Motivational SpeakersLeon Lloyd has played rugby at the highest level, both with and against some of the best players in the world.
Leon signed for Leicester Tigers in 1996 and, during his 11 years at the club, had some incredible experiences, the most memorable being the team’s victory in the 2001 Heineken Cup Final.
In 2000, Leon earned his first cap as an England International and went on to tour with the Barbarians on five occasions.
In 2007, he moved from Leicester Tigers to Gloucester Rugby, where he got off to a promising start, scoring five tries in just six games.
By this point in his career, Leon had battled against several injuries; however, during a game against the Ospreys in 2008, he sustained an injury that would later prove to end his playing career.
Leon Lloyd – Life after Rugby:
Since retiring from playing the sport, he has gained a first-class honours degree in Leadership and Business Management, followed by an MBA, receiving a Distinction.
As a PhD candidate in Leadership and Change Management, he has gone on to work with many global organisations such as the Premier League, the UK Special Forces, Microsoft, and AMEX.
From Boot Room to Board Room:
When faced with retiring from professional sport at 30, Leon felt he was perfectly placed to deal with his career transition. After spending some dark months trying to figure out what his next challenge was going to be, he noticed there was not much information readily available to people in a similar position, & those who went before Leon seemed to have also struggled with the sense of no longer having a purpose, so he decided to change that.
Through detailing his own highs & lows throughout his sporting career, he was able to highlight transferable skills & relatable experiences that were both useful to a retiring athlete to recognise, & also for a potential future employer to take advantage of.
By accident, he laid the foundations and created his first-ever book – ‘Life After Sport – From Boot Room to Board Room’.
Keynote Speaker:
His years of playing elite rugby and working with elite organisations have given him remarkable insights into the entire life cycle of high-performing teams.
Leon has a deep understanding of how high-performing teams are made, how they, or individuals, can be crushed and then rebuilt, and how they can go on to develop a sustainable winning mindset and culture.
He is passionate about the importance of attitude and culture in achieving high performance. You cannot buy a culture. Together, you have to create and agree on a set of collective behaviours that have momentum.
He shares with his clients innumerable insights, stories, practical tools, tips and techniques and a step-by-step framework for building a winning team and achieving sustained success. He also shares how you can go from the highest of the highs to the lowest of the lows and then come back stronger.
Leon grew up in Coventry and still maintains a dream to score the winning goal in an FA Cup Final for Coventry City.!
As the eldest of four children, Leon left school at 16 to pursue a professional sports career and has benefitted from lots of support and guidance along his journey.
As a result of this, giving back to others less fortunate is high on his personal agenda and he has been an Ambassador and Business Mentor for the Prince’s Trust since 2004, as well as being a Patron for Action Deafness. He is a co-founder of the Switch the Play Foundation, the first UK charity that assists professional sports people in transitioning away from their sport.
Similarly, he also sits as an advisor to the UK Government on supporting veterans in finding their next careers, intending to make the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran by 2028.
