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Adam Corbally is an internationally recognised motivational speaker who has been delivering powerful, high impact talks across the UK and worldwide for over 15 years.
Known for his infectious energy, charisma and storytelling, Adam creates an immediate connection with audiences, leaving them inspired, motivated and ready to take action.
Adam’s story is one of transformation, resilience and personal responsibility. Growing up shy and struggling to find his place, Adam fell into the wrong crowd as a teenager, which ultimately led to time spent as a youth offender. Rather than allowing this early chapter to define his future, Adam made a decisive choice to change direction and take ownership of his life.
Starting from scratch, Adam became a market trader, learning valuable lessons in communication, sales, resilience and work ethic. Through determination and smart decision making, he grew a single stall into a successful trading business, later expanding into wholesale and building a substantial property portfolio. His journey from market trader to market leader laid the foundations for long term entrepreneurial success.
Adam rose to national prominence as a finalist on BBC One’s The Apprentice, where his originality, commercial instinct and enthusiasm made him a favourite with both Lord Sugar and the viewing public. Lord Alan Sugar described Adam as someone whose enthusiasm is contagious and who you would want beside you in challenging situations. Adam was later voted the Radio Times readers’ favourite Apprentice candidate of all time, reflecting his ability to connect authentically with people far beyond the business world.
Alongside his commercial success, giving back is central to Adam’s work. He is a committed charity fundraiser who has taken on challenges including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, running the London Marathon, cycling to Amsterdam and walking over hot coals, helping to raise millions of pounds for charitable causes. Following a deeply personal loss, Adam also played a key role in transforming his hometown into one of the most densely protected areas in the UK for publicly accessible defibrillators, a project that remains close to his heart.
Today, Adam is a sought after motivational speaker for conferences, organisations and educational institutions. His sessions blend humour, honesty and real world experience, delivering powerful messages around confidence, leadership, communication and personal ownership.
As a specialist in education, Adam works extensively with schools and colleges, translating enterprise and employability skills into messages that resonate with young people and encourage belief, ambition and action. In corporate settings, he challenges teams to perform under pressure, take responsibility and lead with integrity in a fast moving world.
Whether opening an event, re energising a room after lunch or delivering a memorable final session, Adam Corbally leaves audiences focused, inspired and ready to make positive change, proving that where you start does not determine where you finish.
“Adam captures hearts and minds. You will be inspired, laugh and take action.”
Tony Robinson OBE
Adam’s powerful keynote focuses on building self-belief, overcoming self-doubt, and developing resilience in the face of challenge. Adam tells real life stories and shows audiences how mindset directly affects performance, decision-making, and long-term success.
Ideal for: Education, leadership teams, corporate audiences, conferences
This keynote challenges people to reframe fear, embrace discomfort, and take ownership of growth. Using real-life stories and practical tools, Adam demonstrates how stepping outside comfort zones leads to confidence, progress, and opportunity.
Ideal for: Students, early careers, teams facing change, corporate away days
A highly engaging workshop available for groups or 121 focused on improving communication skills, public speaking skills, and the ability to influence others. Adam explores how confidence, clarity, and authenticity improve performance in education, work, sales and leadership.
Ideal for: Corporate teams, leadership, sales, education, professional services
This interactive session is a fast-paced enterprise challenge inspired by The Apprentice and Dragons’ Den. Teams are tasked with creating an idea that improves the world, their organisation, or their university, then pitching it under time pressure. Participants develop critical and creative thinking, teamwork, leadership, communication, presentation skills and problem-solving, while building confidence and resilience in a fun, engaging environment. Enterprise Days encourage participants to step out of their comfort zone, take ownership, and turn ideas into action — making it as impactful as it is memorable.
Ideal for: Schools, colleges, universities, corporate organisations, leadership programmes and team-building days
Adam is a confident, engaging event host with experience at high-profile venues including the Tower of London, hosting gala dinners at the Bolton Food and Drink Festival, charity fundraisers, live auctions and VIP events. He has also hosted wine tasting experiences alongside TV wine expert Helen McGinn, and presents on live radio and television. Professional, warm and adaptable, Adam brings energy, humour and authority to every stage.
Ideal for: Gala dinners, charity balls, auctions, VIP launches and corporate events
Adam’s sessions are hands down some of the best I’ve seen by a motivational speaker. You think you’re getting one thing, but you get so much more! Adam has worked so hard this week with our learners, going above and beyond and making a huge impact! Adam’s story is so relatable to many of our young people and his fun and friendly personality made every student appreciate his advice and take away many new skills to help them both now and in the future. We are looking forward to having Adam back soon.
Adam delivers with so much passion and is able to inspire young people through his own journey. I would recommend these days to anyone looking to inspire and motivate young people to achieve their best.
