Leadership and Workplace Culture Expert
David Mead is bringing humanity back to work. Since 2009, David has worked with over 300 companies in 23 countries. In that time, he has discovered a pattern that is present with every leader worth following. He now helps others replicate and follow that pattern.
In 2009 David 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 600,000 copies and is translated into over 25 languages.
Since Dec, 2019 David has focused on helping leaders implement what he calls (un)Common Sense™ Leadership. He shares a simple framework you can draw on a napkin, 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 leaders and their 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.
Length: ~45 - 75 mins
Format: Interactive keynote
Who It’s For:
Those who want to achieve sustainable performance through becoming the type of leader people choose to follow, instead of the type of leader people have to follow.
Talk Overview:
Great leadership isn’t a secret—it’s common sense. We can all name the traits of the best leaders we’ve followed. Yet, despite being obvious, those traits are uncommon in leadership today. Why? Because although we know them, sometimes we just don’t put them into practice.
We allow things like outside pressure or human friction to get in the way. These are things like:
Most leaders try to fix these issues with policies and processes—but rules don’t build trust. Systems don’t inspire ownership. No structure can replace the human dynamics that make or break a team.
The real solution? Leading with (Un)common Sense.
In this interactive talk, David shares science-backed insights, real-world leadership challenges, and a simple, napkin-sketch framework that helps leaders reduce friction, build trust, and create teams that people want to be part of.
In this session, you’ll:
The best leadership principles aren’t revolutionary—they’re (Un)common Sense. And the leaders who actually practice them are the ones people choose to follow.
Every organization on the planet strives for high performance, growth, productivity, and results. And often, organizations don’t realize they are self-sabotaging those efforts through the experience they create for their people. When the culture we talk about doesn’t align with the culture our people experience, Culture Dissonance occurs. People go into self-preservation mode, and they find it more difficult to trust and develop connections with others. Healthy, productive environments have Culture Congruence, where the stated culture aligns with daily behaviors.
In this highly interactive session, David draws on statistically significant research, his personal experience, as well as the patterns he has observed in leaders and organizations around the world. He will identify the symptoms of Culture Dissonance and explore three specific leadership traits that, when put into practice, lead to Culture Congruence, ensuring that the culture we talk about matches the experience people actually have at work.
In this practical and inspiring session, David Mead shares three simple, no-cost habits leaders can use immediately to build deeper trust, stronger connections, and higher performance on their teams. Drawing from over a decade of working with leaders worldwide, including his years alongside Simon Sinek, David reveals how small, intentional actions can strip away unnecessary friction, make leadership more human, and unlock the best in others. Attendees will leave with actionable tools they can start using the very next day because great leadership doesn’t have to be complicated to be effective.
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