Les McKeown
Best selling author, speaker, consultant and thought leader on organizational & business growth
Les McKeown is CEO of Predictable Success. In this role, he advises CEOs and senior leaders of organizations on how to achieve scalable, sustainable growth and speaks to Fortune 500 companies about his breakthrough strategies.
Les has over 25 years of global business experience, including starting 42 companies in his own right. He was the founding partner of an incubation consulting company that launched hundreds of businesses with thousands of employees.
A native of Ireland, Les was awarded the Samuel Smyth Memorial Prize as a Chartered Accountant (CPA) in the UK and was, at that time, the youngest qualified Chartered Accountant in the UK. After a brief period with Price Waterhouse (now PwC), Les became Ireland's youngest ever accounting firm partner.
After a long career in advising individuals and organizations on growth and development, Les started his own training and development business; when he sold his share in that practice to his business partner in 1998, it had grown to a 13-office, worldwide training and consulting business.
In 1999, Les relocated to the US, from where he writes, teaches and consults in high-performance organizational development.
It is through this experience that he aids businesses in different size and scope as an in-demand speaker, sought-after advisor and bestselling author.
Les delivers keynotes to various organizations and businesses around the world.
He has presented his 'Predictable Success' and 'Synergist' model to the likes of Harvard University, Microsoft, United Technologies Corporation, Overture, Pella Corporation, the US Army and many more.
In these engagements, he aims to empower every level of the workforce by educating every individual on the stages of the business lifecycle, their business' current stance and steps leading to this outcome, and the adopted practices needed to prosper for the future of the company.
As CEO of Predictable Success, Les offers consulting services to fast-growth SMEs as well as Fortune 1000 companies.
He has amassed a proven track record of improving leadership effectiveness and organizational performance to deliver significant business growth.
It's this intuitive understanding of why businesses grow and succeed that prompted clients including: T-Mobile, American Express Chiron Corporation, The Canadian Defence Department, MI-SWACO, St Vincent Health and Verisign to seek out his advice.
He is the author of national best-seller 'Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track, and Keeping It There', 'The Synergist: Leading Your Team to Predictable Success', 'Do Lead: Share your vision. Inspire others. Work towards a common goal.' and ‘Do Scale: A Road Map To Growing A Remarkable Company’.
Les continues to receive critical acclaim from notable businesspeople and authors alike for his book ‘Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track—and Keeping It There.'
The book outlines his heralded business growth methodology that has unmistakably helped his clients restore equilibrium to their companies, re-ignite confidence in their own management skills, and lead their teams forward into the next stage of growth.
In his next installment, 'THE SYNERGIST: Leading Your Team to Predictable Success' he elaborates more on this concept specifically addressing the root cause of team dysfunction, the Visionary-Operator-Processor triangle, and presenting a fourth critical player to every successful team, the Synergist.
Les has appeared on NBC, ABC, BBC, CNN, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today and The New York Times.
Les' clients include Harvard University, US Army, Pella, Chiron Corporation, Microsoft, United Technologies, Overture Services (a Yahoo! company), Canadian Defence Department, MI-SWACO, St Vincent Health, Verisign American Express, and many others.
Specialties: Strategy, Leadership, Management, Business Development, Organizational Development. Driving change and achieving growth.
Les McKeown is CEO of Predictable Success. In this role, he advises CEOs and senior leaders of organizations on how to achieve scalable, sustainable growth and speaks to Fortune 500 companies about his breakthrough strategies.
Les has over 25 years of global business experience, including starting 42 companies in his own right. He was the founding partner of an incubation consulting company that launched hundreds of businesses with thousands of employees.
A native of Ireland, Les was awarded the Samuel Smyth Memorial Prize as a Chartered Accountant (CPA) in the UK and was, at that time, the youngest qualified Chartered Accountant in the UK. After a brief period with Price Waterhouse (now PwC), Les became Ireland's youngest ever accounting firm partner.
After a long career in advising individuals and organizations on growth and development, Les started his own training and development business; when he sold his share in that practice to his business partner in 1998, it had grown to a 13-office, worldwide training and consulting business.
In 1999, Les relocated to the US, from where he writes, teaches and consults in high-performance organizational development.
It is through this experience that he aids businesses in different size and scope as an in-demand speaker, sought-after advisor and bestselling author.
Les delivers keynotes to various organizations and businesses around the world.
He has presented his 'Predictable Success' and 'Synergist' model to the likes of Harvard University, Microsoft, United Technologies Corporation, Overture, Pella Corporation, the US Army and many more.
In these engagements, he aims to empower every level of the workforce by educating every individual on the stages of the business lifecycle, their business' current stance and steps leading to this outcome, and the adopted practices needed to prosper for the future of the company.
As CEO of Predictable Success, Les offers consulting services to fast-growth SMEs as well as Fortune 1000 companies.
He has amassed a proven track record of improving leadership effectiveness and organizational performance to deliver significant business growth.
It's this intuitive understanding of why businesses grow and succeed that prompted clients including: T-Mobile, American Express Chiron Corporation, The Canadian Defence Department, MI-SWACO, St Vincent Health and Verisign to seek out his advice.
He is the author of national best-seller 'Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track, and Keeping It There', 'The Synergist: Leading Your Team to Predictable Success', 'Do Lead: Share your vision. Inspire others. Work towards a common goal.' and ‘Do Scale: A Road Map To Growing A Remarkable Company’.
Les continues to receive critical acclaim from notable businesspeople and authors alike for his book ‘Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track—and Keeping It There.'
The book outlines his heralded business growth methodology that has unmistakably helped his clients restore equilibrium to their companies, re-ignite confidence in their own management skills, and lead their teams forward into the next stage of growth.
In his next installment, 'THE SYNERGIST: Leading Your Team to Predictable Success' he elaborates more on this concept specifically addressing the root cause of team dysfunction, the Visionary-Operator-Processor triangle, and presenting a fourth critical player to every successful team, the Synergist.
Les has appeared on NBC, ABC, BBC, CNN, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today and The New York Times.
Les' clients include Harvard University, US Army, Pella, Chiron Corporation, Microsoft, United Technologies, Overture Services (a Yahoo! company), Canadian Defence Department, MI-SWACO, St Vincent Health, Verisign American Express, and many others.
Specialties: Strategy, Leadership, Management, Business Development, Organizational Development. Driving change and achieving growth.
Achieving Predictable Success
Is success in business a transient, hard-to-define combination of hard work, judgment and good luck? Or do all successful organizations follow similar patterns that, once understood, are predictable and repeatable?
In this, his signature keynote address based on his Wall Street Journal bestseller “Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track – and Keeping it There“, Les McKeown draws from his unique experience as a serial entrepreneur (Les started 42...
Transcendent Leadership
You can’t have enough high-quality leadership in any organization, right? And yet, despite the thousands of books, courses and other leadership resources out there, the demand for leadership in most organizations greatly outstrips the available supply.
But what if you discovered a hidden, untapped pool of highly effective leaders right now – today – lying dormant in your very own people?
In this highly entertaining and revelatory keynote (based on his most recent book,...
Be Big, Be Cool
Growing businesses often fear the change that comes with growth. What if we scale but lose our culture – or worse, our soul? Is financial return alone a justifiable reason to leave behind the fun?
Les McKeown – a highly successful serial entrepreneur who launched and ran over 40 businesses and advised hundreds more – says it doesn’t need to be that way. In this exciting, example-filled keynote, Les shows how to build a business that can reach any size it industry allows – without...
Becoming a Nimble Giant
With size comes complexity. And complexity slows things down – right? So large organizations inevitably lose their flexibility and the ability to innovate.
That’s certainly the received wisdom, but Les McKeown says it ain’t necessarily so.
A highly successful serial entrepreneur with over 40 businesses under his belt, and an advisor to hundreds more including Microsoft, T-Mobile, The US Army and American Express, in this fascinating and highly entertaining keynote Les reveals...
