Rick Denley
• Courageous Growth Leader with over 30 Years of Success
• Owner of Peak Performance Leadership – Developing Top Performers (Athletes, Executives, You & Me)
• Change – Growth – Mindset – Reinvention
• Best Selling Author of Reinvent Yourself
• Undefeated Amateur Boxer (all proceeds going to Cancer Research)
• Educational and Motivational Keynote Speaker
Rick Denley Speaker Biography
Rick Denley is a courageous leader.
Rick learned at a young age that he would have to continually adapt and change if he was going to be successful. Ongoing challenges continually forced him to discover innovative ways to constantly change to grow and achieve when he didn’t fit in the world’s constraining box. Achieving his formal education and rising through the ranks in the corporate world was a fight for Rick, one of many. Rick’s success as a leader came from being able to align the company’s and people’s purposes with their passions.
In 2016, Rick left the corporate world and founded Peak Performance Leadership. Using his engineering background, Rick developed a Change Growth Formula and wrote a best-selling book to share his blueprint for personal and professional growth. Working with individuals and organisations alike, thousands have benefited from Rick’s leadership and coaching.
Always looking for his next challenge and often mixing personal and career lives, Rick formalised his fighting spirit to raise funds and awareness for cancer research by stepping into the ring as an amateur boxer. As a sought-after keynote speaker, he continues pursuing his passion for coaching tomorrow’s leaders by punching through their growth ceilings to reach their peak performance.
Rick is a proud Torontonian, father of two adult sons, Evan and Max. He has a slightly odd passion for challenging his his mind and body in difficult sports.
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LEADERSHIP YOUR WAY
Statistically, 10% of us are relying on natural leadership characteristics. A larger portion have learned needed skills to become exceptional leaders, while there are a larger number who still need to acquire stronger leadership expertise and confidence in order to effectively lead teams though today’s complex challenges.
The question becomes not if or when you will lead, but HOW you will lead. Rick’s keynote helps develop and hone leaders natural leadership styles while bringing them confidence to achieve outstanding leadership results. Helping leaders conquer fears of how to lead and incorporating their own stories to bring credibility and results in any situation. Rick examines the different leadership styles and how and when they can be adopted for positive impact!
Takeaways:
- Understand how your sense of purpose impacts how you lead
- Identify your born and bred strengths as a leader
- Leverage your strengths
- Develop your personal leadership brand
- Understand how to become a courageous leader
PEOPLE GROW COMPANIES, LEADERS GROW PEOPLE
Rick addresses key area holding back organizations from growing, their people. With over 40% of employees not fully engaged, and organizations reporting that 77% of leadership is lacking. Many of todays leaders lack the needed skills, tools, knowledge, and confidence to effectively lead people and teams through today’s complex challenges. Rick shares strategies that will retain and maximize your top talent. Attendees will will leave energized, educated and committed to growing people first.
Takeaways
- Obtain a framework to align your teams passions with company purposes
- Build a positive, winning culture where team members know it’s ok to take risks
- Create a renewed feeling of purpose and trust within your teams
- Be a servant leader through empathy and humility
- Reignite commitment to the organization through COLLABORATION with
management
NOT ALL LEADERS WEAR CAPES
“It’s been rattling around in there for years, that idea, that dream, of becoming the very best leader you can be”.
Motivational Speaker Rick Danley’s message of radical possibility combined with his ‘Blueprint to the very best you” from his best selling book Reinvent Yourself, leaves audiences not only inspired but also equipped with a plan to transform the seemingly insurmountable. His formula for achieving impossible goals demystifies daunting tasks by harnessing fear energy and creates inspiration through action and self accountability.
Rick uses his life experiences to demonstrate and remind us it’s never too late to change and create your dream self.
Takeaways
- Understand 4 critical steps to overcoming BARRIERS impeding you reaching your peak performance
- Identify the #1 FEAR that holds you back from changing
- Have your fire REIGNITED
- Develop a 5 step plan of action to become the leader/hero the world needs
