Frontline-tested. Boardroom-ready.
I help organisations close the gap between pressure
and sustainable performance.
Meet the "Mighty Motivator".
Listed as Top Keynote Speakers to Watch in 2026.
999. What's Your Problem?
Rob Hosking spent years responding to 999 calls, stepping into chaos, staying calm, and solving problems under extreme pressure.
Now, he helps audiences do the same.
Rob is a keynote motivational speaker helping organisations build sustainable high performance through adaptability and resilience. Most organisations Rob works with are dealing with the same underlying problem, even if they describe it differently. Their teams are capable. The strategy is sound. But somewhere between planning and execution, performance breaks down, because people are being asked to operate at a high level in conditions that aren’t designed to support it.
Teams adapt to change without the tools to adapt well. They appear resilient on the surface and exhausted underneath. They perform, but not sustainably. Closing that gap between performance and sustainable performance has become the focus of Rob’s career. A former frontline police officer, TEDx speaker, and keynote speaker on adaptability, resilience, and mental health at work, Rob spent years operating in one of the most demanding human environments imaginable. He witnessed first-hand, in himself and in colleagues, what happens when people lack the frameworks, culture, and permission to truly thrive.
The Frontline Formula emerged from that experience. It is a practical framework for sustainable high performance: the mindset, skills, and cultural conditions that allow individuals and teams to adapt faster, recover better, and maintain momentum under relentless pressure. Rob delivers this framework to organisations across the UK and internationally, from leadership conferences and company away days to sales kick-offs and mental health events, consistently transforming how teams think about performance.
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Top International Keynote Speaker on Adaptability and Performance Under Pressure
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Creator of "The Frontline Formula" - practical strategies to help leaders and teams thrive.
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Recognised authority on adaptability, resilience, and change.
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Trusted by global organisations to build high-performing, adaptable teams.
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Expert in managing stress and uncertainty under pressure.
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Inspiring speaker turning frontline experience into actionable growth strategies.
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Certified Mental Health First Aider and advocate for stigma-free workplace wellbeing.
Photo credit: David Biedert / HR FESTIVAL Europe
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What Rob Believes
Rob believes there is a version of organisational life where people are genuinely thriving, not simply getting through the week.
A version where leaders focus on creating the conditions for sustainable high performance rather than measuring output alone. In this environment, mental health is not treated as a separate agenda from performance, but recognised as fundamental to it. Adaptability is understood as a core professional skill, something that can be deliberately developed, not left to chance or personality.
That belief underpins every keynote Rob delivers. His work is not about inspiration for its own sake. He has seen too many audiences leave energised only to return to the same environments that were wearing them down. What Rob provides is a practical framework for change: real tools grounded in lived experience and delivered in a way that makes them immediately usable. This is the foundation of the Frontline Formula, the framework he brings to organisations seeking lasting impact.
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Why Adaptability
Rob is often asked why adaptability sits at the centre of his work, why not resilience, mental health, or performance as standalone themes. His answer is that adaptability is the umbrella under which all of these sit. When individuals and teams develop true adaptability, the mindset and skills to respond effectively to uncertainty, resilience strengthens, mental wellbeing improves, and high performance becomes sustainable.
Adaptability is not about being comfortable with change. It is about being capable within it. The distinction is critical. The most adaptable people Rob has worked with, both in frontline policing and in corporate environments, are rarely those who find change easy. They are the ones with a clear internal process for responding to it: a framework they can rely on when certainty disappears. That framework can be learned, developed, and embedded within organisations. Helping teams build it is central to Rob’s work.
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