Speaking
From island to business.
The lessons of strategy, grit, and resilience that move from island to business. Keynotes, masterclasses, and workshops for businesses, schools, sports clubs, and conferences.
Flagship talk
Purpose & Profit.
Renier’s most requested talk, and the one he chooses when asked for one. Why the people and organisations that get clear on their “why” outperform the ones chasing only the number, and how to hold purpose and profit in the same hand without dropping either.
For businesses and teams
Talks that travel from the plant and the trail into the boardroom.
Each one runs 30 to 60 minutes and is tailored to the audience. Tailoring starts with a short virtual meeting with the leaders of the team, to understand the culture, struggles, and history of the room.
The 4 Cornerstones of Higher Capacity
Four disciplines that let a person, or a team, carry more without breaking. Built from a decade of running large operations and a parallel life in endurance sport.
The Criteria of Decision Making
We are all faced with hundreds of decisions daily, but it’s the really big ones, and their probable consequences, that seem to get us down. Understanding the criteria of decision making breaks decisions into quantifiable information bits and helps individuals and teams make the correct call in the midst of ever-increasing pressure.
When Extreme Endurance Teaches Ordinary Teams
Based on three adventures in extreme endurance, the Adventure Race World Championships, the Cape Epic MTB tour, and a Drakensberg Grand Traverse Fastest Known Time attempt, this talk gives ordinary teams and individuals a front-row seat to the character-shaping lessons that extreme conditions teach.
Inliers: The Story of Consistency
In a world where there is constant debate on whether quantity or quality brings the best results, consistency always wins the race. A talk on the unremarkable habit of showing up, and how it compounds into results that look like talent from the outside.
For schools and young people
Two talks for the years that shape a person.
For assemblies, leadership camps, sports academies, and matric groups. Both can open into a longer coaching relationship with a school or a team.
Do I need better mental health, or better mental strength?
A straight conversation with young people about the difference between the two, why both matter, and which one they actually need to work on before the exam, the final, or the big decision.
How does my relationship with failure impact my approach to success?
Beginning to understand our relationship with failure is the single biggest amplifier of future success. A talk that helps young people stop fearing failure and start using it.
Formats
Pick the shape that fits your room.
Keynote
30 to 60 minutes, with Q&A on request. For conferences, year-end functions, leadership days.
Masterclass
Half-day to full-day working session for a leadership team or squad. Tools you use the next day.
Workshop
90 minutes to half a day. Vision casting, team alignment, culture building, mental toughness.
MC and hosting
Gala dinners, sports functions, corporate gatherings, weddings, reunions.
For event organisers
Everything you need, in one place.
Approved photos, bios at four lengths, an introduction script, technical requirements, travel and notice periods, and a downloadable professional profile.
Photo pack
Cleared for programmes, articles, and social.
Bios and intro
Copy and paste, four lengths.
AV rider
What I bring, what I need.
Travel
Notice periods, local and abroad.
Next step
Book a talk
Tell me about the event, the room, and what you want people to walk out with. I will come back with a recommendation on format and a talk that fits.