Mental Fitness: How Top Performers Create Clarity, Momentum, and Better Decisions Under Pressure
Today’s high-performing teams are navigating constant complexity, disruption, and uncertainty — and while the instinct is to move faster, the real edge comes from slowing down.
In this powerful keynote, Marc Champagne shares a simple yet transformative approach: clear your mind, ask better questions, and move forward with clarity and confidence.
You will walk away with practical mental fitness tools to sharpen decision-making, build resilient teams, and lead with focus in the face of the unknown.
Agenda:
• 7:30: Arrival and networking
• 7:50: Welcome and introductions
• 8:00: Main presentation
• 8:45: Q&A and group discussion
• 9:00: Closing and networking
About the speaker:
Marc Champagne is a leading mental fitness strategist, bestselling author of Personal Socrates: Better Questions, Better Lives, and top-ranked podcast host who has spent over a decade researching how high performers think and operate. Drawing inspiration from figures like Kobe Bryant, Maya Angelou, and Stephen Hawking, he helps individuals and Fortune 500 teams — including Google, Procter & Gamble, and LinkedIn — build practical mental fitness habits to improve clarity, resilience, and performance. A sought-after speaker (and a former pharmaceutical professional as well), Marc is known for translating powerful reflective practices into accessible, high-impact tools that seamlessly integrate into daily life and work.
About the hosts:
Céline Chabée: Partner - Pender & Howe.
Tania Balassanian: Director, Executive Search - Pender & Howe.
Oliver Kuehm: Associate Director, Executive Search - Pender & Howe.
Pender & Howe is a North American talent advisory firm specializing in leadership recruitment and consulting. We partner with organizations to build high-performing leadership teams, optimize board effectiveness, and support executive career transitions.
With a presence in key North American cities—including Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Boston, and New York—we offer both local expertise and global reach. As a proud member of Kestria, the world’s largest executive search alliance, we extend our impact across 40+ countries and 90+ cities, enabling seamless talent solutions for international organizations.