MARK DENTON
ROUND THE WORLD RACE SKIPPER
LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK & RESILIENCE EXPERT
AWARD-WINNING MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER
MARK’S BIOGRAPHY
Mark is a leadership, team and resilience expert with vast experience navigating turbulent waters. In his professional sailing career he’s competed in countless races and sailed over 80,000 miles across the worlds’ oceans, his most notable achievement leading a diverse amateur in the BT Global Challenge, dubbed ‘the worlds’ toughest around-the-world yacht race’.
LEADERSHIP AUTHOR
Mark was also a major contributor to the Henley Management School MBA Text ‘Inspiring Leadership; staying afloat in turbulent times’, that looked at the relationship between emotional intelligence and achieving sustained performance in the race. It’s now in its 7th reprint.
AN EXPERT IN LEADERSHIP, TEAM AND ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT
But Mark also draws on 20+ years of working with some of the worlds’ greatest organisations, helping to reshape their cultures and improve their leadership and team resilience to deliver better, faster and more sustainably, especially in times of disruption and change. He has been involved in many high profile projects including one that led to a £1.27bn saving for a global mining client ,and a Procurement Leaders Gold Award for People Development. He has also been pivotal to two successful mergers, and has twice assisted companies to achieve a ‘Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to work for’ Award.
AWARD-WINNING LEADERSHIP SPEAKER
It’s the unique combination of this experience that’s encapsulated in his speeches, and led to Mark winning a coveted IVCA Gold Award for his speaking. He has spoken at thousands of events in over 31 countries, achieving consistent 5 star reviews from all who have been educated and enthralled.
A PARTNER WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST MINDS
He’s also a licensed partner with Harvard Professor Amy Edmondson’s ‘Fearless Organisation, the number 1 authority on how to build psychological safety in teams, as it’s the foundation for high performance and a key theme within Mark’s speeches, as it’s what allowed his own team to be so successful.
AN ACCREDITED EXECUTIVE & TEAM COACH
Mark is also a sought after and accredited Executive and Team coach, and a Master Practitioner and ‘Circle Member’ of Executive Arts. This not-for-profit organisation manages the distribution and use of the innovative Executive Arts Transition Maps, that help individuals, teams and organisations who are grappling with confounding change achieve breakthrough results.
WHEN MARK ISN’T SPEAKING…
Mark lives with his wife, two children, and two dogs near Southampton in Hampshire, UK. Hobbies include swimming, skiing, running, cycling, paddle boarding, gardening - and of course sailing!
