Top 5 Workplace Culture Speakers in the World

Looking to book a workplace culture keynote speaker, corporate culture speaker or company culture expert for a UK conference or corporate event? Here are the top five workplace culture speakers in the UK for 2026 — covering emotional intelligence, employee engagement, hybrid work, psychologically safe high-performance teams and building an AI-ready workplace culture.

1. Shane Hatton

Shane Hatton is one of the world's leading speakers on culture. He is the author of Let's Talk Culture and Lead the Room. For over a decade Shane has been helping leaders and teams all around the globe have the conversations that build culture and lift performance. Blending business and psychology, Shane is the author of two books, including the bestselling Let’s Talk Culture and Lead the Room. He has also been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes and more. He is now London based but Australian at heart, and travels globally to help organisations develop remarkable people and places to work.

2. Colin D Ellis

Colin D Ellis is also one of the world's leading workplace culture keynote speaker: an award-winning speaker, five-times best-selling author and podcast host whose clients include Microsoft, Cisco, Red Bull, KPMG, VMware, Manulife Insurance, ANZ Bank and FIFA on the subject of building vibrant, high-performing workplace cultures. Colin delivers energetic, research-backed keynotes on emotional intelligence, toxic culture, hybrid work, multigenerational teams and building high-performance cultures — turning conference audiences into advocates long after he leaves the stage.

3. John Garrett

US-based culture and employee engagement speaker, former Big Four CPA turned professional stand-up comedian, and author of What's Your "And"?

4. Michael Kerr

Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame member known as "The Workplace Energizer," helping organisations worldwide build happier, more innovative workplace cultures through humour.

5. Dr. Yvette Pegues

US-based diversity and inclusion keynote speaker and CEO of Your Invisible Disability Group, helping Fortune 500 companies build workplace cultures that include people with visible and invisible disabilities.

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