Mark Denton: Leadership

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    Quick Facts:

      • Captivating and Award-Winning Leadership, Teamwork and Resilience Speaker
      • Led an Amateur Team to success in the ‘World’s Toughest’ Around-The-World Yacht Race
      • Shares the secrets and rewrites the rules of how to achieve the seemingly impossible, when facing constant adversity, change, and competition
    Reading time: 3 min
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    • Travels from: London, UK
    • **Fee range: $10,000 - $15,000

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    Keynote Topics:

    HEART ON MY SLEEVE

    Rewriting the Rules for a Brave New World

    “HEART ON MY SLEEVE” is Mark Denton’s signature Leadership keynote, taking audiences on a roller-coaster of a journey through the twists, turns, triumphs and tears of leading an amateur team to success in the world’s toughest around-the-world yacht race. 

    This gripping multi-media account, challenges many of the existing outdated beliefs of how a Leader should be, rewriting these with new and proven frameworks that deliver sustained performance in a brave new world.

    Mark will inspire and equip your leaders to:

    • Blur the lines between Individual, Team and Organisation Purpose
    • Let go of control in favour of collaboration
    • Value being vulnerable rather than being invincible
    • Overcome obstacles with questions not answers
    • Set bold goals and achieve more than you ever thought possible

    And it’s all summarised neatly in his 3C’s model of how leaders need to be to deliver sustained performance in these turbulent times: Compassionate, Collaborative and Courageous.

    This keynote is great for: Challenging mindsets of Leaders & Managers at every level, and for educating those looking to step up

    “TOGETHER WE TRIUMPH”

    Making the Impossible Possible

    ‘TOGETHER WE TRIUMPH’ is Mark Denton’s signature Teamwork keynote, an ‘edge of your seat’ multi-media journey through the ups, downs, twists and turns of an amateur team taking part in the ‘worlds toughest’ around-the-world yacht race. 

    This gripping account also reveals what allowed this team to thrive when facing constant adversity, change and competition. Mark summarises these into three main cultural factors that teams must embrace in order to achieve the seemingly impossible, no matter how choppy the waters:

    • Safe: Learn how to supercharge collaboration and unlock high performance by embracing and improving psychological safety
    • Happy: Understand why prioritising Team, Customer and Stakeholder happiness is the key to sustained success
    • Fast: Embrace experimentation and reframe failure as the catalyst for learning, innovation and agility
    • Great for: All staff conferences and department events with a mix of Leaders and Team Members

    8 Steps to Unstoppable

    ‘NAVIGATE THE STORM’ is Mark Denton’s signature ‘Resilience’ keynote, a roller-coaster multi-media journey through the ups, downs, twists and turns of an amateur team taking part in the ‘worlds toughest’ around-the-world yacht race. 

    And as the gripping account unfolds, Mark shares his unique perspective on what kept him and the team resilient, including top-tips on how to nurture the 8 key factors summarised in the ‘Navig-8 Model’; Purposeful Direction, Collaboration, Emotion Regulation, Optimism, Creativity, Anticipation, Courage and Persistence.

    This simple but comprehensive framework (that’s shared with attendees post event) equips them to:

    • Recognise that resilience is multifaceted and accessible to all
    • Understand the different factors, and why each are key
    • Learn practical ways of  optimising these to get back on track
    • Navigate any storm in their personal or professional lives

    Great for: Leadership/Management conferences and All-Staff conferences, especially where Organisations are facing turbulent times

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