Peta is an inspiring entrepreneur and thought leader, a life changing practitioner and master storyteller. In a career spanning over 30 years of experience, she is a rarity - establishing herself as a beacon of change across a diverse range of global industries.
Peta’s career spans clinical practice, performance coaching, executive leadership team and organisational culture.
Her influence extends across Australia and North America, where she has worked closely with organizations to foster well-being and high performance. Her experience includes senior executive roles and board positions across the resources industry, elite sport, mental health technology, professional services and insurance.
Peta’s dedication to integrating the power of the human spirit, technology and psychology include initiatives such as the World’s Biggest Mental Health Check-In and her co-founder role in Jacob’s One Million Lives.
With over 50,000 hours of one-on-one conversations and tens of thousands of group interactions, Peta’s machine learning insights are shaped by her deep understanding of human behavior at its most vulnerable moments. Her approach to leadership emphasizes authenticity, vulnerability, and the power of human connection, creating cultures where high performance and individual well-being coexist.
A sought-after speaker and writer, Peta’s ability to blend actionable insights with warmth, humor, and hope leaves audiences inspired to rethink the way we think, interact and work. Her work continues to shape the future of industries, making her a trusted guide for organizations looking to create lasting change in human performance.
Peta’s unwavering passion for creating healthier, individuals, teams and high-performing workplaces makes her a rare and invaluable leader, whose impact resonates far beyond the boardroom.
Experience the profound wisdom of Peta Slocombe through the eyes of tens of thousands of individuals, teams and organisations in their finest and hardest moments. Each session is designed to inspire, motivate, and empower audiences to embrace change, overcome obstacles, and unleash their full potential.
SPEAKING
Peta has a way of telling stories that will make you laugh, and learn and think differently than you have before based on diverse global experience, and yet with a deeply personal connection to her clients' journeys we can all relate to.
From redefining how we think about mental health, to challenging us to be accountable to reaching our full potential, she embeds the best of neuroscience with the best of humanity and empathy. Peta finds the words to articulate things we didn't even know we were feeling, taking us to places we didn't know we need to be.
Most requested topics include:
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Mental health and wellbeing
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Peak performance
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Managing change and overcoming adversity
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Powerful conversations
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Leadership
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High-performance teams
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Thriving workplace cultures
CONSULTING -INDIVIDUAL
With over 30 years as a practising psychologist, and more than 50 000 1-1 conversations Peta continues to provide 1-1 client focused work in:
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Psychology - including stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, trauma, work stress, relationships and life transition.
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Coaching - personal development, peak performance, leadership and career development.
CONSULTING - COMPANY
Advising, coaching and consulting to Boards, Executive and senior leadership teams, and company wide initiatives such as mental health strategy, organisational change, conflict, psychosocial factors and high performance culture.
Peta has an indescribable ability to change the way people see the world. We are the better for it.
P Hendry, CMOSHVP UK / Europe / North America
I was equal parts chuckling, moved, and deep in thought laughed, but most of all I left the room thinking differently about myself and those around me at work. I am grateful.
RA, Managing Partner
Professional Services
KA,
COO , Medical Research
We are asking our people to dig deep. Peta inspired and motivated us, and then gave us practical, actionable strategies for change.
KB,
CEO, Health Care
There are only a few conversations you have in your career that truly influence your path...A new level of thinking on how we understand ourselves, and our colleagues and overcome our limitations.
AM
SVP , Technology Solutions