Lee Colan: Leadership Speaker

  • Highlights:
    • Did you know that 83% of U.S. gross domestic product comes from services or information which are created and delivered by people?
    • The challenge for leaders is revealed in a Gallup poll showing that only 26% of U.S. employees are fully engaged at any time. 
    • Your people and the performance they deliver are the defining competitive advantage for your organization.
    • Your leaders are the key to engaging employees minds and hearts so they deliver value for your organization.
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  • Travels from: Plano, TX
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Keynote Topics

The game is won by those who EXECUTE their strategies.

Challenges for todays leaders are always changing, but the formula for winning remains the same.

The key to winning the game is focusing on “how” more than “what”. In other words, strategy gets you in the game execution gets you in the winners circle.

Based on the best-selling book, this fast-paced, interactive workshop reveals the secret to success for high achieving individuals and teams: Focus, Competence and Passion.

Did you know that 83% of U.S. gross domestic product comes from services or information which are created and delivered by people?

The challenge for leaders is revealed in a Gallup poll showing that only 26% of U.S. employees are fully engaged at any time.

On the other end of the spectrum, 19% of employees are actively disengaged, meaning they intentionally act in ways that negatively impact their organizations. The annual cost nationwide to employ this actively disengaged group exceeds $300 billion.

Your people and the performance they deliver are the defining competitive advantage for your organization.

Your leaders are the key to engaging employees minds and hearts so they deliver value for your organization.

Lee Colan possesses a rare combination of skills as a corporate executive, business consultant, Board director, thought leader, prolific author, artful facilitator and engaging presenter.

Lee applies an in-depth understanding of business, science, people and organizations to help leaders and organizations grow. As a result, he quickly helps leaders bring order where there is chaos, clarity where there is ambiguity and growth where there is decline.

Lee is a John C. Maxwell Leadership Award finalist and Thinkers50 nominee for Top Management Thinker globally.

Lee has authored 16 popular leadership books that have been translated into 10 languages, including the bestselling Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees and Stick with It: Mastering the Art of Adherence. He has also created over 50 products that equip and encourage leaders at every level.

Lee Colan

EXPERTISE

CEO advisement, executive coaching, strategy planning and execution, employee engagement, keynote speaking, leadership training.

EDUCATION

Doctoral degree, Organizational Psychology, George Washington University

Bachelor’s degree, Psychology and Communications, Summa Cum Laude, Florida State University

BACKGROUND

Lee Colan brings 25 years of hands-on industry and consulting experience to his clients. He worked in various leadership roles with American Airlines, Sandoz (Novartis) and FoxMeyer (McKesson). He also held consulting positions with two premier firms: Booz, Allen & Hamilton and Mercer. His last corporate post was as Vice President for Physician Reliance Network (U.S. Oncology), one of the fastest growing NASDAQ companies at the time.

Lee currently serves on the Board of Directors for Pacific Seafood Group, the largest vertically integrated seafood company in North America. He is a former director for Aztec Systems who was ultimately sold to a private equity firm. He also served on the Advisory Board for ASSET InterTech who was acquired in 2021 by Constellation Software.

Lee regularly gifts his time to numerous individuals and agencies. Some of those agencies include The United Way, North Texas Food Bank and Grace Bridge.

Expert On:

Lee Colan turbo-charged keynote presentations are energizing and engaging. We cut through the information traffic jam to give you actionable, powerful tools you can put to work right away.

We present on all topics supported by our best-selling books and tools. Each presentation is tailored to your organization to reinforce learning and behavior change. Lee Colan will also tailor each presentation for your next company meeting, your executives, or your Board of Directors.

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