Lucie Bertaud - Speaker on motivation
European boxing champion | Vice-world champion in MMA | Speaker & sports journalist
Former high-level athlete, Lucie Bertaud has dedicated over 20 years to the pursuit of excellence in combat sports. European boxing champion and vice-world champion in amateur MMA, she has thrived in environments where discipline, self-overcoming, and mental strength are the keys to success.
After her sports career, Lucie transitioned into the media and audiovisual world, leveraging her expertise and experience for sharing and transmission. A sports journalist for over 10 years, she has collaborated with numerous specialized channels and media (L'Equipe, RMC SPORT, CANAL +, DAZN), bringing her athlete's perspective and her ability to tell the human stories behind performance.
A media adventurer at TF1, a recognized host and speaker, Lucie stands out for her communicative energy, authenticity, and stage presence. Her atypical journey, at the crossroads of high-level sports, media, and entrepreneurship, allows her to captivate her audience and create a genuine connection with her public.
Today, Lucie shares her experience through inspiring conferences, moving from theory to practice by leading sports seminars where participants truly get their hands dirty. During these team-building operations, she imparts the lessons of high-level performance: resilience, confidence, commitment, and the ability to push one's own limits.
Who are these conferences aimed at?
Lucie Bertaud's conferences are aimed at companies, organizations, and professional networks that wish to develop a culture of performance, strengthen team cohesion, and support their employees during periods of transformation.
They find particular relevance during:
Annual conventions Corporate seminars Management committees (CODIR / COMEX) Sales kick-offs Cohesion and team-building days HR and QVT events Leadership and talent development programs Network conventions, federations, and associations of leaders Events around female leadership and diversity
The interventions are aimed at leaders, managers, sales teams, as well as all employees, with content tailored and personalized to the challenges and objectives of each organization.
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3 KEY OFFERS:
FORMAT 1 — CONFERENCE ONLY An inspiring intervention lasting 45 to 60 minutes
FORMAT 2 — CONFERENCE + TEAM BUILDING (BEST SELLER!!) An immersive experience to transform inspiration into action Beyond the message, participants move to practice.
FORMAT 3 — TEAM BUILDING ONLY A sporting and human experience based on high-level values. A 100% experiential format (Boxing, MMA, HYROX) that can range from simple initiation to programming for a real competition.
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Frequently asked questions
Sur quelles thématiques Lucie Bertaud intervient en tant que conférencière ?
Lucie Bertaud intervient en tant que conférencière sur les thématiques : motivation, resilience, depassement de soi, leadership, sport, femmes, performance and team building.
How do I book Lucie Bertaud for a conference?
To book Lucie Bertaud, contact the Lespeakers agency. An advisor will call you back to scope the event, dates and format.
How much does a conference with Lucie Bertaud cost?
Lucie Bertaud's fees:
- Conference : 3700 €
Booking is handled through Lespeakers.
Which languages does Lucie Bertaud speak on stage?
Lucie Bertaud speaks as speaker in french and english.
Where is Lucie Bertaud based?
Here is where Lucie Bertaud is based: Ile-de-france.
Que faisait Lucie Bertaud avant d'être conférencière ?
Before becoming a speaker, I dedicated more than twenty years of my life to high-level sports.
I first joined the French boxing team, before moving to the French MMA team, and then turning professional. MMA allowed me to fulfill the dreams that inspired me as a teenager: fighting in Las Vegas, stepping into the cage at Bercy in front of more than 13,000 spectators, constantly pushing my limits, and experiencing things I could never have imagined.
But the greatest gift that sports have given me is not limited to titles or victories. Combat sports opened the doors to all my dreams. They allowed me to enter Sciences Po, then to become a sports journalist and commentator for media such as RMC Sport, Canal+, L'Équipe TV, or DAZN. Everything I built, I built it through hard work, perseverance, and determination. By the sweat of my brow, and sometimes by the strength of my fists.
Qu'est-ce qui a fait de Lucie Bertaud une conférencière ?
If I have become a speaker today, it is because I am convinced that the lessons of high-level sports go far beyond the boundaries of a ring or a cage.
We all have the ability to be a champion in our own lives. Some become champions in sports, others in their business, in their profession, in their family, or in facing the challenges they encounter. Being a champion is not about being the best in the world. It is about learning to move forward despite obstacles, to rise to challenges, and to believe in one's potential.
I love to convey this conviction because I know that an idea, a meeting, or sometimes a simple phrase can be enough to change a life trajectory. If my conferences can trigger this awakening in a person or within a team, then they will have fully fulfilled their mission, and my journey will thus make complete sense.
Pourquoi inviter Lucie Bertaud plutôt qu'une autre conférencière ?
Because I do not convey concepts that I have simply learned: I share experiences that I have truly lived.
My journey is that of a woman who had to reinvent herself several times, push her limits, and learn to move forward in uncertainty. From my beginnings in boxing to high-level MMA, from my career as a journalist to my path as an entrepreneur, I have always faced challenges that forced me to develop essential qualities: resilience, adaptability, commitment, and the ability to believe in oneself.
What sets me apart is this ability to create a bridge between high-level sports and the business world. I transform field experiences into concrete tools that anyone can apply in their professional and personal daily life.
But beyond my journey, what participants often remember from my interventions is my authenticity and closeness. I do not seek to impress by a status: I seek to create a connection, provoke awareness, and inspire action.
Inviting someone like me means choosing an intervention that is not limited to an inspiring speech but creates a real experience, with energy, emotion, and concrete keys to move forward.
What is the little extra that makes the difference in your interventions?
Beyond the content of my conferences, there is often a moment that creates a lot of closeness with the collaborators: the exchanges about my experience in the show Koh-Lanta.
It is an adventure that has marked the general public and naturally arouses a lot of curiosity. Participants enjoy discovering the behind-the-scenes of this extraordinary experience: the preparation, the filming conditions, the human challenges, the management of fatigue, uncertainty, and group life in an extreme environment.
These exchanges often provide an opportunity to create a different, more spontaneous, and personal bond. They also allow for discussions around themes that resonate with my conferences: the ability to adapt, managing discomfort, solidarity, surpassing oneself, and the strength of the collective.
It is this blend of a high-level sports background, strong media experiences, and a very accessible approach that allows for a true connection with teams.
What is Lucie Bertaud's speaking angle?
« My unique angle is to give employees an experience they have never had before: entering the world of combat (and sometimes hybrid fitness), to understand the mechanisms that allow champions to perform, manage pressure, and progress together. To my knowledge, I am the only speaker in France offering MMA team buildings combined with expertise as a high-level athlete and specialized journalist. »
Why do organizers like working with Lucie Bertaud?
Organizers appreciate above all my adaptability and commitment to each project. I take the time to understand the stakes and objectives of the company in order to offer a truly personalized intervention.
They also appreciate my responsiveness, reliability, and flexibility: I am fully involved both in advance and on the day itself to ensure that the experience is smooth and successful.
Beyond the quality of the intervention, what often comes up is the trust relationship I create with the teams. My goal is for each participant to leave with a strong memory, a positive emotion, and a real trigger.
What concrete results can the audience expect after a talk by Lucie Bertaud?
At the end of my interventions, participants leave with a different perspective on their own abilities and on how they approach challenges.
The goal is not just to inspire them in the moment, but to provoke a real change in mindset: to dare more, step out of their comfort zone, better manage uncertainty, and understand that obstacles can become opportunities for growth.
Specifically, participants leave with:
a new energy to take action;
a better confidence in their ability to face challenges;
tools to better manage pressure and periods of change;
a stronger vision of the power of the collective.
In my "Team Building" formats, particularly around MMA and combat sports, they also experience an event that strengthens bonds between colleagues and reveals qualities that are sometimes unsuspected in themselves and others.
The sought transformation is simple: to move from a mindset of enduring challenges to a mindset of choosing to face them and turning them into a source of growth.
Her conferences
BEST SELLER ⭐ CHAMPION'S MINDSET: TURNING AMBITIONS INTO SUCCESSES
Developing the mindset, resilience, and keys to performance to achieve excellence
Performance is not just about skills, results, or victories. It begins long before: in a state of mind.
Best-selling conference by Lucie Bertaud, "The Champion's Mindset" immerses participants in the behind-the-scenes of high-level sports and reveals the mental mechanisms that allow champions to surpass their limits, progress in the face of difficulties, and turn their ambitions into true successes.
For over 15 years, Lucie Bertaud has operated in one of the most demanding environments: high-level combat sports, boxing, MMA, and sports journalism.
European boxing champion and vice-world champion in MMA, she learned that the difference between success and giving up is not solely determined by talent or physical abilities, but by deeply human qualities: mindset, motivation, perseverance, resilience, and the ability to move forward despite uncertainty.
Through her journey as a fighter, athlete, and entrepreneur, Lucie shares the lessons that have allowed her to build an exceptional career and shows how to develop a true champion's mindset, applicable in both professional and personal life.
This conference invites participants to change their perspective on challenges: obstacles are not barriers but opportunities for growth and levers for success.
For excellence is not born from an exceptional moment: it is built through daily choices, discipline, commitment, and the ability to step out of one’s comfort zone.
Key messages:
- Performance begins with a mindset Understanding the mental mechanisms of champions Developing a mindset focused on growth and excellence Transforming challenges into learning opportunities Shifting from a spectator's role to an active participant in one’s success Building a culture of individual and collective performance
- Cultivating confidence, ambition, and motivation Daring to aim higher and push one’s own limits Believing in one’s potential even before achieving results Overcoming limiting beliefs Developing the audacity necessary to reach one’s goals Understanding that success begins with the ability to believe in oneself
- Learning to love effort and discomfort Understanding that progress lies beyond one’s comfort zone Developing a fighter's mentality in the face of challenges Strengthening discipline, perseverance, and commitment Learning to manage pressure and uncertainty Transforming effort into a driver of progress
- Turning obstacles into levers for success Using failures as sources of learning Developing resilience in the face of difficult times Coming back stronger after each difficulty Transforming adversity into an opportunity for self-overcoming Building a sustainable dynamic of success Who is it for?
This conference is particularly aimed at:
Companies wishing to develop motivation, performance, and collective engagement Team seminars and internal events Team building programs Managers and leaders wishing to strengthen their leadership Sales or operational teams facing the challenges of change Great schools and organizations wishing to convey a culture of excellence
Through an intervention blending storytelling, inspiration, high-level sports, and concrete teachings, Lucie Bertaud conveys a universal message:
Champions are not those who never encounter obstacles. They are those who develop the mindset necessary to keep moving forward when obstacles arise.
AUDACITY & LEADERSHIP IN WOMEN
Breaking barriers: becoming the architect of one's destiny and revealing one's leadership potential
Dare to take your place in a world where you are not expected.
When Lucie Bertaud starts in combat sports, she chooses an environment still largely male-dominated. In boxing and then in high-level MMA, she must learn to overcome prejudices, build her legitimacy, and develop a champion's mindset to achieve her goals.
Her journey illustrates a strong conviction: self-confidence is not given, it is built. Through her experience as a high-level athlete, journalist, and entrepreneur, Lucie demonstrates that audacity, perseverance, and resilience are essential qualities for success, regardless of one's environment.
This conference invites participants to overcome their limiting beliefs, develop their leadership, strengthen their mindset, and become fully active in their destiny.
Because performance does not rely solely on technical skills: it is also built through mental strength, the ability to face uncertainty, stepping out of one's comfort zone, and transforming obstacles into opportunities.
Key teachings:
- Develop your confidence and champion's mindset Dare to step out of your comfort zone to progress Build lasting confidence through action Learn to believe in your abilities without waiting for external validation Develop a growth and performance-oriented mindset
- Face barriers and transform adversity into strength Overcome your limiting beliefs Transform criticism and failures into sources of motivation Develop resilience in the face of uncertain situations Understand that difficulties can become levers for success
- Develop feminine leadership Dare to take your place in demanding environments Embrace your ambitions and decisions Inspire and engage others through your authenticity Develop leadership based on trust, audacity, and exemplarity
- Create your own path and turn your differences into strengths Dare to take different paths Cultivate your authenticity Make your uniqueness an advantage Become the architect of your success and your own evolution Who is it for?
This conference is particularly aimed at:
Women’s networks HR and diversity & inclusion events Leadership and management days Grand schools Companies wishing to develop audacity, motivation, collective performance, and team cohesion
Through her journey in high-level sports, boxing, and MMA, Lucie Bertaud conveys a universal message: everyone can develop their potential, surpass their limits, and become the champion of their own journey.
BOUNCING BACK AFTER FAILURE
Falling, learning, coming back stronger: the mental mechanics of champions Transforming obstacles into opportunities for success through resilience and the mindset of champions
Great successes often arise from the greatest obstacles.
In high-level sports as in the professional world, failure, unforeseen events, and periods of uncertainty are part of the journey to success.
A champion's career is not a straight line. It is made up of victories, but also injuries, defeats, questioning, and moments when one must find the resources to keep moving forward.
Through her journey in combat sports, boxing, and high-level MMA, Lucie Bertaud shares the lessons she has learned from her own experiences: learning to accept difficulties, rebuilding confidence, developing mental strength, and transforming each obstacle into an opportunity for growth.
European boxing champion and vice-world champion in MMA, she demonstrates that resilience is not an innate talent reserved for champions, but a skill that develops with training, experience, and good habits.
This conference offers an immersion into the mental mechanics of high-level athletes to understand how to bounce back after failure, regain motivation, and continue to perform despite uncertainty.
For failure is not the opposite of success: it is part of the process that leads to excellence.
Key takeaways:
- Facing adversity and managing uncertainty Learning to react when plans do not go as expected Developing adaptability in the face of change Staying calm and effective in complex situations Understanding that uncertainty can become a ground for growth Strengthening mental resilience in the face of challenges
- Rethinking one's relationship with failure Understanding that failure is not an end, but information Transforming mistakes into learning opportunities Overcoming limiting beliefs related to failure Developing a culture of experimentation and progress Using each difficulty as a lever for success
- Rebuilding after a shock and regaining confidence Learning to rise after a defeat or difficult period Rebuilding self-esteem after a setback Reinventing oneself when the old path is no longer possible Transforming a constraint into a new opportunity Developing the audacity needed to move forward
- Developing a sustainable champion's mindset Cultivating perseverance and discipline daily Accepting phases of slow progress Continuing to move forward despite doubts and difficulties Developing a solution-oriented mindset Understanding that sustainable performance is built over time For whom?
This conference is particularly aimed at:
Companies facing change or periods of uncertainty Managers wishing to develop their leadership and ability to support their teams Teams wishing to strengthen their motivation, engagement, and cohesion Seminars and internal events focused on performance and self-overcoming Organizations wishing to develop a culture of resilience and collective success
Through a conference blending storytelling, inspiration, high-level sports, and concrete tools, Lucie Bertaud conveys a strong conviction:
Champions are not those who never fall. They are those who never give up.