Dennis J. Volpe, M.S., M.A., is a Principal at the Leadership Research Institute (LRI) who specializes in leadership development, executive performance coaching, and team effectiveness for leaders in governmental and non-governmental agencies, manufacturing companies, staffing services, financial services, small businesses, non-profit organizations, local governments, and Veteran entrepreneurs.
He is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), a popular keynote speaker and a best-selling author on transition and personal leadership. He partners with leaders and team to unlock their performance, maximize business results, and increase team effectiveness.
Dennis is especially known for his success in the advancement of Veteran leaders in the corporate and small business arenas.
He helps companies attract, develop, accelerate, and retain top talent with results in focus, effectiveness, productivity, and performance, along with an increased sense resilience that keeps leaders at their best.
Dennis’ areas of expertise include:
- Personal Leadership: Increasing Self Awareness, Vision, Strategy, Personal Development and Actions Plans, and Maximizing Performance.
- Strength-Based and Values-Based Leadership Development: Building the capacity to fully leverage people’s strengths to accelerate their development and leverage past experiences.
- Veterans in Leadership: Providing perspective for Veteran recruiting, onboarding, mentoring, and leadership development to fully leverage Veteran skills, abilities and experience.
- Group and Team Dynamics: Leveraging Leaders for Higher Engagement and Better Results.
- Strategic Alignment: Creating focus and alignment across a team on critical requirements for future organizational and personal success.
- Change Leadership: Articulating Future Vision, Crafting compelling cases for change, Architecting the change process, and Communicating with credibility.
His services include:
- Executive Coaching: 1:1 Executive Leadership and Performance Coaching, Team Coaching, and Masterminds.
- Veteran and Top Talent Leadership Development Programs: Design and delivery of Leadership Development Programs to attract, develop, accelerate, and retain Top Talent.
- Keynote Speaking: Keynotes, Presentations, and Workshops.
- Strategic/Operational Level Planning: Coaching, consulting and facilitation.
- Veteran Awareness Workshops: Keynotes, Presentations, and Military 101 Workshops.
- Gallup Strengths, EQ-I 2.0 Profile, Restore and Engage Assessments: Online diagnostic-based feedback for individuals and teams.
During the past few years, Dennis has worked extensively with Emerging Leaders and Developing Talent programs with Fortune 500 companies and Veteran entrepreneurs. His clients are in consulting, aerospace and aviation, manufacturing, high tech, financial services, small business, governmental and non-profit organizations, and entrepreneurs like Adobe, American Corporate Partners, Citi, Collins Aerospace, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Microsoft, Precision Castparts Corporation, Timet, Trident Coffee, and United Technologies.
Dennis’ understanding of leadership comes from over twenty years of operational leadership experience as a career Naval Officer to include Command at Sea; multiple overseas deployments; an operational planner tour in Afghanistan; a tour as the Director of Future Operations for U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command; and several years as a Leadership instructor, Leadership Course Coordinator, and Ethics Facilitator at the United States Naval Academy; and a number of academic and intellectual pursuits.
Dennis is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC), a Columbia University Certified Executive Coach, and a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach. Dennis earned his Masters of Science in Leadership Development from the Naval Postgraduate School and his Masters of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. Dennis is a certified and proven strategic and operational planner and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business Executive Leadership Course.
Dennis is very involved in his community as a mentor/coach supporting military to civilian transition programs as well as participatory, hands-on leadership programs for emerging leaders.
Dennis enjoys the outdoors, is a passionate college Rugby and Lacrosse fan, and is a recreational triathlete. Dennis and his wife, Amanda, live outside Manchester, New Hampshire.