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Keith Leonard, Executive Coach & Talent Development Expert

Polished Executive Coach and Talent Development Expert with a proven track record of empowering senior leaders to unlock their full potential and drive organizational success. Over 18 years of experience partnering with leaders and executives from diverse industries to enhance leadership skills, emotional intelligence, and strategic thinking. Adept at conducting insightful assessments, providing tailored coaching plans, and facilitating transformational growth. Known for fostering sustainable behavioral change and achieving tangible results. Committed to fostering leadership excellence through a collaborative and empathetic coaching approach. Ready to guide executives in reaching their professional and personal aspirations.

PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

Founder & Owner – Keith Leonard Coaching LLC 

Feb ’10-Present | Shokan, NY

A full-service executive coaching and corporate training solutions firm, specializing in driving organizational improvement through talent development initiatives and one-on-one coaching arrangements. Partner organizations and clients include FedEx, Duane Reade/Walgreen Pharmacies, Staples, Bed Bath & Beyond, The Christmas Tree Shoppes, Gabriel Brothers, Waste Management, McDonalds Restaurants, NY State Senate, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, The Philadelphia Phillies, Meridian Hospitals, Tatari, Vizio and more.

  • Trained and coached over 5000 leaders and executives across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia
  • Collaborate with C-suite executives to conduct comprehensive leadership assessments, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.
  • Develop customized coaching plans tailored to each executive’s unique goals and challenges, utilizing a combination of leadership frameworks and psychological principles.
  • Provide one-on-one coaching sessions, leveraging active listening, probing questions, and constructive feedback to enhance self-awareness and interpersonal skills.
  • Facilitate executive/leadership team workshops and group coaching sessions to foster collaboration, improve communication, and drive organizational alignment.
  • Create custom training content for sales, marketing, customer service, operations, and human resources employee development.
  • Mentor executives in strategic thinking, decision-making, and change management, resulting in enhanced leadership capabilities and effective problem-solving.
  • Assess and address emotional intelligence competencies, helping leaders navigate complex interpersonal dynamics and build stronger relationships with their teams and stakeholders.
  • Track and measure the progress of coaching engagements, using key performance indicators to demonstrate tangible improvements in leadership effectiveness and organizational performance.
  • Offer guidance and support during critical career transitions, such as promotions, onboarding into new roles, or navigating challenging professional situations.
  • Stay current on industry best practices and leadership trends, integrating the latest research and methodologies into coaching strategies.
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning and development within client organizations, contributing to long-term leadership growth and sustainability.
  • Create and deliver a bi-annual leadership development seminar, inviting clients from across the United States to participate in a weeklong intensive program designed to elevate skills, increase awareness and positively impact organizational success. (The 12 Decisions Seminar)

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES

Classical Piano Performance | The Juilliard School | New York, NY

Music Education | Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts | New Brunswick, NJ

Life Coach Training | Robbins Madanes Training (Total Breakthrough, Core 100, Working with Women)

Body Language Expert | Joe Navarro Body Language Academy | Copenhagen, Denmark

Certified Partner | Wiley Publishing (Everything DiSC, The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, PXT Select) | Minneapolis, MN

Certified Instructor | The Center for Leadership Studies (Situational Leadership, Situational Coaching) | Cary, NC

Certified Instructor | Franklin Covey | Salt Lake City, UT

Maxwell Coach | The John Maxwell Company | Duluth, GA

Certified Influence Professional | The Cialdini Institute | Phoenix, AZ

NLP Practitioner, Master & Trainer | The Academy of Modern Applied Psychology| Fife, Scotland

New Code NLP & International Coaching | John Grinder | Lagos, Portugal

Strengths Coach | Gallup | Chicago, IL

NLP Sales Practitioner |iNLP Center | Riverside, CA

Cognitive Behavioral Coaching | The Priority Academy | Peterborough, England

Certified Practitioner | Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Positive Psychology Practitioner | Positive Psychology | Maastricht, The Netherlands

Executive & Management Coaching | University of Cape Town | Cape Town, South Africa

Science of Social & Emotional Learning | Northwestern University | Evanston, IL

REFERENCES & TESTIMONIALS

Available Upon Request

Tony Robbins

Mr. Robbins is the author of six international bestsellers, including the 2014 New York Times #1 financial bestseller, MONEY: Master the Game; UNSHAKEABLE: Your Financial Freedom Playbook (2017); and LIFE FORCE: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life and Those You Love (2022). 
Mr. Robbins is the chairman of a holding company comprised of more than 110 privately held businesses with combined sales exceeding $7 billion annually. He has been honored by Accenture as one of the “Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World”; by Harvard Business Press as one of the “Top 200 Business Gurus”; and by American Express as one of the “Top Six Business Leaders in the World”. Fortune magazine’s recent cover article named him the “CEO Whisperer,” and he has been named in the Top 50 of Worth Magazine’s 100 most powerful people in global finance for three consecutive years. Mr. Robbins has also spoken for distinguished audiences as the British Parliament, Harvard Business School, and the World Economic Forum. 
Mr. Robbins is a leader called upon by leaders. He has worked with four U.S. presidents, top entertainers – from Aerosmith to Green Day, Usher and Pitbull, and athletes and sports teams including tennis world champion Serena Williams and the NBA’s world champion Golden State Warriors. Business leaders and financial moguls from Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff to Ray Dalio have tapped him for personal coaching. 
Mr. Robbins is a leading philanthropist. Through his 1 Billion Meals Challenge in partnership with Feeding America, Mr. Robbins reached his goal two years ahead of schedule. Through the Tony Robbins Foundation, he has also awarded over 2,000 grants and other resources to health and human services organizations, implemented a life-changing curriculum in 1,700+ correctional facilities and gathered thousands of young leaders from around the world with its youth programs. 
Since 2002, Mr. Robbins has partnered with renowned teacher Cloe Madanes to form the Robbins-Madanes Training Center, which is dedicated to finding cutting-edge strategic solutions to the most pervasive and difficult problems. 

Cloe Madanes

She has authored seven books that are classics in the field and are taught in virtually every graduate school in family therapy: Strategic Family Therapy; Behind the One-Way Mirror; Sex, Love, and Violence; The Secret Meaning of Money; The Violence of Men; The Therapist as Humanist, Social Activist, and Systemic Thinker; and Relationship Breakthrough. Cloe has presented her work at professional conferences all over the world, and has given keynote addresses for the most prestigious conferences in her field. She has won several awards for distinguished contribution to psychology and has been featured in Newsweek, Vogue Magazine. The Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. Her books have been translated to more than twenty languages. 

Cloe’s strategic methods have created remarkably swift, effective, and lasting solutions to the whole range of human challenges, from the problems of the very poor, to so-called “chronic” problems such as eating disorders and sexual abuse, to the challenges faced by Senators, Fortune 500 CEOs, bestselling authors, and billionaires. Since 2002, Cloe has worked side by side with Anthony Robbins developing the new field of Strategic Intervention. This cross-disciplinary project combines their two legacies, distilling the most swift, effective, and practical Strategic Intervention methods from a variety of fields. With Anthony Robbins, Cloe co-founded the Council for the Human Rights of Children, co-sponsored by the University of San Francisco, which applies the insights of Strategic Intervention for the protection and healthy upbringing of at-risk children.

Since 2002, Cloe has partnered with renowned  life coaching leader Tony Robbins to form the Robbins-Madanes Training Center, which is dedicated to finding cutting-edge strategic solutions to the most pervasive and difficult problems.