“Expanding executive’s
life and career options”
Peter J. Leets
Peter is President of The Leets Consortium, theIrvine,California firm providing peerless leadership development services worldwide. In his role as coach, Peter brings to his clients successful experience as a Fortune 500 officer, corporate president, entrepreneur and corporate governance leader.
Peter and his family moved to Southern California fromNew York Cityin 1987 when he joined the Geneva Corporation as Executive Vice President. Later, he became President of this Irvine-based M & A firm. Earlier, he was Vice President for Dell Publishing, with worldwide marketing and sales responsibility. Peter’s career began with marketing and sales management roles with Revlon, Johnson & Johnson and Hallmark companies.
Prior to establishing TLC in 2003, he was Regional Managing Principal with Right Management Consultants. He joined them when his consulting business, Executive Assets Corporation was acquired by them in 1994. While with Right, he led the team that introduced coaching on a significant scale in 1996; created certification for all coaches in 1997 and pioneered combining their two lines of business into one successful team.
Peter has been involved with corporate governance for two decades, was a Director of the International Association of Career Management Professionals, and is very active in the community. He has been honored as a “Pink Tie Guy” by the Susan G. Komen Foundation, has served on the board of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, was Chairperson for the Irvine Chamber of Commerce Business Outlook Conference and participates in Children’sHospitalofLos Angelespet therapy program with his Bouvier, Gunther.
As a speaker, he has been the keynote speaker for Westec and delivered talks to UCI Executive MBA Speaker Series, International Customer Service Association, ACCA, FENG, ISPI, FEI, Institute of Management Accountants and the Society for Advancement of Management.
Peter’s clients include: ABC, Allergan, Amgen, CBS, Catholic Healthcare West, Coca-Cola, ConAgra, Conexant, Deloitte, The Walt Disney Company, Ernst & Young, Estee Lauder, Fluor, Ingram Micro, Mattel, Mitsubishi Motors, New Line Cinema, New York Knicks, Orange County Register, Paramount Pictures, Pepsi Cola, Qualcomm, Raytheon, Resources Global, Saint Joseph Healthcare System, Sony Pictures, Taco Bell, UnitedHealth Group, Warner Brothers and Watson Pharmaceuticals.
Peter holds a B.S. in Marketing fromIndianaUniversity, and has earned Fellow Manager Designation (1of 20 in theU.S.) from theInstituteofCareer Certification.
