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Keynote Speaking
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Keynote Speaking
Building Human Capability for Sustainable Performance
Keynote speaker, executive educator and facilitator.
A rare combination on every stage.
Navlika Varma is a keynote speaker, executive educator and facilitator who brings a rare combination of clinical psychology, executive leadership and commercial business experience to every stage.
As a clinical psychologist and award-winning MBA-qualified business leader, Navlika has spent more than 20 years helping organisations, leaders and families navigate complexity, build resilience and unlock sustainable performance.
Her presentations combine behavioural science with practical business insight, leaving audiences challenged, inspired and equipped with strategies they can immediately apply.
Whether speaking to CEOs, executive teams, HR leaders, business owners, educators or families, Navlika creates highly engaging, evidence-based experiences that move beyond motivation to create meaningful behavioural change.
- Evidence-based
- Practical
- Behavioural-change oriented
- Beyond motivation
Signature speaking areas.
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Leadership Performance
Helping leaders build the capability to sustain high performance without sacrificing wellbeing.
- Executive Burnout and the Leadership Capability Gap
- The Human CEO
- Sustainable Leadership Performance
- Leadership Capability for the Future of Work
- Psychological Safety as a Strategic Advantage
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Human Capability & Organisational Performance
Building resilient organisations by developing leaders, teams and cultures that thrive.
- Human-Centred Leadership
- Building High-Performing Cultures
- Behavioural Science for Business Performance
- Organisational Resilience
- Embedding Wellbeing into Organisational Strategy
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The Psychology of Performance
Helping individuals understand themselves to perform at their best.
- Building Greater Self-Awareness
- Imposter Syndrome
- Burnout Prevention and Recovery
- Mental Health in High-Performance Environments
- Brain Health and Cognitive Performance
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Thriving Families & Future Leaders
Helping families strengthen relationships, build resilience and prepare the next generation for a rapidly changing world.
- High-Performance Families
- Raising Resilient Teenagers
- Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
- Reconnection is the New Currency
- Parenting in a World of Pressure and Performance
Who Navlika speaks to.
- Boards and Executive Teams
- CEOs and Senior Leaders
- HR and People Leaders
- Leadership Conferences
- YPO Chapters
- Universities and Business Schools
- Parents, Families and Young Leaders
Three ways to work together.
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Executive Facilitation
Strategic conversations designed for senior teams who need to think together, properly.
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Workshops
Deeper capability-building experiences that turn ideas into practised behaviour.
Thank you for the amazing presentation at GIBS. I was very inspired and grounded by it. It was exactly what I needed in the heart of my pivot.
Yumnaa waja
General Manager, L’Oréal | MBA Candidate, GIBS Business School
Good Morning Navlika. Thank you so much for pouring out your wisdom yesterday and for addressing such an important and relevant topic. Your message was timely, deeply impactful and so appropriate for the season we are in. There were moments when I genuinely felt overwhelmed with emotion as I listened to you. It is rare that we are given the opportunity simply to pause, listen and absorb information that resonates so deeply with our own lives and experiences. I have already received so many comments about how profoundly your talk resonated with people. Your knowledge, authenticity and the thoughtful way in which you engaged with the subject made a lasting impression on all of us. I cannot thank you enough. You are destined for even greater things—and I know that you know this. Thank you again for the difference you are making. I truly mean it when I say that your message moved me deeply. Take care, and thank you once again.
Nolwandle
CEO, Aon
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