KEYNOTE SPEAKING TOPICS
SELECT FROM ONE OF MARK’S MUCH APPLAUDED ‘SIGNATURE’ SPEECHES
OR CUSTOM BUILD YOUR OWN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MARK
SIGNATURE SPEECHES
Mark’s Signature Speech Topics, guaranteed to get your audiences thinking and feeling differently about Leadership, Teamwork and Resilience.
Each is a mix of compelling narrative peppered with ‘sticky’ original phrases, blended with gripping images and footage, all set to a powerful music score. The learning is highlighted throughout and neatly summarised at the end with an easy to remember framework for putting it into action the very next day.
“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This gripping account, challenges many of the existing outdated beliefs of how a Leader should be, rewriting these with new and proven frameworks that deliver sustained performance for a brave new world.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:
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 they ever thought possible
And it’s all summarised neatly in the 3 C’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 ‘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 the 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
“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’ that builds as the story unfolds; Purposeful Direction, Collaboration, Emotion Regulation, Optimism, Creativity, Anticipation, Courage and Persistence.
This simple but comprehensive ‘compass’ 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
Or if you’re looking for something bespoke, why not build your own!
CUSTOMISED
Or Mark can help you build the perfect custom speech for you, taking into account your audience, the event key themes and required duration.
FLEXIBLE
Durations are between ‘Ted style’ 20 minutes and ‘epic film style’ 75 minutes (and everything in-between). And he can even split it into two for perhaps the start and end of a day, or pre and post dinner!
IMPACTFUL
Mark works with you to craft a powerful beginning with a punchy title to set the tone, a compelling middle drawing out the key stories and messages most suitable for your event, and a memorable summary to finish.
A POWERFUL BEGINNING
Mark will help you decide on the ideal title that will set the tone right from the word ‘go’. Some previous options are below for reference.
COLLABORATION
Together we triumph
Together we thrive
Stronger together
EMBRACE CHANGE
Navigate the storm
Ride the waves
The only way out is through
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY
Storm to perform
Storming performance
Safe, Happy, Fast
LEADERSHIP & TEAMWORK
People, purpose, performance
Leadership and teamwork in the eye of the storm
Ordinary to extraordinary
A COMPELLING MIDDLE
He will also help you pick from any or all of the following Leadership and Teamwork success factors and ‘sticky’ original phrases to include to get the speech really ‘on message’.
Prioritising wellbeing
Emotional intelligence
Feedback and feed forward
Growth mindset
Embracing change
Setting big, bold goals
Idea creation
Innovation
Celebrating success
Resilience
Aligning on Purpose, Vision, Values
Establishing critical success factors
Understanding individual motivations
Structuring for success
Building psychological safety and trust
Collaboration
Communication
Managing risk
STICKY ORIGINAL PHRASES
A MEMORABLE FINISH
Finally you can choose what summary format will work best for you and your audience, or Mark will build a custom one just for you.
Both options include PDF’s reiterating the summary, that can be sent to participants to help reinforce and embed the learning post-event.
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