Dean Leak

Dean Leak’s track record spans Olympic gold-medal teams, FTSE 100 boardrooms, and government-level advisory work. He has partnered with some of the world’s most respected organisations – including the British Army, IBM, LinkedIn, L’Oréal, Baker McKenzie, Mars Group, PwC.

Dean Leak has distilled two decades of elite performance, research, and psychology into practical frameworks company’s can immediately apply, and specialises in building high-performing teams of continuous improvement, leading change, and mastering the art of productive disagreement – transforming workplace tension into a team’s ultimate competitive advantage.

In elite sport, Dean supported numerous Olympic champions such as Jade Jones and Joe Clarke, and as a senior leader, built environments that produced multiple world and Olympic medallists. Today, he translates that expertise to the corporate arena, helping leaders and teams to build their own gold medal-winning cultures, offering behind-the-scenes insights into building championship businesses.

Dean’s thinking is shaped by world-class mentors and training: he studied and was mentored by Psychiatrist Professor Steve Peters (The Chimp Paradox) and was mentored by the head of the UK Special Forces.

Dean Leak offers clients a broad and unique insight into bringing out the best in people’s potential. His talks are more than just speeches; they are experiential learning events filled with inspiring stories, practical exercises, and action-packed strategies that audiences can use to build a gold medal-winning mindset.

Key Themes:

1. Inside gold medal Olympic teams: Building a learning culture of continuous improvement and innovation to produce sustained excellence
2. Healthy conflict: How building healthy conflict and disagreeing better can turn workplace tensions into a high-performing team environment
3. Leading change: The human iOS – the biological and psychological drivers that allow leaders to unlock peak performance in themselves and their teams