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Ezio Mormile

Australia - NSW
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Ezio Mormile is a globally recognised High Performance Coach, keynote speaker and co-author of the best-selling book The High Performing Corporate Athlete, and the creator of the Corporate Athlete Leadership Model (CA8), a practical, research-informed framework that blends performance psychology, coaching science and lived experience from elite sport and complex enterprise environments. His model has been adopted by leaders across ASX-listed and global organisations to build resilience, elevate leadership capability and drive sustained performance under pressure.

Ezio has spent decades inside elite sport, working from boardroom to locker room with coaches and players across the English Premier League, the Matildas, UCI World Champion cyclists and other international championship-winning programs. In environments where performance is public, margins are tight and pressure is relentless, he has helped leaders build cultures of accountability, emotional agility and trust.

In parallel, Ezio has worked for more than twenty years across corporate and government sectors, delivering leadership and sales transformation programs for organisations including Amazon, Cisco, Telstra, SES NSW and CPA Australia. Trusted by global advisory firms to facilitate enterprise-level programs, he brings rare insight into what is working inside high-performing organisations today. His work is not theoretical, it is real, recent and directly drawn from the front lines of performance.

Known for his energetic and grounded style, Ezio equips audiences with practical tools, frameworks and language that can be applied immediately, at work and at home (on and off the field). Central to his message are what he calls the "F and C" words of high performance: Focus, Fear of Failure, Feedback, Fatigue and Fun; Consistency, Communication, Change, Competency and Challenged. These principles translate elite sporting habits into daily disciplines for leaders and teams.

At a personal level, Ezio lives what he teaches. For over 30 years he has kept a daily journal, longer than many of the athletes he works with have been alive, and in 1996 he wrote his own eulogy, which he still reviews weekly as a discipline of purpose and perspective. With a background in psychology from Charles Sturt University and as a father of five (which he raised with his wife), he understands that performance is not just about output, but about energy, identity, relationships and meaning. He also understands the reality of life 'on and off the field'.

Ezio's message is simple: we are all Corporate Athletes. The question is not whether you are in the arena, it is whether you are training for it. His mission is to help leaders and teams build the discipline, resilience and mindset required to perform when it matters most with the tools and concepts used by elite athletes, and to make this their season to shine.

Speaking topics

The Corporate Athlete
F & C Words of High Performance

Ever feel like you're running a marathon at sprint pace - trying to lead, deliver, and stay energised in a world that never slows down?

 

Performance expectations keep climbing while time, focus, and energy keep shrinking. Burnout is no longer the exception - it's the environment. The Corporate Athlete reframes how we think about work, resilience, and purpose. Ezio Mormile draws on insights from psychology and elite sport to show how individuals and teams can sustain peak performance without paying the price of exhaustion.

 

Audiences step inside the locker rooms of the English Premier League, the Matildas, and UCI cycling champions as Ezio shares lessons from the world's best athletes and coaches. With over two decades working globally across elite sport and corporate leadership - including Amazon, Korn Ferry, and major telcos - Ezio reveals how high performers prepare, recover, and stay purpose-driven through uncertainty.

 

THIS KEYNOTE WILL:

  • Show how to manage pressure and maintain performance without burnout.
  • Reveal daily habits that protect energy and sharpen focus.
  • Demonstrate how purpose fuels sustained motivation and engagement.
  • Challenge leaders to treat wellbeing as a performance strategy, not a perk.
  • Inspire people to think, train, and recover like elite athletes 

Sales is a Sport, a team Sport, and a Contact Sport
The Corporate Athlete as a High performing sales professional

Dan Pink reminds us that we are all in Sales, and in sales, like sport, no one wins alone. Every deal, every play, and every conversation counts - and your team's mindset makes the difference.

 

Buyers are better informed & harder to engage. Competitors are hungrier, while targets keep rising. 'Selling is a Sport- A Contact Sport and a Team Sport' equips your people with the mindset to turn up to win & the skillset and toolset to execute under pressure.

Thinking, walking, & talking like Corporate Athletes gives teams the energy and insights to achieve and sustain high performance. The session will look at the Physical element required to perform and sell like a Corporate Athlete, and go deeper to explore the Technical, Tactical and Mindset required to perform in an industry where just like in sport, last year's records, become this year's baseline.

 

Audiences will feel like they're on the sidelines of the world's biggest games as Ezio shares stories from the last decade working with elite athletes & coaches from the English Premier League, the Matildas & UCI cycling. Drawing on his experience leading & coaching global sales teams on strategic sales, Ezio introduces practical, proven tools to help your team get focused and aligned.

THIS KEYNOTE WILL:

  • Provide the tools for professionals to apply the 'F' and 'C' words of High Performance & Corporate Athletes (Focus & Consistency).
  • Demonstrate practical tools to help better engage, align, and influence key stakeholders and clients.
  • Illustrate the importance of focusing on the process and not the scoreboard, and tips on how to do this.
  • Introduce tools used by elite athletes to help professionals turn up with intent and compete with purpose.

Coaching & Leading like a Corporate Athlete

What if leadership worked like elite sport - where feedback is constant, improvement is expected, and the goal is to unlock potential in every player?

 

Most leaders are time-poor, under pressure, and stretched between priorities. Coaching often becomes a checkbox, not a competitive advantage. Coaching and Leading Like a Corporate Athlete brings a new lens to leadership, one grounded in the proven systems of high-performance sport. Ezio shows leaders how to turn everyday interactions into moments that drive engagement, growth, and performance.

 

With over two decades working across elite sport and business, Ezio has partnered with English Premier League clubs, the Matildas, and UCI cycling teams, alongside corporate giants like Amazon and Cisco, Through these experiences, he's seen what world-class coaches do differently, and how their methods can transform leadership in business.

THIS KEYNOTE WILL:

  • Show leaders how to apply elite coaching principles to business performance.
  • Demonstrate how to build trust, clarity, and accountability within teams.
  • Challenge traditional "performance management" and replace it with a coaching culture.
  • Reveal practical tools for feedback, growth conversations, and motivation.
  • Inspire leaders to develop people the way elite coaches develop athletes - with purpose and precision.

Testimonials

Ezio connected with the audience instantly and held their attention throughout. Our people have been talking about it for days.
Head of Enterprise: Amazon

Ezio's keynote set the tone for our entire conference. He brought a powerful blend of energy, credibility, and real-world insight
Chief Customer Officer - Telstra

Brilliant session, engaging and educational. Most people can't do both
Board Member: CPA Australia

This was one of the most relevant and engaging keynotes we've ever had.
GTM Strategy & Development, ANZ: Cisco

The Corporate Athlete message landed strongly with our team, particularly the practical tools and mindset shifts.
Director & Lawyer – PDC Law

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Coaching & Leading like a Corporate Athlete - Ezio Mormile
Sales Is a Sport – A Contact Sport. A Team Sport. - Ezio Mormile
The Corporate Athlete - Ezio Mormile
The Corporate Athlete MC - Ezio Mormile
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