Award-winning business author Dean Lindsay is a powerful business keynote speaker with a humorous and engaging approach. He has been hailed as ‘America’s Progress Agent’ by The Strategic HR Forum as well as:
All of Dean’s presentations – in person & virtual – and his fully customized coaching programs are designed to reach each client’s desired outcomes. Here are some of his most requested topics:
Dean’s books, including CREATING PROGRESS IN A WORLD OF CHANGE and HOW TO ACHIEVE BIG PHAT GOALS (Winner of the Business Class News Editors’ Choice award for BOOK OF THE YEAR and Recommended as one of the ’21 BEST GOAL SETTING BOOKS TO READ’ on PositivePsychology .com) have sold over 100,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Korean, Spanish and Greek.
Dean’ national and international clients include: United States Patent and Trademark Office, KPMG, American Airlines, True Value Hardware, Texas A&M, New York Life, Aramark Canada, Century 21, Precision Tune Auto Care Franchising Inc., House of Blues, Anthem, Michigan State University, Pacific Life & Annuity, Marriott, Heinz, First Heritage Credit Union, Hilton, Relax the Back, American Express, Western Union, Verizon, John Hancock Financial, HANDHELD (Sweden), Amway, Nestle, Gold’s Gym, FASTSIGNS, Bell Partners, EKOS (Ecuador), LPL Financial, UNITS Franchising Group, Menards, ConocoPhillips, Haggar Clothing, Workout Anytime Franchising Systems LLC and the United States Peace Corp.
He has had the privilege of sharing his powerful business growth insights on stages across the globe including: Spain, Turkey, Poland, Ecuador, Mexico, Canada, Venezuela, Sweden and the islands of Aruba and Jamaica. Dean is an active member of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy, a cum laude graduate of the University of North Texas and has served as Guest Lecturer to both the UCLA and University of
Dean has served as a featured contributor to Entrepreneur’s Organization’s (EO) OCTANE Blog, HR. com’s Leadership Excellence Magazine, CEOWorld Magazine, The Smart Manager (India), Training Magazine Europe, Executive Travel, Sales and Service Excellence, Networking Times and the American Management Association’s Moving Ahead magazine as well as numerous podcasts and the audio magazine Selling Power Live. His business views have also been featured on the Voice of America radio as well as the Dallas Morning News and Monster.com.
Dean’s thoughts on authentic business development by building and strengthening PROGRESS-based work cultures have been endorsed by a who’s who of international business thought leaders including Ken Blanchard (author of THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER) who calls Dean’s writings “a much needed kick in the pants.”
You can’t achieve your best without learning the all-important art of connecting. Dean Lindsay’s rip-roaring CODE Cracking programs, based on his best selling business book Cracking the Networking CODE: 4 Steps to Priceless Relationships, are filled with fresh insights to build meaningful, profitable, win-win relationships for business and life.
“More than a motivational speaker, Dean Lindsay is The DEAN of Sales and Service! Energetic, Funny and Thought Provoking, Dean delivered an outstanding presentation to our elite group of business people. We look forward to inviting Dean back to our next business event!”
“Your message was extremely appropriate to our Sales Leaders during these uncertain financial times. As you are aware, like most major corporations, we are dealing with lots of change both with the economy and organizationally and your message was relevant and on the mark.”
“Dean Lindsay was the perfect choice to keynote the Meineke Dealers Association Convention. His combination of contagious wit and sales and service insights inspired us to face the challenge of improving our operations, while providing us the template to make it happen.”
“Dean Lindsay is an outstanding thought leader on the subject of developing priceless business relationships.”
“Dean brings a great sense of how to connect quickly with people through impactful and fun stories. If your goal is to give your franchisees tools to drive sales and support it with service initiatives through a fun and energized session, I highly recommend Dean.”
“We had Dean speak at our international Business Partner Conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Dean delivered a very energetic, dynamic and humorous motivational speech for our international Group of reselling partners, focusing on change and progress. I can highly recommend him.”
” ‘Change Management’ is one of our leadership competencies and we were thrilled to learn from Dean. We now say no to “Change Management” and transitioned this competency to “Progress Leadership”. More than 300 of our leaders appreciated Dean’s approach to educate with entertainment.”
“We had Dean speak at our management retreat recently here in Montego Bay, Jamaica and we were treated to an engaging and energetic talk about a fresh approach to leadership, Progress Leadership. Dean’s message was timely and a fun kick in the pants. Dean is a genuine, talented, funny and easy to get to know person. I highly recommend Dean to any organization looking to improve the way you manage.”
“Wow!! That was amazing Dean! An absolutely perfect sales kickoff keynote for our team, best we have ever had! Thanks a million for your smart, fun, meaningful and engaging presentation. We loved it!”
“Dean Lindsay was a great choice for our keynote speaker at our annual Sales & Leadership summit. His energy, passion, humor, and guidance were highly valuable to our team. This was a great way to set a positive and thought-provoking kickoff with our leaders, his message and book “Progress Leadership” was perfect timing with the new business normal and us meeting for the first time in person since 2020. Dean’s message enabled our teams to implement new ideas and to drive progress within their organizations. Dean also was highly skilled in facilitating some of our team breakout sessions at the meeting. I would highly recommend to any company wanting to bring a fresh and useful message that will drive a positive culture and make your leadership team better in the future.”
