Dyson
Heppell
Ten seasons at the elite level. Seven of them as captain of Essendon. Now in front of rooms talking leadership, resilience and the culture that holds teams together when it stops being easy.
A decade in the most scrutinised job in Australian sport
Drafted to Essendon in 2010, Dyson played more than 250 games across ten seasons and captained the club for seven of them. Rising Star, All-Australian, best-and-fairest, finals football, long-term injury, and one of the most turbulent periods any AFL club has lived through.
He led through all of it, mostly in public.
What he brings to a stage isn't a highlight reel. It's a practical read on how groups hold together under pressure — how standards get set and kept, how trust gets built, and what a leader actually owes the people around them.
Since hanging up the boots he's stayed at the Bombers off-field, founded HAYCH, and told a slice of the story to a national audience in the jungle.
Four things he's genuinely qualified to talk about
Seven years leading a football club: setting standards, holding people to them, and leading people who are older, better paid and more stubborn than you.
Injury, scrutiny, losing seasons, and turning up again on Monday. How to keep a group moving when the scoreboard isn't helping you.
Straight talk about pressure, identity and asking for help — and what leaders can do to make that normal inside their own four walls.
The unglamorous habits underneath elite teams, and which of them actually transfer to a business trying to perform every week of the year.
Recent work
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“Testimonial from an event organiser goes here — a line or two is plenty.”
HAYCH The Label
The streetwear label Dyson founded, built around Harrison — his optimism, his bucket list, and a kind of courage that makes you rethink your own week. Every drop carries a piece of that story, so what you wear says something.
It's the work he's proudest of, and the part audiences remember longest.
Visit HAYCH →
Speaking
opportunities
Date, audience, and what you want people walking out with. Dyson replies personally.