Todd Dewett

Relationships Speaker, Best-selling Author, Leadership and Authenticity Guru

Dr. Todd Dewett is a globally recognized leadership educator and speaker. He is the author of over fifty popular books and courses, including his latest book Dancing with Monsters. After working with Andersen Consulting and Ernst & Young, he completed his PhD at Texas A&M University in Organizational Behavior and enjoyed ten years as an award-winning professor. He’s delivered over 1,000 speeches around the world (5xTEDx) and created a library of online courses enjoyed by millions of professionals in nearly every country on the planet. His clients include Microsoft, IBM, Ernst & Young, Boeing, ExxonMobil, and hundreds more.

Todd Dewett Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$10,001 - $20,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
Texas, USA

Todd Dewett Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type
$10,001 - $20,000
Languages Spoken
English
Travels From
Texas, USA

Why Todd Dewett?

Todd makes people believe that more is possible. His focus on authenticity, leadership, and relationships is truly unique. There are many leadership speakers who are mostly entertainers, but Dr. Dewett is the real thing: former award-winning scholar, coach to millions, and a world-class storyteller who ignites change every time he steps on stage. The tattoos and blue jeans grab attention, but it’s the inspiring message and practical take-a-ways that have built his audience around the world. Audience members leave changed – armed and ready to look at themselves differently, approach their teams differently, and think about success differently.

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DANCING WITH MONSTERS

Dancing with Monsters is a colorful take on the need to face your fears, find positive perspectives, and realize your authentic self. It’s about being the leader they want to follow. It’s also about knowing you’re enough – more than enough. The monsters you see around you aren’t scary. They are what you make them. With empathy and perseverance, you’ll find the hidden value in any monster. In fact, you can use them to build the trust and rapport needed for real innovation. Get ready for an emotional ride as you learn to face your fears and chase new growth. Want to manage change more successfully? Want the team to embrace creativity and innovation? Want your message to be impactful? Join world renowned leadership personality Dr. Todd Dewett and find out why it’s time for you to go Dancing with Monsters.

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Show Your Ink: Unleashing the Power of Authenticity

This powerhouse keynote is based on Dr. Dewett’s popular book Show Your Ink. It’s a supremely colorful take on the importance of authenticity in work and life. Dr. Dewett’s...

This powerhouse keynote is based on Dr. Dewett’s popular book Show Your Ink. It’s a supremely colorful take on the importance of authenticity in work and life.

Dr. Dewett’s decades of research and business experience have revealed that too often people, teams, and companies lack one vital ingredient for success: authenticity. At its core, authenticity is about being “more.” More real. More honest. More credible. Above all, more human. Authentic relationships are built on trust, rapport, candor, and vulnerability. The result is stronger motivation, productivity, and a willingness to change and improve.

Using practical strategies backed by science, and stories as his medium, Dr. Dewett lights a fire and changes how you view yourself, your team, and your work. Get ready for an emotional ride as you learn that more is always possible when you are as authentic as possible.

This talk is a traditional keynote-style talk using engaging and educational stories that make the learning stick. The goal is to have your team energized and ready to engage their roles at a higher level.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

More is always possible. Create teams that are committed, not just compliant. Ignite the fire for excellence as the only real standard. Transform your culture by investing in world-class relationships.
Excellence is free. The very best drivers of personal and team improvement don’t cost a penny. It takes time, effort, and honesty – but it’s free. Start leading the way and change can start right now.
Authenticity beats authority. Achievement is about connection, not power. Discover and clarify the authentic you. Through candor, build authenticity in others. Remember, authority means people have to comply. Authenticity means people want to help.

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LIVE HARD MAXIMIZING WHAT'S POSSIBLE - NOW!

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This electric keynote is based on Dr. Dewett’s powerhouse book Live Hard. Your audience will fall in love with this colorful take on creating success, living fully, and leading as a champion of change and innovation.

To maximize what’s possible you must understand what it means to lead fearlessly and embrace possibilities. It’s all about making thoughtful decisions in order to live fearlessly, create success, and to embrace the future. With the right attitude, relationships, and choices the future is yours to define. Choose to live fully. Choose to live the dream. Choose to live hard.

Using practical advice backed by science, and stories as his familiar foundation, Dr. Dewett shines a light on your path forward. No more hiding behind fear. No more excuses. It’s time for an exhilarating ride into a world where more is always possible.

This talk is a traditional keynote-style talk using fun and instructional stories that makes knowledge accessible and practical. Your team will feel informed, motivated, and ready to tackle tomorrow successfully.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Fear is useful. Some fears are real. Most are illusions that deceive. It’s time to face your fears and speed up learning by allowing fear to propel you forward. When you realize that fear is your friend, you’re ready for rapid growth. What are you afraid of? When you’re ready, there is only one answer – nothing.
Creativity is required. Sure, intelligence matters. Yes, hard work is vital. But the missing ingredient is creativity. You don’t achieve excellence without making new contributions beyond the status quo. New products, services, processes, technologies, business models – creativity and innovation must be among your top skills.
Perspective is everything. Chasing excellence isn’t risk free. There will be bumps in the road. The truly successful learn how to process these moments faster and smarter. You have to make the choice to see the silver lining, to define a learning moment, to choose to grow through the situation. In tough moments, perspective is everything.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION: WHAT MOST MANAGERS THINK, BUT ONLY GREAT MANAGERS DO

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This entertaining keynote is based on Dr. Dewett’s writing and research on creativity and innovation. The talk is a brutally honest take on the importance of creativity, innovation, and change at work; how we don’t manage them correctly – and what to do about it.

Dr. Dewett’s years of scholarly study and practical business experience lead him to identify one major truth about creativity and innovation: we say we want them, but often resist them passionately. Creativity and innovation are about questioning our reality, debating how we do things better, and tolerating new ideas. In practice, the status quo often dominates, people don’t want to debate, and new ideas are not embraced. It’s time to close the gap between what we say and what we do.

Using straight talk and practical insights, Dr. Dewett illuminates the key leader behaviors that drive creativity and innovation. Change emerges not as a complex phenomenon that is hard to initiate, but as a natural tendency that is too often suppressed.

Get ready to laugh, think, and hold yourself accountable as Dr. Dewett shares facts, anecdotes, and stories that make creativity and innovation truly accessible. You will leave with a new view of creativity and innovation, a new vision about how to support next-level conversations, and a strong desire to get started immediately.

Like all of Dr. Dewett’s talks this is a traditional keynote-style talk using engaging and educational stories that make learning come to life. The goal is to have your team energized and ready to move past the rhetoric to kick-start real progress.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

People don’t resist change. This is a myth caused by poor management. People only resist change they don’t understand, change they did not see coming, change for which they have not been prepared or trained, and change for which they did not have a voice in creating.
Mistakes are essential. No important new product, service, process, technology, or business model arrives fully formed and error free. Great things always emerge from a process of learning that involves smart principled risks. In a culture that values creativity and innovation, learning from mistakes is an expected right-of-passage.
Candor trumps civility. Real change requires real conversation. Civility is to be highly valued, but not as much as straight talk. Unfiltered but professional candid conversations are always at the heart of successful change movements. Good teams love civility, but great teams love candor even more.

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BUILDING TEAMS THAT TRANSFORM: THE FUNNY TRUTH ABOUT WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T

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This thought-provoking keynote is based on Dr. Dewett’s many years of writing, research, and teaching – much of it derived from his popular guidebook The Little Black Book of Leadership. Over time, so many half-truths have emerged about how to build great teams. Todd shares the very few that are actually backed by science and truly work in the real world.

The simple truth about teams is that achieving compliance is easy, but inspiring commitment is more difficult. Staffing a team, setting expectations, and delivering feedback are not complicated processes. Building a winning team, collaborating to set engaging goals, and creating a dialogue that improves all of us is much more challenging – but so worth it. When managed correctly, a team is definitely much more than the sum of its parts.

It’s time to bridge the gap between our potential and our reality. Using his trademark no-nonsense delivery, Dr. Dewett shares the behaviors and practices that transform a group into a team. Your attendees will be entertained and educated as Todd uses practical wisdom and memorable stories to prepare you for next level performance.

Like all of Dr. Dewett’s talks this is a traditional story-based keynote-style talk that is practical and applied. The result is professionals more informed about how great teams function and more willing to go make it happen.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Ownership is everything. Goals and clear expectations are essential, right? Kind of. They of course matter, but never move a team forward rapidly. Not unless each team member feels they have ownership. Voice, collaboration, and ownership are what turn compliance into commitment.
Rewards are overrated. Okay, when earned, recognition and rewards are very useful. Notice the key word – earned. Most organizations strive passionately to recognize everyone for something. Bad move. Reward excellence, and for everyone else build a positive and supportive work environment that creates the conditions for – you guessed it – more excellence.
Passionate for positivity. The first rule of great teams is that we’re all in this together. No show-offs, people who hog the credit, and no bullies of any kind. Negativity occasionally gets you compliance due to fear. It never helps you achieve commitment. In contrast, positive leaders and a positive work culture will move your employees to follow you through the most difficult of challenges.

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Testimonials

“Todd is just captivating – fun and huge energy! His positive life-affirming messages are always a hit with our leadership team and staff. The way he uses stories is powerful and relatable – they are messages with lasting impact.”

Associate Director

Americas Talent Team

“The consensus of the surveys can be summed up in two words: GREAT SPEAKER! All of the surveys were positive, not one negative comment. They all loved how relatable your stories were to our professional and personal life, loved how you kept their attention, and could have listened to you longer. I definitely agree with them and want to THANK YOU again for speaking at our event.”

Executive Office Administrator

The Boeing Company

“I booked Dr. Dewett twice – once to keynote a large executive–level meeting and once for a large gathering of middle managers. He killed it both times – lots of learning, huge laughs, emotional and engaging. A world class speaker – highly recommended!”

HR Director

Exxon Mobil