Transformational Change Speaker


Helping Leaders Navigate Complex Change with Confidence


850,000+ Stakeholders Impacted | 47 Clients | 42 Countries

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 47 clients in 42 countries,


Leslie has positively impacted 850,000+ stakeholders globally while supporting thousands of leaders in developing change capability and navigating organizational complexities.

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 47 clients in 42 countries,


Leslie has positively impacted 850,000+ stakeholders globally while supporting thousands of leaders in developing change capability and navigating organizational complexities.

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Certified WBENC Women's Business Enterprise logo with teal and gold colors.

Speaking That Moves Leaders from Change Failure to Change Mastery

What sets Leslie apart is her proprietary approach that avoids
breaking what's working while ensuring people and business processes work together as a system. Her innovative concepts include the  Layered Alignment method™ and Strategic Tension™, along with specialized Change Rescue™ and Change Recovery™ offerings.

Featured Keynote Topics Include

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Leading Meaningful Change

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Proprietary Change Methodologies

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Reinvention as a Core Capability

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Change Rescue™

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Bring Leslie to Your Next Leadership Event

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, uncomfortable truths about leading change, and the frameworks to rescue failing transformations in their own organizations.