Stephen Leadbeater

Background

About Stephen Leadbeater

I am an experienced and successful senior leader - I build teams and develop people to deliver commercial outcomes, often in challenging business environments where change is needed. I'm available for consultancy and interim leadership roles, for organisations of any size. My background is primarily in the UK consumer healthcare, beauty and pharmaceutical sectors, but I also have some experience in international markets. My core skills are: DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING COMMERCIAL AND CUSTOMER STRATEGIES Over three decades I have become accomplished at developing and delivering customer facing commercial strategies, often in periods of significant organisational and market change. Throughout this time, I have had a vast experience of supporting the development and launch of health and beauty brands. I have seen what makes a successful launch, and what makes them fail, and how brands develop longevity. BUILDING AND DEVELOPING TEAMS I have led teams of various size, and managed significant organisational design programs. I have experience of building and developing teams that will work together over a period of years, and also of dropping in to lead teams on short term consultative basis, both in the UK and other markets. TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT I have held leadership roles in a number of significant corporate transformation programmes, including two corporate mergers, and have much experience 0f working in NDA conditions. I have been asked to lead these programmes because of my ability to assimilate requirements, develop strategies, put teams together and deliver desired outcomes against rigid timelines. BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS My style is collaborative - I build partnerships successfully with both internal stakeholders and external partners. I build partnerships that are profitable for both parties, encouraging investment, and where mutual respect means the right conversations can be had to deliver the right outcomes NEGOTIATION STRATEGY The nature of my roles have required me to become an expert in many different styles of, and approaches to, negotiation, developing and delivering negotiation strategies that enable long term results and partnerships. BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY All of the above experience is supported by academic post graduate study, personal development and qualifications achieved over the last decade or so in the psychology of work and behavioural development. I am an experienced leader, coach and mentor, with formal qualifications in coaching and mindfulness based approaches, and a masters in the psychology of work.