I learned more from Les than in my cumulative 15 years previous business experience. Les came in from the outside and was able to both accurately identify our current and future business challenges as well as provide us with strategies and solutions for dealing with them effectively. It was like he had been there all along!
— Gregg White, Vice President, Finials Doors & Windows
Les’s ability to move seamlessly between teacher and facilitator with executives at the highest level in the organization made our strategic offsite one of the most valuable, results-oriented team experiences our senior executive group has had to date.
— Jeff Stanley, SVP Human Resources, Wells Dairy, Inc
If you want a road map to get the the next stage with your organization, I urge you to get on board with Les McKeown. Quite simply – there is no better, more intuitive, results- focussed business growth process than Predictable Success®
— Chan Lundy, President, PPKC Inc., Kansas City
I can state unequivocally that Les is one of the foremost experts in his field.
— Sean P Lance, Chairman and CEO, Chiron Corporation
Using the Predictable Success® process, Les helped us identify the changes we needed to make in how we were running the business, guided us each step of the way, and held us accountable for implementing the actions we agreed. With Les’s facilitation, we re-defined our management roles, brought in new expertise to the management team, and restructured our group interactions and communications. If you’re a business owner or a CEO looking to take your business to the next level, I’d strongly recommend you contact Les McKeown. The best investment you can make in your future growth is in the Predictable Success® program.
— John Higman, President & CEO, Pacific Architectural Millwork
Over the past three years, Les McKeown’s Predictable Success has completely revolutionized how I and my team manage our business. Working with Les vastly accelerated our success, and saved us from a multitude of potential ‘dead-ends’. I’m convinced our investment in Predictable Success has repaid itself many times over. I thoroughly recommend Les McKeown and the Predictable Success program for any business wanting to break through to the next stage in growth.
— John Estabrook, CEO, Horne Building Specialties, Inc
Les is the Butch Harmon of business consulting.
— Graydon Bevis, President, Pella Windows and Doors, Colorado.
Predictable Success is the ‘ah-ha’ book. Les’s insight and real-world stories are not only entertaining, they clearly detail the different stages in the lifecycle of a company, and more importantly, how to avoid declining into ‘treadmill’ and ‘death rattle’. A ‘don’t-miss’ business book!
— David Greer, CEO, Wire Belt Company, Inc
I feel comfortable ranking Les as the very best in the field…
— Lord Tim Bell, co-Founder, Saatchi and Saatchi, Member of British House of Lords.
There is literally a smile, uncomfortable frown, or a holy crap! on each page.
— Kevin Cassidy, Chairman, KC Company, Beltsville, MD
I’ve experienced first-hand the positive impact and lasting change that Les McKeown’s Predictable Success brings to a growing business – and to its leaders. If you want to structure your organization to get to the next stage in growth, and also want to develop personally as a leader, I strongly recommend you get started with Predictable Success.
— Matt Long, President, J.E. Higgins Group
Les McKeown has an intuitive understanding of why and how business works.Les McKeown has an intuitive understanding of why and how business works. ‘Predictable Success’ is practical and easy to understand – exactly what any executive needs to grow his business.
— Keith Ferrazzi, #1 NY Times Bestselling author of Never Eat Alone & Who’s Got Your Back
Predictable Success provides an incredibly useful blueprint for any leader who is looking for sustainable growth.
— Marshall Goldsmith, million-selling author of ‘Succession Are You Ready?’ and ‘What Got You Here Won’t Get You There’ – a WSJ#1 bestseller
Les really captures the integration of key business processes, people and leadership to consistently deliver a compelling vision, comprehensive and profitable growth for the benefit of all stakeholders.
— Alan Mulally, President & CEO, Ford Motor Co
Predictable Success isn’t a textbook – it’s a sensible and strategic playbook for leader seeking to take their organization to the next level, and provide the conceptual framework to ensure a successful outcome.
— David A. Brandon, chairman and CEO, Domino’s Pizza
He’s got it right. Les Mckeown has uncovered the core dynamics of organizational growth, and mapped it to the best (and worst!) practices to achieve and maintain optimal, in-your-zone conditions – no matter where a group is in its evolution. this is real-world expertise, with simple ut subtle and sophisticated prescriptions for all of us involved in getting things done with other people. And, oh yeah, he nailed how to address some key opportunities in my own company. Predictable Success should be required reading for every management team.
— David allen, Best-selling author, ‘Getting things Done’, American Express Incentive Services
Les Mckeown is absolutely on top of his game. Les not only knows – and shows – how your businesses can grow and succeed, he explains it a way that is intuitive, entertaining and immediately actionable.
— Darryl Hutson, CEO, American Express Incentive Services
Les McKeown has for over 7 years assisted us in the growth and development of our distributorship network. His understanding of what makes a business succeed – and a passionate commitment to teaching others how to accomplish ‘Predictable Success’ – has been our secret weapon and can be yours, too.
— Mel Haught, CEO, Pella Corp
Les McKeown clearly has a deep understanding of how business grow. His Predictable Success methodology is simple, intuitive and powerful.
— Brain Walker, President and CEO, Herman Miller Inc.
This book has come at the perfect time. Predictable Success will completely change the way you think about growing your business. Absorb its ideas before your competitors do.
— David McNally, Best-selling author of ‘Even Eagles Need a Push’ and ‘The Eagle’s Secret’
Predictable Success provides a robust framework for any business leader wanting to achieve consistent and profitable growth. Les Mckeown’s real world descriptions of company growth cycles should be heeded by all managers.
— Vance Bell, CEO Shaw Industries Inc (a Berkshire Hathaway company)
Embracing change and using it positively is a fundamental requirement for growth in any organization, and the health care industry today is ripe for change in all sectors. In predictable Success, Les McKeown provides simple, elegant and effective tools for all leaders to understand why and how change occurs in their organizations, and teaches us how to harness that change to achieve success and competitive advantage in our fields. Les McKeown’s ideas and insights are brilliantly written, entertaining and easy to grasp and implement – no effective CEO or manager should miss this book!
— Dr. Wendy Everett, President, New England Healthcare Institute
It’s difficult to predict success. Failure is far easier to predict it’s where most people end up. But if you want predictable success, then this book is far you. And, you might find that Les’ formula for predicting success is not what you think.
— Michael Port, author of the NY Times bestseller, The Think Big Manifesto
So impressed were we with the Predictable Success methodology, and Les’s ability to communicate with every level of the organization that we subsequently engaged Les to work with our senior management team.
— Dianna Baker, Vice President, Employee Development and Human Resources, American Express Incentive Services
Les McKeown’s keynote address for our Annual Conference — and his additional 2-hour workshop — is still being talked about by our members as one of our all-time conference highlights.
It’s rare that a keynote address can address the needs of all organizations, of any size, but as I’ve seen first-hand, Les’s does. In addition to being both highly entertained and motivated, our diverse membership all came away with a wholly new perspective on growing their organization, together with clear, actionable steps they were able to implement immediately.
Put simply, if you’re planning an event, you need to call this guy.
— Pamela J. Schmidt, Executive Director, ISA – The Association of Learning Providers
As someone who plans dozens of events for our membership association throughout the year, I have coordinated with a wide range of speakers/organizations. No one has been easier to work with than Predictable Success. The team there is able to quickly work through all of the necessary details, and the presentation that follows is not only high-quality, it’s also custom tailored for our association.
Next time you’re looking to secure someone for your event, contact Predictable Success. You’ll be very glad you did.
— Heidi Overman, Professional Development Coordinator, Credit Union Executives Society (CUES)
Michael Bungay Stanier and his company, Box of Crayons, have trained over 10,000 managers/leaders around the world on how to bring out the best in their teams. Now he’s taken these proven strategies and distilled them down into The Coaching Habit, a powerful new book specifically designed to help busy people achieve positive change. After reading it, we immediately invited Michael to sit down and share his strategies with the Predictable Success community.
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