Speaking

Speaking

Mark Korthuis speaks on the psychology of performance, leadership, and wellbeing. He draws on a decade competing at the national-team level and another decade leading mental health foundations, turning what happens inside high-pressure environments into ideas an audience can use. Every talk is grounded in research and built for rooms of leaders, clinicians, athletes, and teams.

$20M+
Raised for mental health care
50,000+
Reached through Text4Hope
3
First-in-class mental health initiatives
2x
U Sports national champion
Talks
Pressure & Identity

When the work becomes who you are

How identity gets entangled with results, why that raises the stakes on every performance, and what it takes to hold a steady sense of self when outcomes wobble.

The Knowing-Doing Gap

Why insight rarely changes behaviour

The distance between understanding what to do and actually doing it is almost always psychological. A practical look at what closes that gap, for individuals and teams.

The Steady Hum

Low-grade anxiety in high-functioning people

Most audiences are not in crisis, but many are not entirely okay. What the background tension is, where it comes from, and how to work with it rather than against it.

Process Over Outcome

Building teams that reward the work

The outcome gets the glory, but the process holds the reward. How leaders can shape cultures that sustain performance long after the result is forgotten.

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Keynotes, workshops, and panels for conferences, leadership teams, and sport organizations. Tell me about your event and audience.

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