Brent Gleeson

Brent Gleeson is a Navy SEAL Combat Veteran, who since leaving special operations has forged a successful career as an award-winning entrepreneur and bestselling author. Alongside his success as an entrepreneur and writer, Brent is also highly sought after as a keynote and motivational speaker for corporate events, putting the skills he learned as a US Navy SEAL into business contexts. Committed to empowering professional development, Brent is highly sought after to share his expertise on leadership, navigating change and business growth, having formerly spoken for the likes of Bank of America, Google, Delta Airlines, Abbott Laboratories, and Nestle.

Gleeson completed several combat deployments as a US Navy SEAL on SEAL Team 5. He is currently the Founder and CEO of Taking Point Leadership – a management consulting firm that works with organizations across the globe in high-performance leaders, teams, and cultures. With a unique combination of real-world and academic experience, Gleeson holds undergraduate degrees in finance and economics from Southern Methodist University, an MBA from the University of San Diego, and certificates in Criminal Justice and English Literature from Oxford University.

When he is not leading his company or spending time delivering comprehensive speeches on the art of leadership, high-performance teams, workplace culture and organisational transformation, Brent is also a bestselling author. Brent is the author of TakingPoint: A Navy SEAL’s 10 Fail Safe Principles for Leading Through Change, which earned him recognition as the #1 Amazon New Release in Organisational Change and Business Structural Adjustment, and the #1 bestseller Embrace the Suck: The Navy Seal Way to an Extraordinary Life. Brent is also a Leadership Columnist for Forbes. When he is not sharing his motivational stories as a keynote speaker, Brent can also be found on the Executive Board of the SEAL Family Foundation, acting as an Ambassador for March of Dimes or fundraising for the Wounded Warrior Project.

Named as one of the Top 10 CEOs by Entrepreneur Magazine, Brent Gleeson is now highly sought after as a keynote speaker for corporate events. Turning his disciplined battlefield lessons into business lessons, Brent is revered for his ability to improve leadership, lead change successfully and increase performance across the globe. When hired as a speaker, Brent provides his audience with a toolbox on successful leadership, using his expertise in the culture principles of the US Navy to influence his lessons on building a culture of accountability, breaking down silos for high performance, culture transformation for winning results and achieving the impossible. Also focussing on topics of emotionally intelligent leadership, improving trust, building personal resilience, crushing goals, overcoming adversity and pushing beyond comfort zones, don’t miss your opportunity to hire the inspirational Navy SEAL Veteran Brent Gleeson today!