Ep. 17 – Leadership Development, It Just Makes Sense to Me. With Guest Bob Leslie.

After a 30-year career in professional hockey, mostly in Switzerland and Germany, Bob Leslie has transitioned from working with professional athletes to who he likes to call ‘corporate athletes’. What do they have in common? Both environments have pressure, competition, expectations and need to be results driven; they also require a people centred approach to get the most out of their respective teams. In 2011, Bob Leslie founded Leslie Global Leadership. Since then he has been a keynote speaker, a leader, a driving force and an influential innovator with companies determined to develop and improve their leadership teams.

This week, he’s in Switzerland, working with the St Gallen Management Institute with a number of their students that are current executive professional seeking leadership development.

In this Episode, Nate and Bob Discuss

• What does a 3-4 day leadership seminar with Bob Leslie look like?
• The value of in person groups to create engaging development sessions.
• The importance of a people centred approach to leadership and management. Leaders can be demanding, and need to have expectations and be respectful. 
• Listening to feedback from workers to build the accountability needed to inspire change. Building trust through healthy conflict and constructive conversations. 
• ‘Setting the table’ as an executive coach to have valuable leadership development opportunities. Using the participants as the experts to talk about themselves and to investigate various challenges that they are in. 
• Find out more about Bob Leslie and Leslie Global Leadership.
• Find out more about Nate Leslie (CEC) here and connect on LinkedIn.