Dean Leak

Dean is a mindset coach, consultant and senior leader within the UK high-performance sport system, with over 12 years of experience leading teams to drive change and 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 humans, Dean has developed a skill for coaching and mentoring people to reach their potential. Working with multiple athletes who have progressed to achieve their ultimate goals, Dean evolved his method to working with teams of people to influence and transform large scale change projects at an organisational level.

Since moving into senior leadership roles his experience (often in sports with no prior context) has seen him launch creative recruitment strategies, oversee and implement complex talent and people development pathways, create and pitch business plans to government and lead high performing teams to meet objectives. The heart of this success often reliant on understanding the audience with a marketing strategy telling the right stories.

Big picture thinker, creative and action-orientated, Dean cares deeply about the people he works with and invests time and energy into teams to allow them to grow and progress, knowing from experience this will create the best environment possible for colleagues.