Everything you need to book Dean and make the session land: how booking works, bios, photos and an introduction for your host.
Keynotes, offsites, retreats and workshops all follow the same simple steps.
Send the date, the audience and what you want people to leave with. Dean usually replies within one working day.
A short call to understand your event, your audience and the outcome that matters most.
Content shaped around your team, your goals and your language, so it feels made for the room.
Dean arrives prepared, works with your host and team, and gives people practical tools they can use the next day.
Over 200 talks, from main stages and customer events to leadership offsites and virtual masterclasses. A few of the rooms Dean has been in recently.
Talks, workshops and programmes in person across Europe, Asia and North America, and virtual sessions anywhere.
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Dean Leak is a keynote speaker, coach and performance strategist on healthy conflict and high performing teams. He spent 15+ years in Olympic high performance sport and has since worked across sectors, with global brands, FTSE 100 companies and government, including L’Oréal, IBM, LinkedIn, PwC and the British Army.
Our next speaker spent fifteen years inside Olympic high performance sport, working with teams that won gold. He now works with leadership teams across global brands, FTSE 100 companies and government, from L’Oréal and PwC to the British Army, and he’s given over 200 talks on what makes teams perform. Here’s the twist: for years, he avoided conflict at all costs. Today he teaches leaders how to disagree well. Please welcome Dean Leak.
Dean Leak is an international keynote speaker, coach and performance strategist who helps leaders and teams disagree well, make better decisions and perform under pressure. He spent 15+ years in Olympic high performance sport, leading UK wide talent programmes for Great Britain’s future Olympic champions, and was mentored for five years by Professor Steve Peters, author of The Chimp Paradox. Today he works with leadership teams across global brands, FTSE 100 companies and government, including L’Oréal, WeWork, IBM, LinkedIn, Baker McKenzie, Specsavers, Mars and PwC, as well as the British Army and UK government. He has given over 200 talks, and teaches the skill he once avoided most: healthy conflict.
The details that make a session land. We’ll run through these on the call, so nothing is left to the morning of the event.
“100% the most powerful talk I’ve ever attended.”
“Fantastic! The energy in the room was buzzing and there was some real practical takeaways!”
“Dean was a truly exceptional speaker.”
“Brilliant. It’s the second time we’ve had Dean back!”
“The best speaker we had in the whole conference!”
Dean speaks on high performance culture, healthy conflict and disagreeing well, and leading organisations through change. He draws on 15+ years inside Olympic high performance sport, and on work with global brands, FTSE 100 companies and government.
Keynotes and conferences, fireside chats and podcasts, half day and full day workshops in person or virtual, leadership offsites and retreats, and consulting with leadership teams.
Yes. Every booking starts with a short call, and the content is shaped around your team, your goals and your language.
C suite leaders, executive leadership teams, whole divisions and functions, departments and their teams, and managers and team leaders.
Send an enquiry through the form below or email dean@deanleak.com. Dean usually replies within one working day.
Keynotes, offsites, retreats and workshops. Formats and fees on request.
