Dr Lesley M. Corbin, Vice President Leadership Development
Hanover Executive Ltd
Dr Lesley M. Corbin BA Honours, MA, Ph.D.Lesley M. Corbin is an international business consultant and leadership expert, with a Ph.D. from Cambridge in the Psychology of Leadership and an MA in Organisational Development & Change from Columbia University, where she was a Fulbright Principal Scholar. She is originally from South Africa, where she received a Clinical Psychology Honours Degree with Distinction. Lesley has extensive experience working with board-level executives of many nationalities in the UK, the USA, and South Africa, on organisational development & change projects and a range of leadership development initiatives, including executive coaching. She specialises in executive assessment, recruitment, selection, and development, cognitive and emotional complexity, and gender in leadership. Lesley's coaching and consulting services combine an in-depth and systemic approach to human behaviour, carefully interwoven with organisational systems thinking and the latest cutting-edge leadership research. She is an accomplished key note conference speaker. |
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Dr Lesley M. Corbin Career History
2002 to present UK
Designed and leads a pioneering coaching and coach/mentor programme for a leading Global Investment Bank, to provide systemic (individual, group, & organisational) coaching, mentoring, assessment, development and evaluation, and a menu of further development interventions. The programme aligns via competencies to the bank's organisational development strategy and business objectives, to ensure optimal engagement and development at all stages of the career life cycle through to managing director.
Provided leadership development coaching to FTSE 350 CEO's and Executive Directors.
1998 to 2002 South Africa
Coached senior executives of a leading multinational Oil Company and advised on learning and strategic leadership development issues.
First female and "previously disadvantaged" minority to be appointed to a corporate and business portfolio strategy body.
OD Advisor to Finance & IT Director on People Strategy for company-wide Finance Transformation project, linking the strategy to business objectives and tangible business outcomes.
OD Advisor and facilitator for strategic business reviews to identify barriers to organisational effectiveness and provide practical solutions to remove barriers.
Designed assessment instruments to identify, measure and enhance leadership styles of senior executives.
Developed and implemented a competence development process, including identification, assessment and enhancement to raise performance of Finance and IT functions.
1995 to 1998 USA
Worked with W. Warner Burke, one of the world's leading experts in organisational development & change, and a small team of some the top coaches and consultants in the USA (David Dotlich, Peter Cairo, & Stephen Rhinesmith), to provide organisational development and leadership development interventions to top leadership teams of Fortune 500 companies.
Lead consultant for the Executive Leadership Programme for one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.
Worked extensively with 360 degree feedback interventions and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to facilitate the development of individuals and groups for Fortune 500 companies.
1995 Alumnus of the Women's International Leadership Programme to train future leaders how to be ambassadors for their country (c.15 selected p.a.).
1989 to 1995 South Africa
Deputised for HR Director, and designed, implemented, and evaluated performance appraisal system of a large manufacturing company.
Designed and implemented CEO-led, ad hoc staff development projects.
Managed the highest profit-generating department for the Clothing Industry Training Board.
Established HR function for a newly opened hotel and established relationships with the union.
