As a keynote speaker and international MC, Liezel has hosted and spoken at more than 2,000 events across South Africa, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Italy, Romania, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Seychelles. She has shared stages and events with international artists including Lenny Kravitz and the Backstreet Boys. Her keynotes are built to do more than inform. Drawing on the Six Human Needs, she reads what a room is actually hungry for, whether that’s Certainty in a season of change, Significance in a team that feels invisible, or Growth in leaders who’ve plateaued, and builds a talk designed to shift behavior, not just applause.
Her signature keynote themes include The Burnout Tax (reframing burnout as a measurable business risk, not a soft HR issue), Mental Fitness for High Performers, and Finish Lines & False Finish Lines, drawing directly on her endurance career to explore resilience, recovery, and sustainable ambition.
A provocative keynote exploring the hidden cost of “having it all together” and the intersection of burnout, wellbeing, money, ambition and the decisions women make under pressure.
Drawing on my experience cycling across the Himalayas on a tandem bicycle, this high-performance keynote challenges audiences to question which finish lines are truly worth chasing and how to pursue ambitious goals without sacrificing wellbeing, relationships or fulfilment along the way.
Both keynotes combine neuroscience, mental fitness and burnout science with lessons from more than two decades across business, broadcasting, global stages and endurance sport
