DUNCAN STEVENS SPEAKS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, INSPIRING AND EDUCATING AUDIENCES
KEYNOTE SPEAKER IN NORTH AMERICA
Duncan Stevens is an international keynote speaker in North America and and in-demand behavioural psychologist delivering keynotes across North America for corporate conferences, leadership summits, sales kick-offs, and association events. Developed over 15 years working with World Champions, Olympians, Paralympians, Fortune 500 companies, CEOs, and some of the world’s highest-performing teams and leaders, Duncan’s approach is grounded in evidence-based behavioural psychology and built for immediate application. He has spoken to over one million people across more than 30 countries, working with organisations including Nike, Coca-Cola, KPMG, Deloitte, Elsevier, Avantor, and Sodexo. His North American speaking engagements span New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Seattle, Las Vegas, Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, with deep experience delivering to the high-expectation corporate audiences that define North America’s financial services, technology, healthcare, and professional services conference circuit. Duncan is the creator of the MAGIC Wheel of High Performance™, a proprietary five-pillar framework built on 23 principles of high-performance psychology, and the author of Everything You Need to Win: The 23 Principles of High Performance Psychology for Business and Life. His keynotes cover creating high performing teams, high-performance leadership, change management, collaboration, influence and persuasion, and AI and the future of human performance. Duncan is available for keynote speaking across all major North American cities and conference destinations throughout the year.
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Why North American Organisations Choose Duncan Stevens
North American leadership conferences demand speakers who combine intellectual credibility with exceptional stage presence. Duncan delivers both, grounding every keynote in peer-reviewed behavioural psychology and real-world application, while delivering at the energy level and production quality that US and Canadian audiences are accustomed to.
With extensive experience across financial services, technology, healthcare, energy, professional services, and consumer sectors, Duncan’s content is genuinely sector-relevant rather than generic. Every keynote is customised to the client’s industry, audience seniority, and strategic priorities.
Keynote Topics for North Americal Conferences
Every keynote Duncan delivers across North America is built on his MAGIC Wheel of High Performance™, a proprietary five-pillar framework developed from 23 principles of behavioural psychology, tested across Fortune 500 boardrooms, World Champions, and Olympic athletes. Duncan speaks on six core topic areas, each available in formats from 30-minute keynotes to half-day workshops:
Turning High Potential Into High Performance: Duncan’s signature keynote equips executives and leaders with the behaviours and mindsets to deliver strategic goals, drive change, inspire teams and enhance the culture.
The High-Performing Team Advantage: This inspiring, entertaining and educational keynote equips teams with the tools and tactics to enhance collaboration, drive marginal gains, take ownership, & thrive in times of change.
Duncan’s keynote equips teams with the behaviours, mindsets, and easy-to-apply, proven strategies to bridge silos, strengthen trust, share ownership, and achieve more together than they could alone, both internally and externally.
This keynote provides practical strategies for navigating uncertainty, overcoming resistance, building resilience, and fostering a culture of adaptability throughout the organization in times of uncertainty.
This talk equips audiences with proven principles of influence and persuasion, building on Duncan’s best-selling book Effective Influence. The lessons taught will help you build trust, communicate with impact, shape decisions, and inspire positive action.
An insightful keynote exploring how AI is reshaping work and what this means for human performance at scale. It helps leaders and teams adapt their mindsets, behaviours, and skills to thrive alongside artificial intelligent technology.
Additional Speaking Topics
Duncan also delivers specialist keynotes in North America on mindset, resilience, peak performance, future of work, creativity and innovation, and human behaviour so contact his team to discuss your specific event requirements.
North American Clients & Speaking History
Duncan has delivered keynotes for US and Canadian organisations across financial services, technology, energy, hospitality, healthcare, and professional services. His North American clients span Fortune 500 corporations to high-growth businesses, with engagements at annual leadership conferences, sales kick-offs, national association events, and corporate retreats across more than 20 US states and Canadian provinces.
Client feedback consistently highlights the combination of evidence-based content, practical application, and commanding stage presence, described by North American event organisers as the best keynote they have ever had at their conferen
Keynote Speaking Locations Across North America
Duncan is available for keynote speaking engagements throughout the United States and Canada. Select a city below for location-specific information on availability, venues, and conference keynote packages.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Duncan as a Keynote Speaker In North America
Duncan Stevens is one of the best keynote speakers available for North American conferences and leadership events, combining the scientific rigour of a behavioural psychologist with a stage presence that consistently outperforms the conference agenda in cities including New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, and Toronto. His MAGIC Wheel of High Performance™ resonates strongly with North American business audiences, and clients including Nike, Coca-Cola, and Deloitte have chosen him for their most high-profile events.
Yes. Duncan speaks at corporate conferences, leadership summits, sales kick-offs, awards ceremonies, and association events throughout the United States and Canada. He is based in the United Kingdom and travels to North America regularly, with established relationships across major US and Canadian conference destinations.
Duncan’s North American keynotes cover high performance leadership, change management and organisational resilience, collaboration and high-performing teams, influence and persuasion, and AI and the future of human performance. All topics are grounded in behavioural psychology and delivered through his MAGIC Wheel of High Performance™ framework, customised for each client’s industry and audience.
Duncan’s speaker fee varies depending on event format, location, customisation requirements, and travel. Contact via the enquiry form with your event brief, date, and location to receive a personalised proposal.
Yes. Duncan is experienced in virtual and hybrid keynote delivery and has worked with North American audiences across multiple time zones. Virtual formats include live keynotes, interactive webinars, and pre-recorded sessions with live Q&A.
Use the enquiry form on this page. Include your event date, city, audience size, and topic brief. Duncan’s team will confirm availability and provide a speaker proposal within 48 hours.
Yes. Duncan is a truly global keynote speaker available for events worldwide. View his other regional pages: Europe | Africa | Middle East | Asia-Pacific | Latin America
Duncan works with organisations across a wide range of sectors. View his industry-specific keynote pages: Healthcare | Technology | Financial Services | Energy and Utilities | Manufacturing | Other Industries