Dan Crompton is an author and award-winning leadership coach who is best known for challenging leaders to unlearn the corporate. As a former manager, Dan understands the mistakes commonly made by managers, and now dedicates his time to coaching teams and leaders and helping them to perform better.
Dan’s career in management started in London pubs, nightclubs and retail environments until his career took a turn and he moved into a senior role at ITV. Here, he co-managed the partnerships team responsible for roughly £130 million in annual revenue over a seven-year tenure. Through his experience here, Dan learnt the difference between a good and a bad manager, along with the hardships that come with the role. He has owned up to the mistakes he made as a manager, as well as having been a bad manager. After experiencing workplace bullying from an ill-equipped boss, Dan set out to rewrite the rules of management. To date, Dan has helped manage £130 million teams, coach hundreds of high-profile clients including ASOS, Facebook, Booking.com, the NHS and the UK Government. Dan now aims to turn client conferences into high-energy, immersive workshops for leaders and ambitious teams to help them overcome the most common workplace mistakes.
Dan is the author of the forthcoming book Let Them Lead: Manage Less, Empower More. He has been recognised for helping leaders break free from outdated management habits and build cultures where people genuinely want to work. After years of corporate leadership, Dan transitioned to become a coach and became an accredited ActionCOACH business coach. Since then, he has received global recognition, winning the “Best Group Coaching Programme in the World” for two years from over 1,000 practices. As a speaker, audiences can take away practical steps to become better leaders and perform more efficiently in the workplace, such as the three-step framework for having difficult conversations in 60 seconds. He also has a warm and engaging presence with the ability to be able to spark high engagement. If you want to unlearn the corporate playbook and discover new ways to build self-sufficient teams that want to stick around, then do not hesitate to hire Dan Crompton for your next event.
Dan Crompton's speaking topics are listed below:
- The future of work and the evolution of leadership
- Team empowerment and autonomy
- Building a culture of curiosity and collaboration
Official Feedback of In-Person & Virtual Events:
“The team are working cross-functionally so much more than they were previously. We definitely feel more like a team now than we did before.” - UK Government Department, Chief Strategy Officer
“We all contributed, we all learnt from it, and we brought the team closer together with shared knowledge.” - Adam, VP EMEA & APAC, Shutterstock
“Thank you for today, heard really positive feedback from everyone I spoke to. They enjoyed the pace, the chance to connect and focus on practical things to work on with frameworks.” - Claire, Executive Director, AAT
“Every moment was filled with both learning and laughter. A massive thank you to Dan for steering us through an amazing day of focus, alignment, commitment, tracking, growth and bonding!” - Charlene, Senior People Leader, Stena Line Ferries
- 2025 - Business Coach at ActionCOACH UK
- 2025 - Leadership Coach | Team Trainer | Conference Speaker for Your Best Monday
- 2025 - Published Author
- 2018 - Paid Partnerships Team Lead for ITV
- 2014 - Sponsorship Manager for ITV
- 2012 - Sponsorship Marketing Manager for TalkTalk
- 2011 - Sponsorship Manager for TalkTalk
- 2009 - Event Manager for Carphone Warehouse
How to hire Dan Crompton
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