Jan 16 2017
Ron Dennis
Former Team Principal, Team McLaren Mercedes & Chairman & CEO, McLaren Group
Ron Dennis was head of the world-beating McLaren Formula 1 team from 1980 to 2009. Having announced his decision to step down as McLaren team principal in 2009, he makes it very clear – he is not retiring, but going to work harder, so that McLaren can “power through this recession”. Lauded as one of Britain’s most successful managers, he is known for combining an obsessive attention to detail with a powerful long-term vision.
“Formula One’s kingmaker…a man rated as F1’s supreme operator'” – The Observer
At just 21, Ron Dennis headed up engineering and mechanics for Australia’s triple world Formula 1 champion Jack Brabham. He created the McLaren International team in 1980 when he merged his own company, Project Four, with Team McLaren Limited. The outfit dominated Formula One in the 1980s and at either end of the 1990s, with four consecutive constructors’ titles. McLaren has competed in Formula One since 1966, but it was under Dennis that it achieved dominance in the 1990s, becoming the most successful Formula One team in history at that time, with 148 Grands Prix wins. The team has also claimed eleven Formula One Drivers’ World Championships and eight Formula One World Constructors’ Championships.[/expand]
Ron Dennis, the ultimate Formula One street fighter, shares with his global audiences his experience and knowledge of how to lead in the fastest, most competitive global marketplace of all. Ron’s McLaren has been called a frictionless machine and he reveals how to create a culture that brings together the top talent from your industry and unites them behind a common goal.[/expand]
Ron Dennis’ truly captivating and highly motivating presentations are not to be missed. His insights into to the establishing of a world class company, that continually pushes forward the frontiers of technical design and application in many fields of advanced engineering, are relevant to every industry.[/expand]
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Topics
Vision, Conviction and Obsessive Attention to Detail
Creating the Ultimate Working Environment
Leadership Is About Attracting and Unleashing Talent
Everybody Wins: and That Means All Stakeholders
Publications
2000 – Honoured with a CBE for services to motorsport
2001 – Presented with a BRDC Gold Medal in recognition for his contribution to motorsport
1996 – Awarded with an Hon DTech from De Montford University
1997 – An Hon DSc from City University, London
2000 – An Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University of Surrey
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