Jean Leslie is a CCL Senior Fellow and our Director of Strategic Initiatives. In this role, she develops, oversees, and helps implement programs, projects, and processes that support the vision and the short- and long-term plans of the global Leadership Research and Analytics group.
With 35 years of experience at CCL, Jean has made numerous contributions in the areas of research, publication, product development, and training. She was one of the first staff members to conduct a cross-cultural research project and to publish findings of this research for the practicing manager (A Look at Derailment Today: North America and Europe, CCL, 1996; A Cross-National Comparison of Effective Leadership and Teamwork, CCL, 1997).
Jean’s cultural interests led to a role where she was responsible for translating, adapting, and validating CCL assessment instruments for use outside of the United States. In addition to her interests in international research, Jean has developed an expertise in 360-degree feedback. She is a co-author of our flagship 360-degree feedback instrument, Benchmarks®, and more recently co-authored our newest organizational assessment, The Leadership Gap Indicator™. Jean has served as an instructor for our Assessment Certification Course and Emerging Leaders Program.
Jean has published more than 100 pieces on leadership, assessment, and feedback in the form of peer-reviewed articles, popular-press articles, book chapters, and books. She has also presented over 70 papers at professional conferences such as the Academy of Management and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists.
Jean has an MA in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a BA in Sociology from Elon University.
Jean is an affiliate member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, and she’s a member of the Academy of Management, the Data Governance Professionals Organization, the Data Governance Institute, and the International Leadership Association (ILA).
Her certifications include the following:
Jean has received multiple honors, awards, and grants for her work, including the following:
By Jean Leslie, Senior Fellow and Director of Strategic Initiatives, and Kelly Simmons, Global Director for Consultative Leadership Solutions, on how leaders can trust and verify the work of remote employees, in Quartz at Work.
Authored by CCL Senior Fellow and Director of Strategic Initiatives Jean Leslie, and CCL Faculty Member Cheryl Flink, PhD, in Talent Management.
Authored by CCL Global VP of Research, Analytics, and Impact Cheryl Flink, PhD, CCL Senior Fellow and Director of Strategic Initiatives Jean Leslie, and CCL Global Director for Digital Learning Samir Mehta, in Talent Management.
Authored by Jean Brittain Leslie to accompany her interview for the Voice America podcast on improving virtual team success by leveraging paradoxes.