Dean Leak
Dean Leak, a catalyst for high performance, combines expertise in psychology and leadership. Mentored by industry leaders, including Professor Steve Peters, he excels in fostering human connection, effective communication, and cultural excellence. With a track record spanning Olympic teams to Fortune 100 companies, Dean empowers individuals and organizations worldwide, igniting transformative change and unlocking their full potential.
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Dean Leak's 2025 biography
Meet Dean Leak
Dean Leak is a performance coach with 15 years of experience in the UK Olympic High-Performance Sport System, FTSE 100 companies, and many more.
Having supported Great Britain’s elite Gold medal athletes and been part of senior leadership teams to build learning and development systems for National sports, Dean has translated his methodology to FTSE 100 companies, corporate organisations, SME’s, and start-ups to build world-class teams and healthy performance cultures.
His mission is to help companies become industry leaders in thriving workplace cultures by helping them to accelerate the potential of its people. He his own company, Accelerate Coaching, with a team of associates supporting the delivery of key projects.
A specialist in human behaviour, psychology & team culture, Dean has coached 1000’s of individuals to shift their mindset in how they lead teams, design healthy performance environments and built team togetherness.
The scope of his work varies from project-based work, workshops, advisory and consulting. Dean speaks regularly at conferences and events, and ensures that his workshops are inspiring, actionable, and interactive.
Dean was personally mentored and supervised by Professor Steve Peters (author of the best-selling book The Chimp Paradox), graduated from UK Sport’s prestigious Future Leaders Programme.
Meet Dean Leak
Dean Leak is a performance coach with 15 years of experience in the UK Olympic High-Performance Sport System, FTSE 100 companies, and many more.
Having supported Great Britain’s elite Gold medal athletes and been part of senior leadership teams to build learning and development systems for National sports, Dean has translated his methodology to FTSE 100 companies, corporate organisations, SME’s, and start-ups to build world-class teams and healthy performance cultures.
His mission is to help companies become industry leaders in thriving workplace cultures by helping them to accelerate the potential of its people. He his own company, Accelerate Coaching, with a team of associates supporting the delivery of key projects.
A specialist in human behaviour, psychology & team culture, Dean has coached 1000’s of individuals to shift their mindset in how they lead teams, design healthy performance environments and built team togetherness.
The scope of his work varies from project-based work, workshops, advisory and consulting. Dean speaks regularly at conferences and events, and ensures that his workshops are inspiring, actionable, and interactive.
Dean was personally mentored and supervised by Professor Steve Peters (author of the best-selling book The Chimp Paradox), graduated from UK Sport’s prestigious Future Leaders Programme.
Dean Leak's 2025 talks & topics
Team Culture
Dean is an empathetic performance disruptor who believes in creating a culture of performance enablement, empowering individuals and teams their full potential.
Human centred leadership
His focuses on human connection, effective communication, and cultural excellence has led to significant transformational changes to both individual and system levels
Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome is your superpower. Dean educates us in turning doubt, into career success.
Empathy
Using empathy as a secret weapon to establish trust and influence.
Building a healthy, high performing team
He has worked with Olympic sports teams, fortune 100 companies, the British Government and C-Suite executive leaders, helping them build healthy, high performing results.
Emotional fitness
We hear from Dean regarding what it takes to be emotional resilient and the impacts a ‘fit’ mind has on performance.
Growth and development
Dean offers an array of different teachings and methods to enhance growth and development. He does this from learnt experiences and academic research.