Leslie Yerkes

Leslie Yerkes has been advancing the cause of positive organizational culture for over twenty-five years, ever since she started The Catalyst Consulting Group with a mission to do “consulting with a conscience.” Her interests are many but her vision for a workplace emboldened by empowered, enthusiastic employees and managers is singular.

Author of six books, including three for Berrett-Koehler, Leslie tends to run with her enthusiasms only after testing their viability in the rubber-meets-the-road environments of the organizations she consults with, be they small passionate non-profits or global Fortune 50 conglomerates. She nailed fun at work with co-author Dave Helmsath way back in 1997, (in 301 Ways to Have Fun At Work,), and revisited the concept with the essential Fun Works, Creating Placers Where People Love to Work, in 2001.

Her perspective on culture and leadership is complex but practical, sophisticated and deeply humane. It’s focused on how to optimally build business success by appreciating and supporting the strengths of the people and culture which make up the human core of the organization.

Leslie earned her Master of Science in Organizational Development at Case Western Reserve University after graduating cum laude from Wittenberg University with a BA in education. Leslie has taught at John Carrol University, Baldwin Wallace College, and, she is on the faculty at the Weatherhead Dively Center for Executive Education at Case Western Reserve University.

Leslie is co-author of the best selling 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work (Berrett-Koehler) and is the author of Fun Works: Creating Places Where People Love to Work (Berrett-Koehler); Beans: Four Principles for Running a Business in Good Times or Bad (Jossey-Bass) ; They Just Don't Get It: Changing Resistance Into Understanding (Berrett-Koehler); and in 2008, Beyond Kicks Carrots: Motivation for the 21st Century (Norma Sustenere Publishers.)

As a consultant, author, thought leader, and keynote speaker, Leslie is all about deep change and other kinds of daring.

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