David Kean
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David Kean

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David Kean is an entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker and energiser. For over three decades, tens of thousands of business people all over the world have enjoyed the excitement and energy of David’s live and online events on pitching, sales, negotiation, leadership, persuasion and personal performance. Described by British Airways Business Life magazine as ‘the best pitch coach around’, David has helped leaders in businesses ranging from startups to multinationals to win millions in new revenues and extract the highest performance from themselves and their teams. Clients have described David as ‘Mr. Energy’ and his work with them as ‘game-changing’. Blending performance psychology with the principles of persuasion and neuroscience, David has an immediate and tangible impact on the results achieved by the businesses he helps. As one client said: ‘You don’t need a calculator to work out the ROI – the impact is immediate’. With a mission to unleash the power of human intelligence within businesses, David and the Catalyst team help change the way organisations think, communicate, align and take action and have worked with famous brands on four continents across multiple industries from fashion and technology to automotive and professional services. David has co-founded three award winning companies, regularly features in podcasts, speaks at conferences from Los Angeles to Shanghai and has written five best selling books: The Work Smarter Guide to Sales (Robinson, an imprint of Hachette Group) 2024 Catalyst – networking for introverts (Piatkus) 2022 (shortlisted for self development book of 2022) How to win friends and influence profits (Marshall Cavendish) 2009 Pitching to win (Marshall Cavendish) 2008 How not to come second (Cyan) 2006 Recently, David has spoken at events for London Business School and the Marketing Society, at technology, corporate finance and media conferences and has appeared on Voice America’s Business Elevation Show and the BBC as an expert on personal and business growth.
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