Jeff Dewing left school at sixteen and worked his way up the ranks as an engineer, later establishing his own successful business, EAC. Unfortunately, the distraction caused by his investment in a Football Club led to the business’s bankruptcy. This taught him a crucial lesson: if you’re not passionate about what you’re doing, get out of it fast before it costs you. Aged 39, he was bankrupt. In a matter of months, he saw his life collapse, from owning a multi-million-pound business and a football club to claiming benefits.
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JEFF DEWING – FOUNDER: CLOUD
Undeterred by bankruptcy, Jeff realised he had much to learn and returned to the working world for the next ten years. He had turned his life around and started Cloud in 2011 from his garden shed. Cloud is projected to be valued at £250M by 2026.
Jeff believes leaders must let go to grow.
He acknowledges that mistakes are inevitable, having lived through them himself, but instead of hindering success, they fuelled his growth. Building a business around his passion, he now wakes up every day feeling as if he doesn’t work a day in his life.
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JEFF DEWING – PUBLIC SPEAKING
Emerging as a sought-after speaker for international corporate events, Jeff not only entertains with candid anecdotes but offers practical takeaways that attendees can readily apply in their professional lives. Jeff’s job is to make you leave every talk or workshop punching the air, whether it’s a live or virtual event.
Attendees will jump out of bed the next day, ready to take on the world armed with new perspectives, bundles of confidence and a desire to think big. Each of Jeff Dewing’s sessions is bespoke and customised to the audience’s needs, ensuring they come away empowered and energised to implement the learnings.
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JEFF DEWING – INTERNATIONAL ENERGISER TOPICS
The way you make me feel: recruitment and retention on steroids Jeff explores how people no longer want to clock in and out of work for a paycheque, and why it’s up to leaders to create more meaning and fulfilment for their teams.
Your audience will learn:
- Why people join a company and leave a boss
- The importance of brand
- What makes people want to join you?
- Why interviews are not fit for purpose
- An onboarding process to fall in love with
- Building retention, loyalty, and commitment
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If you want to grow, let go: Learn how to build autonomous teams that succeed without you. As a business leader, you may have experienced the constant struggle to balance responsibilities, inundated with an overflowing inbox and back-to-back meetings. However, the number of emails in your inbox is not a measure of your self-importance but rather a reflection and symptom of your ineffectiveness. Without time to focus on meaningful work, the growth of your business and the ability to make strategic decisions are hindered.
Your audience will learn:
- Why imposter syndrome is a superpower
- Why culture is the silver bullet for autonomous teams
- How to cultivate a culture of freedom, clarity, and trust
- How to nurture coaches, not managers
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Build an unbeatable workplace culture: Do you think it takes years to grow an unbeatable workplace culture? Jeff shows how it can happen overnight if you drive it from the top. Cloud’s engagement levels, more than doubling industry benchmarks, attest to Jeff’s innovative approach.
Your audience will learn:
- How to build authentic values
- How to nurture coaches, not managers
- How to foster the best possible teams
- How Jeff did it at Cloud
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JEFF DEWING – WRITING AND THE MEDIA
Jeff has contributed to several television segments, radio shows, podcasts and online and printed media publications including
The Times, Financial Times, BBC,
The Daily Express, Management Today, People Management and
Business Leader, among others.
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JEFF DEWING – PODCASTER
In addition, Jeff Dewing hosts his podcast
Doing the Opposite: Business Disruptors, where he speaks to the entrepreneurs and top-level business executives who refuse to play within the traditional rules of business and ‘do the opposite’ to create lasting legacies. Previous guests include
Sir Clive Woodward and Sue Fennessy.
To check fees and availability for employee engagement and retention speaker Jeff Dewing, contact Great Business Speakers on 0044 (0)1753 439289
