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Dean Leak is a mindset coach, consultant, and leader within the British high-performance sports system, with over a decade of experience leading teams to deliver sustainable systems and programmes to support world-leading athletes.
A sports enthusiast and fascinated by all things psychology and understanding what drives us as a species, Dean has developed a skill for mentoring people in order to reach their full potential.
Since moving into senior leadership roles, his experience has seen him launch creative recruitment strategies, create business plans to governments, and implement complex talent pathways.
A creative, action-orientated, big-picture thinker, Dean Leak cares deeply about the people he works with, and is passionate about helping them create the best environment possible for them to succeed, both personally and professionally.
With his engaging style and unique experiences, Dean is a highly sought-after consultant, speaker and coach for organisations worldwide.
Dean Leak’s impressive roster of athletes include Olympic and Paralympic athletes from sports including canoeing, shooting, and taekwondo. He has since used this experience to coach and lead senior teams to deliver successful programmes and finding their performance edge.
– Team Culture: Dean is an empathetic performance disruptor who wants to help create a culture of performance enablement for individuals and wider teams to reach their full potential.
– Human Centred Leadership: Dean focusses on human connection, effective communication, and cultural excellence which can lead to significant change to individuals and at system level.
– Imposter Syndrome: Dean educates people into believing that imposter syndrome is your superpower and not your weakness.
– Empathy: Dean talks about how to use empathy as a positive weapon to establish trust and influence.
– Building a Healthy, High-Performing Team: With experience working with Olympic teams, Governments, C-Suite executive leaders, and Fortune 100 companies, Dean has experience building healthy, high-performing teams.
– Emotional Fitness: Dean talks about what it takes to be emotionally resilient and the impacts the mind can have on performance levels.
– Growth and Development: Dean provides a selection of teaching methods to help enhance growth and development.
– Disagreeing Well: How to maximise your team’s performance – Learn about the benefits of having a team that challenges one another’s ideas and how to do this constructively.
As well as speaking, Dean offers a range of other services, including:
– High-Performance Culture Advisory: Identifying cultural problems, overcoming and turning them into a golden opportunity.
– Leadership Development: Dean has worked with everyone from Olympic athletes to the British Government, learning what makes an inspirational leader.
– Learning Workshops: The Connected Team ©, The Connected Leader ©, and the Building Emotional Fitness workshops are an immersive experience aimed to transform the dynamics of your team.
Clients: Barclays, BBC, British Athletics, British Canoeing, British Government, British Shooting, England Netball, GB Taekwondo, KPMG, L’Oréal, PwC, WeWork, WME.
How to turn feelings of imposter syndrome into your advantage and career success
(and learn how ordinary people have achieved extraordinary success and happiness, even though they still experience imposter syndrome).
Who is Dean Leak’s Imposter Syndrome guide for?
If you experience thoughts like:
“If I give my opinion in this meeting, they’ll find out I’m not smart enough”
“I need to work harder to prove my worth”
“I wonder what people thought about my pitch today. Was it good enough?”
“When is someone going to realise that I’ve blagged my way into this job!?”
“If I make a mistake, I’m going to get fired”
“If I don’t get this perfect, they’ll think I’m lazy and incompetent”
…then Dean Leak is the guy for you!
According to research, 84% of people experience imposter syndrome. Yet, most people are unaware they experience it. The lack of awareness leads to consequences such as:
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 the session you delivered yesterday.
British Government
100% the most powerful leadership workshop I’ve ever attended
PWC
Dean Leak provided a session that was eye-opening, thought-provoking and I would definitely recommend Dean for the novel and inclusive way he brought everyone in the room into the process
Lords Cricket
Dean is a genuine, friendly and very approachable person who has a skill and aptitude for helping people to be their best
Chimp Management
Dean Leak was fantastic. He was exceptional at creating a space where you could be more open and vulnerable. The most useful training I’ve ever attended
Civil Service