Exercise scientist turned high-performance speaker; 40-year career spanning AFL conditioning coach, radio host, university lecturer, and Ph.D. candidate in Neuropsychology
Craig Harper has spent 40 years at the intersection of health, performance, and human behaviour. He founded Harper's Personal Training in 1990 — a business that evolved into one of the most successful of its kind in Australia and operated for almost 25 years — and has since worked as an Exercise Scientist, Corporate Speaker, Consultant, University Lecturer, AFL conditioning coach for clubs including the St Kilda Football Club and the Port Melbourne Football Club, Radio Host, TV Presenter, and Writer. He has authored seven books, written for the Herald Sun, hosted his own weekly Melbourne radio show The Science of Sport, and currently hosts The You Project podcast in partnership with the Neuroscience Team at Monash University, exploring the spectrum of human thinking and behaviour with a particular focus on addiction. He is completing a Ph.D. in Neuropsychology.
The sharpness of Craig's appeal to corporate audiences lies in his refusal to offer comfortable answers. His sessions on excuse-making, self-sabotage, stinking thinking, and the mechanics of real change are delivered with a frankness and humour that clients at Telstra, Electrolux, and Bayside Council have described as genuinely refreshing — not the polished platitudes of a conference circuit regular, but the unvarnished perspective of someone who has spent four decades helping people get out of their own way. He delivers more than 100 corporate presentations each year alongside his work with elite athletes and teams, and his content draws directly from his Ph.D. research, making it current and evidence-based rather than anecdotal.
Craig works best in events where the brief calls for a circuit-breaker — a session that shifts the energy of a conference, challenges assumptions, and sends people out of the room both laughing and genuinely reconsidering their habits. He is equally at home in health and wellness forums, change management conferences, and leadership events where the audience is tired of being told what they already know and ready to hear something honest.
Craig Harper is a keynote speaker based in Victoria who speaks on business strategy, change management and leadership. Book through Executive Speakers Australia.
Awesome! We loved your quirky delivery style. Just what we needed as a break-out session on what are typically very serious days.Electrolux
Haven't laughed so much at a presentation in years! Thanks for the positive impact you had on our staff. We all loved your frankness and honesty!Telstra
Excellent! Craig was a fantastic speaker who held the audience captive for the length of his presentation.Bayside Council
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