrive?
This presentation is pure motivation and focuses on the 888km unsupported Scott-Amundsen Race to the South Pole with a few anecdotes from the rows across the Atlantic. To truly understand “impossible”, we need to take on the things we previously considered impossible.
This talk focuses on the 5 438km unsupported pairs Atlantic Rowing Race of 2007/2008, and is aimed at the leaders of tomorrow.
Peter Van Kets and a team of leadership experts explore the lessons from his expeditions, and guide you through applying them to your life and work.