Ryan Leak

Ryan Leak is a Dallas-based author and executive coach who helps leaders stop running on autopilot and start leading themselves on purpose. He is the author of Chasing Failure: How Falling Short Sets You Up for Success, Leveling Up: 12 Questions to Elevate Your Personal and Professional Development, and How to Work with Complicated People.

Self-Leadership Built on Honest Questions

Ryan’s signature program, The Art of Self-Leadership, asks audiences to define their own version of success and take ownership of their growth. It builds on Leveling Up, his life inventory of 12 questions covering career, relationships, and personal development, and on Chasing Failure, which shows how setbacks can become the starting point for progress. He also teaches practical skills for working with difficult personalities, managing conflict, and building stronger teams.

A Storyteller for Business Audiences

Known for storytelling, humor, and high energy, Ryan tailors each talk to the room, whether it is a financial services convention, a corporate leadership summit, or a sales meeting. He has keynoted for organizations including D2L and Alkami and has worked with teams at Stryker and Securian Financial. Meeting planners who want a keynote on resilience, growth, and leading yourself before leading others will find a message their audience remembers.

What does Ryan Leak speak about?

Ryan speaks on resilience, self-leadership, and personal and professional growth. His signature program, The Art of Self-Leadership, helps audiences define their own version of success, and his talks draw on Chasing Failure and Leveling Up along with practical ideas for working with difficult personalities and building stronger teams.

What is Ryan Leak’s background?

Ryan is a Dallas-based author and executive coach. His books include Chasing Failure: How Falling Short Sets You Up for Success, Leveling Up: 12 Questions to Elevate Your Personal and Professional Development, and How to Work with Complicated People. He also hosts a podcast about the skill of followership.

Who books Ryan Leak to speak?

Meeting planners book Ryan for corporate leadership summits, financial services conventions, sales meetings, and learning and development events. He has keynoted for D2L and Alkami and is known for tailoring his storytelling and humor to each audience, in person or virtually.

The Art of Self-Leadership

Helps audiences define their own version of success and take ownership of their development before they try to lead others.

Leveling Up: 12 Questions to Elevate Your Personal and Professional Development

A guided life inventory built around 12 questions that cover career, relationships, and personal growth.

Chasing Failure: How Falling Short Sets You Up for Success

Reframes setbacks and calculated risk-taking as the raw material for growth, resilience, and innovation.

How to Work with Complicated People

Strategies for collaborating with difficult personalities, managing conflict, and building teams that work.