Presented by
Management Forum
The Leading Note: Dean Curtis with 'What Sport Can Teach Us About Leadership'
FREE leadership training course exploring transferable skills from sport to business. Perfect for managers, entrepreneurs, and transitioning athletes seeking career growth.
- Format: Free webinar
- CPD: 1 hours for your records
- Certificate of completion
Part of The Leading Note series:
A series of motivational talks featuring remarkable individuals from diverse fields. Discover their strategies and mindsets that drive success—and how to apply them both professionally and personally. In music, the leading note is the final note before the keynote of the scale. Unlike a keynote talk, which represents the main idea or conclusion, these leading note talks explore the path and momentum that guide you there—an ideal metaphor for talks focused on strategies that drive success.
Overview
In this FREE lunchtime session, explore how lessons from elite sport translate into effective leadership, business success, and personal development. Drawing on his business career achievements as CEO at LexisNexis Risk Solutions and lived experience as a footballer, Dean Curtis shares practical insight into performance, mindset, resilience, and the transferable skills developed through sport. The session blends real-world storytelling with actionable leadership principles and concludes with the opportunity for Q&A.
Key themes include maintaining a focus on performance rather than short-term results, building strong team culture, and recognising how the discipline, adaptability, and competitive mindset gained through sport can support leadership, entrepreneurship, and career transition beyond athletics.
This training course is part of our collection of Leadership & Management Training Courses which focus on leadership, innovation, strategy, communication, finance, problem solving and conflict management, to name a few key areas.
Benefits of attending
- Gain leadership insights grounded in elite sporting experience
- Learn how focusing on performance drives sustainable results
- Understand how strong team culture supports success in any field
- Identify transferable skills from sport applicable to business and leadership
- Build confidence in navigating career transitions or new challenges
- Reflect on personal leadership style and performance mindset
Who should attend?
This session is ideal for:
- Senior leaders, managers, and aspiring leaders
- HR, Learning & Development, and talent professionals
- Teams interested in high-performance culture and collaboration
- Entrepreneurs and professionals seeking leadership inspiration
- Athletes approaching retirement or transitioning from sport who want to understand how their skills, discipline, and competitive experience can transfer into business, leadership roles, or entrepreneurship
- Anyone interested in applying sporting principles to leadership, teamwork, or career development
Dean Curtis
RELX
A seasoned business leader, who has extensive experience in building high-performing, diverse teams and is committed to making the world a better place utilising data and technology .Previously, MD of LexisNexis Risk Solutions UK, he was responsible for the international expansion of the Risk business. Before joining RELX, Dean was VP, Global Business Director at Thomson Reuters and Managing Director at Wolters Kluwer. Currently based in London, he sits on the board of charities and has a background in professional sport, including coaching at Tottenham Hotspur.
