Leslie is Canadian born and educated and has been consulting and training throughout the region for nearly 15 years. He is a highly sought after speaker in the area of organizational change and the management of change as well as in nearly all areas of human resource management. He is a Senior Lecturer and the Academic Director of the MBA program at CITY College (International Faculty of the University of Sheffield) and a Founder and Co-Director of the Laboratory for Strategic People Management. He has published in a wide selection of international academic journals and magazines, is a member of the International Faculty of the Association of MBAs (AMBA), and is a regular evaluator and assessor of European Union funded projects. Following five years as the Marketing Manager for an international bio-technology and opto-electronics company in Ottawa (Canada), Leslie worked as a private consultant for diverse organizations such as the European Union (KOMVER II Project), Digital Electronics (now part of Compaq Computers), Human Resources Development Canada, Industry Canada, KPMG Management, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (C.I.B.C.), Ricoh, and TELUS. He has presented change seminars and workshops for a variety of organizations and institutions such as Heineken, Deutsche Telecom, the International Finance Corporation, ICAP, the World Bank, and M-Tel.
