Martin Gibbons

I’m the co-founder and CEO of PeopleMaps and have spent 25+ years helping organisations make better people decisions using personality profiling. My focus is simple, remove the guesswork from hiring, management, team dynamics and retention.

I’ve helped organisations slash recruitment costs by over 50% and given CEOs a genuine competitive edge by improving how they hire, lead and build teams. My style is direct and practical. I’m not interested in fluffy theory; I care about what works in the real world.

I’m the author of Retention and was named CEO of the Year by CEO Monthly in 2022. On podcasts I share clear frameworks, real examples and strong opinions on hiring, leadership, team performance, communication and the so-called soft skills that drive real results.

I’m also happy to provide a free personality report for listeners or readers as a useful takeaway for your audience.

If your audience cares about business, leadership, careers or understanding people better, they’ll leave with practical ideas they can use straight away.

Subjects I Can Speak On

• Why 50% of hires fail and how to dramatically improve hiring success

• How to reduce staff turnover and improve retention

• Personality and leadership, what actually works in practice

• Building high-performing teams and fixing team friction

• Why “fit” matters more than skills alone in recruitment

• Communication styles and the soft skills that drive performance

• How CEOs can gain a competitive edge through better people decisions

• The psychology behind motivation, engagement and burnout

• Entrepreneurship, decision-making and founder psychology

• Practical uses of personality profiling at work and in life