Featured Talks & Keynote Speaker

Featured Talks
I am a confident and experienced public speaker and can offer a wide range of talks from 20 minutes to 2 hours in length, though typically they are around 1 hour. Below are three current featured talks, though I have others, so please feel free to ask about others.
Climbing through the darkness
One in two of us will be faced with cancer at some stage in our lives. Diagnosed with Stage 3 Cancer in late 2021, I had to go through brutal treatment and a very dark period. This emotional but uplifting talk is about resilience, finding the strength to keep going through adversity, lessons learnt from the experience and how to deal with life-changing challenges such as this. As Sir Winston Churchill famously said ‘When going through hell, keep going’. If you can keep climbing through the darkness with motivation and hope then you will once again see the sunshine.
Let’s Climb Together
This talk is about how to improve the performance and productivity of teams by focusing more on their Wellbeing. Using an example of a 'climb up a mountain' as a representation of a team working in their organisation, we will highlight how best to climb together. Understanding all the objectives, looking to learn and develop on each climb and creating an environment and culture of empathy and enjoyment. Teams will become stronger, more resilient and happier. It’s not a race to the summit, as Confucius said ‘Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how we climb’.
The Climb within us all
A powerful and personal story of overcoming depression, leaving the corporate world to help others and discovering the power of the mountains. We all face personal mountains to climb during our lives and this talk will show that with understanding, effort and patience, all mountains can be climbed, no matter how difficult they may be. Informative, motivating and inspiring, focused on how you can overcome challenges and improve your mental health. As Sir Edmond Hillary wrote after he became the first person to climb Mount Everest ‘It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves’.
Costs will vary depending on the length of talk, audience size and location but can start from just £495.
Please email info@themountaincoach.com to discuss options, opportunities and costs.

Keynote Speaker
I can also deliver keynote talks at events, conferences and business occasions. These can be on a wide range of topics including leadership, resilience, motivation, health and wellbeing, mental health and much more, depending on the audience!
Feel free to contact me to discuss options, opportunities and costs by emailing info@themountaincoach.com
Testimonials
"Charlie recently came to our end of year meeting and delivered an exceptional, inspiring and insightful talk about how to deal with adversity. The talk really put into perspective what is important and how despite how we may all feel about unexpected challenges we do have the strength and resilience to overcome these obstacles, learn and grow and come out the other side stronger. Emotional, insightful, inspiring, and brilliant Charlie delivered a human story we can all relate to, thank you!" Groups Sales Director, Supermax Health
"Charlie recently delivered a workshop to our LEPS Marketing team at Virgin Media O2. The workshop Charlie had created for us was really engaging, thought provoking and easily transferable to our day to day working lives. We all came away from the session with a new sense of direction and a new way to develop how we collaborate as a team. I still hear around the office "how would this get us to the top of our mountain?" Thank you Charlie, it was perfect way for us to end our offsite event, feeling positive and ready to take on our future professional challenges." Samantha, Partner Marketing Manager, Virgin Media 02 Business
“Charlie visited our FE College and spoke to about 150 students aged generally 16 to 18 yrs about overcoming challenges, ironically on one of the snowiest days of the year! Considering he was speaking to such a large group, the students were transfixed by his talk. His presentation was so motivating, positive and heartfelt because of how personal his story was and how relatable he made the topics to the students. He talked candidly about some really tough subjects that he had dealt with but in a way that engaged the students and was on a level they could understand. He covered some really important areas for young people and we have received so much positive feedback from both students and staff who attended the talk. It was a pleasure to listen to him and he has such an empowering way to tell his story. We would definitely work with him again and I would thoroughly recommend him as a speaker.” Deputy Principal, Scarborough TEC
“Today, on International Men's Day, we had the privilege of hosting Charlie Wardle at Briggs of Burton Global Technical Centre. Charlie shared an inspiring and educational session with our team, drawing on personal experiences with Cancer and Depression and offering insights on resilience, motivation, health, and wellbeing. Through his talk, Charlie explored practical ways to manage life's challenges and highlighted the positive role models who influenced his journey, including Mountaineer Kenton Cool, Rugby Legend Jonny Wilkinson, and Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson. A big thank you to Charlie for encouraging open discussions about men's mental health and demonstrating the importance of creating supportive environments where everyone can thrive.” HR Global Lead, Briggs of Burton Plc