Mark Denton Captain in the ‘World's Toughest' Around-The-World Yacht Race, Leadership, Team and Resilience Expert, Multi-award winning keynote speaker

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This gripping multi-media account, challenges many of the existing outdated beliefs of how a Leader should be, rewriting these with new and proven frameworks that deliver sustained performance for a brave new world.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

Great for: Challenging mindsets of Leaders & Managers at every level, and for educating those looking to step up

‘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 ‘world’s 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 the 3 cultural factors that teams must embrace in order to achieve the seemingly impossible, no matter how choppy the waters:

• Safe: Create an environment of psychological safety that supercharges collaboration and unlocks high performance
• Happy: Prioritise Team, Customer & Stakeholder happiness to achieve 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

‘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 ‘world’s 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 Compass 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  accessing 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

‘Masterclasses’ are the ultimate way to immerse your audience in the learning from this incredible case study. They are 1/2, 3/4 or 1 day interactive seminars, that explore the topics covered in far greater depth by challenging the audience in groups with some of the dilemmas Mark and his team faced as they traversed the world.

There are 9 to pick from and cover the following topics:

• Building the foundations for a high performing team 
• Dealing with team underperformance
• Decision making under pressure
• The importance of self awareness and showing humility
• Crisis management and bouncing back after setbacks
• Setting bold goals and innovating to achieve them 
• Inspiring your team to take on the impossible 
• Courageous conversations
• Staying focussed on the goal to deliver the result

Each dilemma, a mini case study in it’s own right, has specific briefing materials and also a model answer that can be used to just explore the topic after or scored by judges to pit team against team in a fun (and competitive!) virtual race around the world!

So not only are they learning about Leadership and Teamwork but they are also experiencing the challenges (and glory) of both for themselves, in this groundbreaking interactive format.