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August 01, 2026 Deri Llewellyn-Davies: Leadership, Ultra States, and Performing Under Pressure

Deri Llewellyn-Davies grew up in a small rural village in Wales, where a strong sense of community shaped his approach to leadership, service, and responsibility.

Over more than three decades, Deri has advised and served on more than 330 boards, earning a reputation for helping organizations think clearly, make better decisions, and lead effectively under pressure.

He is the creator of Strategy on a Page, a No. 1 bestselling methodology that has helped thousands of founders simplify complexity and scale their businesses with purpose.

Beyond the boardroom, Deri has continually tested the limits of human performance. He has climbed six of the world’s highest mountains, completed the Marathon des Sables, and competed in Ironman events.

These experiences led him to develop Ultra States—a framework that views performance as the ability to select the right state for the moment, rather than relying on motivation alone. His work reframes burnout as the result of overusing a single state and offers leaders a more sustainable way to perform, adapt, and thrive.

In this episode, Deri and Debbi explore:

• How leaders can think more clearly under pressure

• Why simplicity is essential when scaling a business

• What extreme endurance challenges teach us about leadership

• Why high performance depends on selecting the right state

• How relying on one state can lead to burnout

• The connection between strategy, resilience, and purposeful action

Deri brings clear thinking, extraordinary lived experience, and a systems-level perspective to this powerful conversation about leadership, pressure, endurance, and human performance.

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