Dennis Brouwer

Dennis Brouwer is a seasoned leadership expert and author of "The Return on Leadership," a book that defines and quantifies the impact of the leader on growth in people, teams, and markets. Driven by a belief that effective leadership can be measured and improved, Brouwer combines research with personal experience to illustrate this point. His work is grounded in research conducted by The Leadership Circle, an organization that specializes in calibrating and enhancing leadership and team performance in alignment with broader organizational goals.

Brouwer's leadership insights are also shaped by his personal "sea stories," a term used by sailors to describe tales of overcoming impossible situations with limited resources, time, and planning. Throughout his career, Brouwer has faced his fair share of these challenges, beginning with his time as a carrier-based naval flight officer, where he accumulated nearly 1,000 hours of flight time and 200 carrier landings. He later co-founded a venture-backed software-as-a-service start-up, successfully led the turnaround of a $300 million IT services business, and served as a senior executive for a Fortune 500 company, overseeing over $3 billion in global revenue.

Currently, Brouwer serves as the CEO of The Brouwer Group LLC, focusing on leadership and team-building. He works as a Client Strategist, where he helps large enterprises navigate the complexities of the post-pandemic economy while adapting to the rapid pace of the 4th Industrial Revolution. Brouwer resides in Loudoun County, Virginia, a place that uniquely blends peaceful rural landscapes with the world's largest collection of data centers, reflecting the contradictions of the modern world that Brouwer often confronts in his work.