David Mead

Speaker, Listener, Consultant

David is working toward a world in which trust is our default setting at work and beyond – where we show up with the intent to connect, lift and serve. Where we consider others’ interests as much as our own. He helps leaders and their teams build and maintain cultures based on that ideal. Trust leads to higher performance, increased retention, well-being and a more meaningful human experience. Through talks, workshops and leadership conversations, David helps people recognize and take responsibility for their role in creating trust.

  • David Mead Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

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  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Utah, USA

  • David Mead Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    Please Inquire

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    Utah, USA

Suggested Keynote Speaker Programs

Create High Performance Through Humanity: How to unlock your team’s untapped capacity

Length: 45 -60 mins Format: Interactive Who it’s for: Leaders who want to eliminate the friction standing in the way of building a sustainably high performing team. Talk overview:...

Length: 45 -60 mins
Format: Interactive

Who it’s for:
Leaders who want to eliminate the friction standing in the way of building a sustainably high performing team.

Talk overview:
Every leader wants their people to care about the business and its outcomes as much as they do. Those outcomes require high performance, engagement, productivity and a commitment to results. And often, those things are hampered by friction that naturally arises among messy, complex human beings.

Friction can look like:

  • Office politics & gossip
  • Low engagement
  • Lack of accountability
  • Remote work challenges
  • Poor collaboration

Policies and processes aren’t enough to reduce that friction, at least not for the long-term. The solution to reducing friction lies within the human beings who are causing it.

And everyone on the team, from the senior leader to the newest hire, whether working in the office or in their bedroom, has a part to play.

The key lies in our ability to activate our innate humanity. That is exactly what David can help you do. In this interactive talk, David draws on science, case studies and a pattern he has discovered in working with leaders and organizations around the world.

You’ll learn and apply a simple framework you can draw on a napkin, that unlocks trust and connection – the foundation of our collective humanity. The principles you’ll explore, with David as your guide, will help you have productive tough conversations, mix accountability with empathy, engage remote team members and so much more.

In this session, participants will:

  • Identify simple daily practices they can use immediately to reduce the friction on their teams
  • Internalize a framework that guides behavior and naturally increases performance, innovation, retention, transparent communication and well-being
  • Shift their perception of leadership and the role they play in shaping the culture based on trust, connection and psychological safety

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Leading During Uncertainty: How to confidently take on the unknown we face, together

Length: 45 – 60 mins Format: Interactive Who it’s for: Those who want to prepare for challenges and uncertainty by unlocking the creativity and open minded thinking needed to weather the storm. ...

Length: 45 – 60 mins
Format: Interactive

Who it’s for:
Those who want to prepare for challenges and uncertainty by unlocking the creativity and open minded thinking needed to weather the storm.

Talk overview:
It’s human nature to seek the sense of comfort we feel with consistency and stability. Yet, we look toward the future and see more change and uncertainty than ever – economic downturn, shifts in the workforce, residual effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more unknowns to come. A Stanford University survey assessed business uncertainty is at its highest since 2015, with the level accelerating at an unprecedented rate. So, the only thing that’s certain is that there is more uncertainty ahead.

This state of instability can leave us feeling unsettled, demoralized, and anxious about the future. As a result, decision-making tends to become short-term and fear-based. As a result, progress slows; we become more rigid, and effective leadership declines. Rather than becoming adaptive, organization tend to be reactive.

During these times, leadership expert David Mead urges you to stop resisting uncertainty and choose to run toward it by building and maintaining a resilient culture. In this interactive talk, David will share simple ideas to shift your perception of challenging situations and how you can see them as opportunities.

Through polling and Q&A, David will encourage active participation that can prompt ideas for action for attendees. Audiences will walk away with tangible tools that can be practiced daily in order to fully engage their hearts and minds when obstacles arise.

Key concepts of the session include:

  • Our two primary drivers – Love and Fear
  • How to understand and manage the way we lead and influence others
  • Leading when we don’t know the answer
  • How to see humility as a strength and use it effectively
  • Activating trust on our team
  • How to create an environment where we can unlock the “collective genius” of the team

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About Keynote Speaker David Mead

David Mead is bringing humanity back to work. During the past 13 years David has worked with over 300 companies in 21 countries. In that time, he has discovered a pattern
that is present with every leader worth following.

David began his career in corporate training in 2004. In 2009 he was the second person to join speaker and author, Simon Sinek’s team. For the next 10 years, David helped
share Simon’s simple, inspiring ideas through speaking and workshops.

In 2017, David applied his years of practical experience and learning and co-authored, with Peter Docker and Simon Sinek, Find Your Why: a practical guide for discovering the WHY of an individual, team or organization. It has sold over 500,000 copies and is translated into 25 languages.

Since December, 2019 David has focused on helping leaders implement the powerful ideas he now talks about. He shares a simple framework that allows each of us to lead and influence others with genuine humanity, no matter our role or title. The result? Higher performance, innovation, collaboration, retention and importantly, well-being for us and our teams.

David is a no-stress presenter clients love working with. He brings a relatable, human approach to his ideas and guides people to identify frictionless daily practices they can use immediately after the session.

Testimonials

David, thank you for making our event a tremendous success. You mesmerized our audience with your thought-provoking, in-depth presentation of WHY. Read More

President

Caring Solutions LLC

We so loved David’s presentation! The initial reviews I have received were all positive. He did an excellent job instilling energy and getting everyone excited about our Why.

Linda Cencula

President and CEO, Alabama Telco Credit Union

Walking our senior management through the ‘Start With Why’ discipline was invaluable. The true benefits of your session won’t truly be felt in total for some time, but the important gestation period has begun. Read More

Amerisourcebergen Corporation

 

I left the session inspired to be a more supportive team member, a more attentive and present father, a more loving and involved husband and a better friend. Hard to believe that all that happened in one day during one training but it’s true. I am forever changed.

Matt: Public event

 

I have been to many leadership trainings over my career and David’s was different. He gave new insights along with the strategies and tools to implement what we were learning. I recommend any company who wants to have better leadership and authenticity to bring David in for a workshop.

Ben

Associate Director of Business Development, Tanner Accountants & Advisors

I’ll be honest, I was a skeptic and was going to multitask during David’s talk. But I don’t think he got more than a few sentences in when I took my hand off my computer mouse and started listening. Read More

Cynthia

Product Manager of Digital Commerce, H-E-B

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