Gina Buckney is a very learned woman, with qualifications in Business Information Systems, The Principles of Management, Neuroscience, Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at Work, and The Neuropsychology of Decision, gained from establishments including Harvard University and the University of Cambridge.
Gina Buckney has put these skills to the test in a range of jobs, working at Halifax and Barclays as their project managers, Lloyds Banking Group as an infrastructure and IT transformational project manager, and Santander as part of their Women in Business Leaders mentor program. Between 2007 and 2011, Gina worked at BT, initially as a business programme manager, but then going on to become the senior operations manager, global services and financial markets director, and head of customer services.
It was whilst at BT that she became the youngest person in their history to hold the job of contract director; she managed the largest banking contract at an impressive £400 million, whilst managing teams of 450 staff across the world.
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Gina Buckney | Author
Gina Buckney is also a successful author, having created the Journals for Life series where she offers invaluable self-help resources. She has also released a range of gratitude journals, and in 2022, she published the full-length book, The A to Z Journey to a Healthy Mind.
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Gina Buckney | New 2026 Keynote
REBOOT – FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE™: A high-impact keynote for organisations navigating complexity, constant change, and AI-accelerated work environments. As organisations accelerate through AI, automation, and digital transformation, operational speed is increasing significantly. Human cognitive capacity has not scaled at the same rate. This creates a performance gap: cognitive overload, decision fatigue, fragmented attention, and reduced clarity under pressure. This keynote addresses that gap directly. It provides a structured reset for improving focus, clarity, and decision-making in high-pressure environments.
As pressure increases and execution becomes more time-sensitive, even small differences in focus, clarity, and decision-making are having a greater impact on performance outcomes and competitive advantage. In short: organisations are upgrading technology — but not humanware. Reboot for High Performance™ addresses this gap directly. It strengthens the human side of performance so people
can operate effectively in fast, complex, constantly changing environments. Rather than asking people to simply “cope with more,” it introduces a structured way to reset how teams think, focus, and make decisions under pressure.
Key Themes:
– AI Acceleration and Human Cognitive Limits
– Cognitive Overload in Modern Organisations
– Decision Fatigue and Performance Degradation
– Attention Fragmentation Under Pressure
– Resetting Thinking Systems For Clarity and Execution
Ideal Audiences:
– Senior leadership teams
– HR, L&D, Transformation, Technology, Financial Conferences
– Organisations undergoing AI/digital transformation
– High-performance cultures under sustained pressure
– Teams experiencing burnout, attrition, or overload
Outcomes:
– Clear understanding of cognitive overload and modern work
– Ability to recognise early signs of performance decline
– Practical cognitive reset framework for individuals and teams
– Improved focus, clarity, and decision-making
– Shared language for performance and resilience
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Gina Buckney | Keynote Topics
- The Power to Transform at Pace: Leveraging human and emotional intelligence.
- More Women in the Boardroom: Female empowerment: finding your voice and standing firm in male-dominated industries.
- Navigating the Future Skills Shift: The rise of humanoid robots and the future of the workplace.
- Culture Attracts and Retains Top Talent: From workplace wellbeing to diversity, ESG, and the science of happiness at work.
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GINA BUCKNEY – OTHER SPEAKING TOPICS
Building a Winning Team: Gina shares her experiences with education and employment with the idea of how to structure a winning team, whilst focussing on the importance of physical and mental wellbeing.
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Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace: Gina has spent most of her career in male-dominated environments, which exposed her to the gender inequalities in IT, finance, and engineering. She speaks about how she broke into these industries, and how women and ethnic minorities can replicate her success.
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Workplace Wellbeing and Avoiding Burnout: Gina’s career hasn’t always been plain sailing. She was working herself to the bone, experiencing extreme fatigue, burnout and a breakdown. This was when she decided to set up her own company, aiming to make life better in the workplace for everyone.
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The Skill of Being Agile to Change – Brain Training: Gina explores how important it is to adapt to the changing landscape around us.
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Mindfulness Matters in the Workplace: The pressure of working, and deadline, can take its toll on employees, which in turn, hinders creativity and productivity. Gina uses her professional mindfulness experience combined with her personal experiences to help audiences understand how to apply mindfulness techniques to their daily routine.
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Become Your Own Superpower: Gina shares anecdotes and stories of inspiration, and strategies which helped her rapidly climb the career ladder.
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Leadership Work/Life Balance: This talk is designed for busy leaders who struggle to balance their workload with their private life, and in turn, negatively impacting their overall happiness.
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Emotionally Intelligent Leaders: Gina explores how your emotional quotient (EQ) is often more important than your intelligence quotient (IQ).
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Becoming The Champion in Your Career: Gina’s motivational talk on being your own champion has featured in the press about the positive impact it has on audiences.
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Why Book Gina Buckney?
Gina ensures a memorable and influential environment, available for keynote speeches, and corporate, private or public talks. She has presented two TEDx talks, with one in 2021 ‘Unmasking Yourself Through a Journey of Self-Discovery’ earning over 50,000 views on YouTube.
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Gina Buckney | Target Audience
Large Multinational Corporation or Scale Up’s who aspire to become, or be bought out by MNCs. Women’s Networks. STEM (Systems, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) based industries. Learning/Skills Events/Organisations. Government.
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Gina Buckney | Clients
Amazon, Microsoft, The British Army, BASF, BP, Lightsource, Monster Energy, Barclays, BT, EDF Energy
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To check fees and availability for transformational change expert Gina Buckney, contact Great Business Speakers on 0044 (0)1753 439289
