Ed Oakley
Chief Executive Officer
Founder of ELS and co-author of “Enlightened Leadership; Getting to the Heart of Change”, Ed has been a consultant both domestically and internationally. He specializes in project turn-arounds, change efforts and quality initiatives.
Ed is the Chairman and CEO of Enlightened Leadership Solutions, Inc., a training and consulting company, where he has had the opportunity to put his leadership concepts to work.
Ed received his undergraduate degree in engineering from North Carolina State University and a Masters degree in engineering from Stanford University .
Ed Oakley spent 15 years in the computer industry and has been on a quest for over 25 years to understand how to bring out the very best in people.
Ed founded the firm now called Enlightened Leadership Solutions, Inc. in 1987. He is co-author of the best selling business book “Enlightened Leadership: Getting To The Heart Of Change” (Simon & Schuster), now in its 30th printing. Ed has authored numerous articles on “Adventures in Enlightened Leadership”, published in the book Leadership in a New Era, and an article titled “The Role of Enlightened Leadership in Cultural Change”, published in the Journal of Innovative Management. He is co-author of the audio and video training series, “Making Managers Into Leaders”.
Ed has consulted in Europe , Australia and Asia for organizations challenged with major change, including those involved with quality initiatives, re-engineering, “right-sizing”, etc. He specializes in turning around challenging project and change efforts.
Ed Tate
Ed Tate is a successful facilitator, author, international keynote speaker and executive known worldwide as “the speaker who energizes, educates and entertains” and has worked with Enlightened Leadership Solutions since 1998.
Partner As a trainer, Ed launched his career with Career Track, formerly one of the largest seminar companies in the world, where he was frequently requested and booked for over 100 dates per year. Later, he became the Training Executive for the Denver Rocky Mountain News where he established a training department with over 27 programs and 1,100 employee-attendees each year. In 2001, Ed led a transition team to merge the 145-year-old “Rocky” with its 125-year-old rival, The Denver Post, in a deal that involved more than 5,000 people. He then became certified with Enlightened Leadership Solutions as a speaker and facilitator – quickly achieving high demand for repeat work.
Author. As an author, Ed co-wrote Motivational Selling: Advice on selling effectively, staying motivated and being a peak sales producer. He was also a contributor to Stories Trainers Tell (2003, Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer) and The Seven Strategies of Master Presenters (2004, Career Press). Additionally, Ed co-produced the six-CD audio album, Speaking Secrets of the Champions and the four-CD audio album,Connect with Any Audience.
Speaker. As a speaker, Ed is respected and sought after throughout the world. In the well-known Toastmasters world, Ed won the coveted Toastmasters International 2000 World Championship of Public Speaking, finishing ahead of 175,000 members from 70 countries. To date, he has spoken professionally in 46 states, 12 countries and on five continents.
Proven Business Leadership. Ed’s success in business has spanned more than two decades. For 14 years, he was a successful national account executive selling over $500 million in products and services to corporations and entrepreneurs throughout the United States. He co-created two business units that produced over $1.25 billion in revenue.
Since 1998, the same year he became affiliated with Enlightened Leadership Solutions, Ed has been principal of Ed Tate & Associates, LLC, a professional development firm that provides keynote and endnote presentations and workshops, as well as in-person and do-it-yourself tools and expertise on Leadership, Executive Presentation Skills, The Challenges of Change, Management, and Sales Presentation Skills.
Partial client list includes:
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· AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals · Dell Computer · Farmers Insurance · General Motors · GlaxoSmithKline |
· Hallmark Cards · Janus Capital Group · Johnson & Johnson · KPMG · LendingTree.com · Level 3 Communications |
· Nestle · PriceWaterhouseCooper · State Farm Insurance · Verizon Communications · VERITAS Software |
Tom Lemanski
Executive Coach
As Tom aspires to be the preeminent executive coach in metro Chicago, he is driven to create breakthroughs for his clients. For over 15 years Tom has facilitated professional and personal success stories for leaders in over 50 different industries. He founded his boutique development firm with three key beliefs:
- While leaders never realize their full potential, their success comes from pursuing their untapped potential with ongoing development of both their focus, soft skills and their mindset.
- All of us are more than capable of getting in our own way.
- Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. (Japanese Proverb)
So he serves as a personal change agent for executives from Director level through C-Level to improve their skills, mindset and focus. His talent, enthusiastic style and depth of business savvy combine for an inspiring personal development experience that has proven to generate significant improved results for his clients.
Executive Background
Tom’s foundation for developing business leaders comes from serving as a top level executive in two diverse industries over 25 years. He’s “been there and done that” gaining invaluable business savvy from spectacular successes, devastating setbacks and tackling countless challenges.
Prior to founding this strategic development firm, Tom spent 27 years as a business owner, two decades as an owner and manager of a 24 hour/day manufacturing facility and 6 years as President of a consumer product marketing company where he led a turnaround that doubled the business in 5 years by rebuilding the product lines and the salesforce.
Clients
Absolute Architecture GATX MedVet
Alix Partners General Growth Partners Morgan Stanley
Allstate Harvest Investments Morningstar
American Cancer Society HSBC NRG
Astellas iConsult Pharmaco
BonTon Inland America Raymond James
CIGNA Katten Law University of Illinois
Discover LBP Manufacturing Valspar
Fresenius Kabi Lexco Manufacturing Wolverine Worldwide
FTI Consulting McDonalds
Thought Leadership
Tom is both an accomplished speaker and a published free-lance writer. He currently authors blogs on Leadership Breakthroughs and guest blogs on four other sites. He contributes business print articles for The Business Ledger and State Line Business Monthly.
Tricia Neves
Talent Selection Specialist
Tricia Neves is President of Hiring By Design, and is a recognized leader in teaching companies how to select, attract and retain the best talent for their organizations.
She has taught hundreds of business owners, leaders and managers her system for measuring and identifying top talent and developing highly effective leadership and management solutions.