Leslie Ellis
When Fortune 500 companies like Bank of America and Ingersoll Rand need help managing change, they call Leslie. When change breaks an organization, she fixes it. Leslie specializes in assisting executives in designing and implementing strategies that manage successful transformation in an ever-changing business landscape without losing productivity.
Ellis is also an experienced presenter and workshop facilitator to executives and line-of-business professionals in HR, IT, operations and finance with a focus on change leadership and how to minimize rework by addressing four different areas: culture, mindset, behavior and content/systems. Ellis charges her clients to ask questions like, “What are we trying to achieve? Is the enterprise ready for change? Are all the right stakeholders involved, including senior executives and employees? Do we have the right “story” for our audience?” “What are we trying to achieve?” Leslie ensures her client’s change is goal-driven and intentional.
Leslie is a Certified Change Management Professional, a member of the Association of Change Management Professionals, and is certified in HSI Organizational Culture Inventory and Organizational Effectiveness Inventory; HSI Leadership Work Styles; and HSI Life Styles Inventory. Ellis is also a Personal and Team Resilience Practitioner, and graduate of 4Sight: Advanced Conscious Change Leadership Development.
Leslie’s passion is helping organizations through the complex and often tumultuous process of change. She specializes in assisting her clients to use the Being First Change Leader’s Roadmap Methodology to deliver manageable and long-lasting strategies that achieve desired outcomes. With her expertise, leaders gain insight and strategies to proactively address the human dynamics inherent in change initiatives and integrate those with the content changes through a consciously designed process.
Leslie Ellis is a Sr. Advisor with Being First, Inc.