Brent Gleeson

Brent Gleeson is a Navy SEAL combat veteran, award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author, and acclaimed speaker on topics ranging from leadership and building high-performance teams to culture, resilience, and organizational transformation. With degrees in finance and economics from Southern Methodist University, certificates in English and history from Oxford University in England, and a graduate business degree from the University of San Diego, Gleeson’s extensive experience is both academic and real-world in nature.

His book TakingPoint: A Navy SEAL’s 10 Fail Safe Principles for Leading Through Change was a #1 new release in the categories of organizational change and business structural adjustment. Gleeson is also the founder and CEO of TakingPoint Leadership, a progressive leadership and management consulting firm with a focus on leadership development, business transformation, and building high-performance cultures.

Gleeson has won awards for business leadership and was named one of the “Top 10 CEOs” in Entrepreneur Magazine’s October 2013 issue for his exemplary approach to building high-performance business teams. You can learn more about his leadership philosophies in his weekly columns on Inc.com and Forbes.com.