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LEADERSHIP, mindset & high performance
Heston has spent more than 10,000 hours as a leader on combat operations with the Special Forces. Personally he has also experienced the trials and tribulations of accepting his sexuality, struggling with his mental health and combating a growing culture of entitlement. Learning Leadership, developing a High Performance Mindset and Mentoring Motivation are critical components of his success and subjects he loves to speak on to audiences from all walks of life.
Heston will take you through his lived experiences learning, testing, failing and succeeding in the fundamentals that can be taught and harnessed to achieve personal and professional performance above expectations, while delivering a culture that thrives in crisis and grows stronger with both success and failure.
If you would like to take action towards building this culture, becoming a better leader or achieving greater levels of performance - book Heston for a keynote speaking event or workshop.
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Engaging, Articulate, and Authentic were all words used by team members to describe Heston after we invited him to Citi to speak about his leadership experiences. His professional, but approachable nature made him an absolute pleasure to work with, and he has an incredible story to share!
– Mark Bryce, Citi Group
"Heston was engaged by BYCA as its Safety Ambassador and Keynote Speaker as part of its World Safety Week 2026 campaign, where he presented to 1,000 attendees (both employees and sub-contractors) in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
Heston’s keynote address for World Safety Week struck exactly the right chord with the teams across our projects. He spoke candidly about the human cost of safety incidents, and grounded everything in a simple, powerful idea: that safety leadership must be visible, authentic and never delegated - it has to be owned by every single person on the project.
As Heston put it, having the right mindset on site and looking after your team has to be ingrained within you: it’s not just a rule you follow, it’s who you are. It was exactly the kind of honest and authentic leadership standard we want our people to see modelled, and to carry forward themselves.
The presentation was engaging, relevant and highly impactful, and we would have no hesitation in recommending Heston as a keynote speaker to other organisations seeking to strengthen their safety culture and inspire genuine leadership commitment to safety."
- RITCHIE GREEN, HSEQ DIRECTOR OF BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION AUSTRALIA
"Heston, thank you from all of our team at Deloitte for sharing your story with us, especially your experiences and challenges with leadership, identity and authenticity. There was not one person in attendance who was not inspired way by what you had to share. Your messages and lessons were delivered with clarity and an exactness that resonated with our diverse and multicultural team. You reinforced the crucial role that leaders play in uniting teams with purpose and put into perspective the notion of authority being a responsibility to others. Keep doing your amazing work in this space, it is truly world class. We look forward to having you back again"
– Carrie Grimes
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