Speaking & Thought Leadership

Transformational Change Speaker

Helping Leaders Navigate Complex Change with Confidence

900,000+ Stakeholders Impacted  |  55 Clients  |  42 Countries

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Leslie Ellis is a transformational change advisor and CEO of Meaningful Change Consulting, a certified woman-owned business specializing in complex organizational transformations. With over 20 years of experience leading successful change initiatives across 55 clients in 42 countries,

Leslie has positively impacted 900,000+ stakeholders globally while supporting thousands of leaders in developing change capability and navigating organizational complexities.

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About Leslie Ellis

Speaking That Moves Leaders from Change Failure to Change Mastery

Leslie Ellis is a transformational change advisor and CEO of Meaningful Change Consulting, a certified woman-owned business specializing in complex organizational transformations.

With over 20 years of experience leading successful change initiatives across 55 clients in 42 countries, Leslie has positively impacted 1M+ stakeholders globally while supporting thousands of leaders in developing change capability and navigating organizational complexities.

Leslie stands out for her proprietary approach: she builds on what's already working, ensuring people and business processes function together seamlessly. Her innovative concepts include the Layered Alignment method™, Strategic Tension™, and specialized Change Rescue™ and Change Recovery™ offerings.

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Featured Keynote Topics

Insights audiences can't get anywhere else.

Leading Meaningful Change

How to increase the probability of success in your most important change efforts by aligning leaders and building capability that lasts.

Proprietary Change Methodologies

A deep dive into Layered Alignment™, Strategic Tension™, and the frameworks that separate organizations that lead change from those that react to it.

Reinvention as a Core Capability

Why the most resilient organizations don't just adapt — they reinvent. How to build that muscle before you need it.

Change Rescue™

When change initiatives go off track, most organizations double down on what isn't working. This talk shows another way.

Leadership During Complex Change

The specific capabilities senior leaders need — and often lack — when navigating transformation. Honest, practical, and actionable.

Custom Topics Available

Leslie works with event organizers to tailor content to your audience's specific context, industry, and current challenges.

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Ready to give your audience insights they can't get anywhere else? Book Leslie for a speaking experience that will leave attendees with breakthrough strategies and the frameworks to rescue failing transformations in their own organizations.

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