Supporting Inclusive Leadership

Les is a leadership coach working with leaders in a new era of work. With experience since 1989 in global management, has served Fortune 50 clients including 3M, Du Pont, GE, GM, Dow and Bayer. Les has coached leaders in building their careers and vision and is leading workshops on cross-border collaboration and on coaching-mindset in management. Also a Columbia Entrepreneurship and MBA coach, Les has worked with leaders now shaping the future of work around the world in finance, fintech, sustainability, healthcare, and consulting. Holder of Fulbright US Public Diplomacy Awards for China and Mongolia, Les is recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award and initiated India’s first coaching to serve future leaders in India’s northeast. Les is an ICF-New York DEI coach-mentor working with other coaches to support organizations in building DEI initiatives.

Trained in coaching at New York University, Les holds an M.Sc degree in international management from Boston University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, and specialized in strategy and the global technology cooperation. During his MBA at California State University, Les published with A Rami Shani, PhD on parallel learning models used today in technology transfer. Les also holds and BA from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, MA from University of London and was Japan Ministry of Education scholar during his MA in Tokyo.

Examining new models for collaboration across cultures, he received his PhD from the Faculty of Art, Environment and Technology, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK and Post-Doctorate from the University of São Paulo, Brazil.. At Columbia University, he is a research scholar on the future of coaching in higher education. Also an avid photographer and writer, Les recently was 2023 resident artist at the National Museum of Taiwanese Literature in Taipei. His coaching engages creative as well as analytical approaches to problem-solving.

Certifications: ICF Certified Coach. ICF-NYC DEI Coach Mentor; ICF-certified GCHQ Group Coach; GoldAward Mentor.