Karren Brady
Former Vice Chair, West Ham & Small Business Ambassador
Rally Driver & High Performance Expert
The ex-rally champion's career has taken in stunt driving and Top Gear. She's also faced her own fears in a boxing ring, run marathons and climbed Kilimanjaro. Reflecting on her own experience of conquering adverse conditions, Penny considers the nature of high performance, the mindsets that hold people back and transformational leadership.
Penny Mallory is a Performance Coach and former Rally Driver specialising in mental toughness - a philosophy designed to improve resilience, determination, confidence and focus.
Penny first came to prominence as a World Rally Driver, where she was the first woman to compete for Ford. Prior to this, she had a troubled upbringing, including being homeless at fourteen, and a family background of alcoholism and mental illness. In speeches, Penny fuses insights from both of these experiences to reflect on how to triumph over adversity and achieve peak performance as individuals and within teams.
She is also an experienced presenter, having fronted coverage of World Rally Championship, as well as being the author of multiple books. She has continued to push herself to achieve peak performance in many areas, from marathon running to mountain climbing.
“The right balance of professionalism and humour. She made sure her speech was relevant and was very well received.”
The presentation was excellent. A valuable contribution to our virtual conference, and we enjoyed the content immensely. As you can imagine hosting a virtual conference was a huge undertaking, but despite the technological logistics, the event was a great success. We have received very positive feedback and would like to extend a massive thank you to Penny for her participation.
I hope you had an enjoyable and safe journey home and I hope that we will be able to work together on various project in the near future.
Inspiring and emotive and linked into the key themes of our conference. The audience were completely engaged and some were clearly moved by Penny’s presentation.
Everyone in the room thought Penny was amazing, she was a fantastic speaker and really thought provoking – even if at times I think she made me feel personally very inadequate with her amazing achievements in life! We had some great feedback from the attendees about her session, people really enjoyed listening to her and found her very engaging.
Penny was excellent. She was well prepared, improvised when necessary and engaged with the audience and speakers. The feedback on her has been excellent.
Penny was absolutely perfect for this audience – the right balance of professionalism and humour. She really did make sure her speech was relevant to the audience, and she was very well received by them.
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