Dean Crisp

Bestselling author and leadership expert, Dean Crisp is a four-decade law enforcement veteran. During his tenure as a cop, Dean served as an officer, supervisor, commander, and eventually seventeen years as chief of police in two South Carolina communities, the first, Greer, SC where he was the youngest chief of police in the state and then retiring as chief from Columbia, South Carolina. His commitment to leadership and growing future leaders continued after retirement when he became National...See more

Bestselling author and leadership expert, Dean Crisp is a four-decade law enforcement veteran. During his tenure as a cop, Dean served as an officer, supervisor, commander, and eventually seventeen years as chief of police in two South Carolina communities, the first, Greer, SC where he was the youngest chief of police in the state and then retiring as chief from Columbia, South Carolina. His commitment to leadership and growing future leaders continued after retirement when he became National Training Director for FBI-LEEDA in 2009 helping to create and teach their trilogy program to leaders across the nation and North American continent. Dean has received numerous awards throughout his career including the prestigious Thomas Jefferson Award among others for his commitment to growing and nurturing youth in Asheville, North Carolina. He was the first police officer to receive this award and the youngest at the time. Dean has continued his commitment to leadership development by creating Leaders Helping Leaders Network with three leadership development classes that create LHLN's Significant Leader Award for those who complete all three classes. He is host of Straight Talk on Leadership podcast and author of LHLN's weekly blog and Monday Motivation all designed to inspire, inform, and instruct the next generation of leaders. Dean holds a Master Degree in Public Affairs from Western Carolina University and resides in Asheville with his wife of forty years, Kim. Together they are the proud parents and grandparents of two sons, Adam and Andrew and combined their eight grandchildren.He has published many articles for major law enforcement magazines and is the bestselling author of Essential Leadership Lessons from the Thin Blue Line, published by Light Messages Publishing in 2021. His second book, The Leadership Recipe, will be an allegorical look at the ingredients that make great leaders through one young manager's journey. See less