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Profile: Frank Dick OBE
Frank Dick is renowned as one of the best motivational speakers today. His presentations are highly amusing and anecdotal, challenging and inspirational, making uncomfortable listening for anyone prepared to accept second best.
Coaching has been Frank Dick's raison d'être for decades, inspiring world-beating performances from some of the top names in sport - Daley Thompson, Boris Becker, Gerhard Berger and Katarina Witt.
In business, he has helped develop a coaching culture in British Telecom, Unilever, Shell, Abbey National and Rolls Royce.
- His expertise derives from years of detailed research into individual success and achievement. He combines this wealth of knowledge and experience into an informative and motivational approach to achieving long-lasting transformation of both individual and team performance.
- Currently he is the President of the European Athletics Coaches Association, and a board member of the UK Sports Institute and Scottish Institute of Sport. Frank has also held the post of Chairman of the British Olympic Coaches Advisory Programme (1983 - 1994), and Director of Coaching for the British Athletics Federation (1974 - 1994).
- As well as his stand-alone presentations, Frank has developed an exciting new approach to training and development for business through his 'coaching' methods. Coaching builds on the general desire for improvement and will inspire people to better business performance.
- His two major publications are 'Sports Training Principles' and 'Winning', both classics in their fields.
- His contribution to sport and coaching has been recognised in being awarded the OBE in 1989, induction to the UK Coaches Hall of Fame in 1999, and the prestigious title UK Sporting Hero by Sport UK in 2001.