Dean Leak is a renowned Olympic performance strategist and international keynote speaker whose mission is to teach leaders how to translate tension into progress. Blending rare insight, Dean shares expertise from three high-performance areas – Olympic sport, British military and UK Government, and FTSE 100 boardrooms. With his revolutionary Disagreeing Well System, Dean is highly sought after as a keynote speaker, teaching clients on conflict readiness, leading through change and high-performance culture.
Trained by Professor Steve Peters, a leading hostage negotiator and UK Special Forces leaders, Dean has forged a reputation for being grounded and human-centred. Formerly the Talent Project Lead and UK Talent Lead for GB Taekwondo and the Talent Pathway Manager for British Shooting, Dean has helped Olympians to build mindsets that thrive under pressure. Today, Dean translates his Olympic mindset into business, inspiring audiences to build workplace cultures where people speak up, work through discomfort and challenge thinking.
Now, Dean is the Founder of Dualitos, helping leaders and organisations to build healthy cultures that are high performing. Building momentum that drives innovation, accountability and sustained high performance, Dean brings clarity and emotional intelligence to his keynote speeches, having already delivered for organisations such as IBM, Baker McKenzie, LinkedIn, L’Oreal and Specsavers. Empowering organisations to treat conflict as a competitive advantage rather than a threat, Dean shares the message that high-performing cultures aren’t without conflict; instead, they know how to design it.
When hired as a keynote speaker, Dean Leak explores how, when pressure arises, teams either break or break through. Renowned for delivering his keynote Disagreeing Well: The Hidden Superpower of High-Performance Culture, Dean brings to life the power of disagreement, in particular, productive disagreement. Also delivering keynote speeches on imposter syndrome, leading through change and how to build teams that win together, Dean Leak is a must for any organisation looking to master creating a high-performance culture.
Hear Dean Leak talking about how leaders can inspire a high-performance culture in the workplace.
Dean Leak's official speaking topics are listed below:
- Disagreeing Well: The Hidden Superpower of High-Performance Culture - We so often hear of conflict resolution, but not enough about conflict readiness. In this talk, Dean brings to life the 5 powers of disagreement that turn conflict avoidance into a performance culture through the art and science of productive disagreement.
- Leading Through Change ina Disrupted, Disengaged & Distracted World - Change moves fast. Most organisations are experiencing Emotional Jet Lag - the gap between the speed of organisational change and the speed of human adaptation. In times of uncertainty, we need to create a movement, not a mandate.
- High-Performance Culture: How to Build Teams That Win Together - What do the world's most elite teams have in common? In this talk, Dean decodes what it takes to build a sustainable performance culture. And how if you don't design it, it designs you.
- Imposter Syndrome - Imposter syndrome is your superpower. Dean educates us, through his lived and learned experiences, in turning doubt into career success.
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"Worked really well and completed the conference perfectly, he gave our teams lots to think about" - English Provender Company
"100% the most powerful workshop I've ever attended" - Director, PwC
"I have attended many team workshops in my 20+ years, and with my hand on my heart, I have never found any of them as powerful and effective as your session today" - UK Gov
"We saw an incredible 22% increase in team productivity" - L'Oreal
- 2022 - Delivered Leadership, Culture & Team Performance Programmes for the UK Civil Service
- 2020 - Founder & Performance Director of Dualitos Consulting
- 2020 - Associate of CPD Leadership Consultants
- 2015 - Talent Pathway Manager for British Shooting
- 2011 - National Talent Development Manager for GB Taekwondo
- 2009 - Talent Project Lead for GB Taekwondo
- 2009 - Mental Skills Coach for Chimp Management Ltd
How to hire Dean Leak
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