“The best way to predict your future is to create it”
― Peter Drucker
Within the co-activated structure of coaching, I work with leaders in ideation, strategic decision making to build their enterprise especially in today’s shifting business landscape.
Leslie D. Joynes PhD, MBA
Les is coaching MBAs and EMBAs at Columbia Business School. He is a member of the Columbia University Visiting Scholar and Scientist Community where he is researches creativity in enterprise. He is a Certified Coach from the New York University Coaching Program specialized in Leadership.
Les works with global leaders to identify current and leading indicator structures and mindfully navigate strategic decisions especially in dynamic and transforming social, economic and political landscapes. Les is Visiting Faculty at Renmin University and Peking University and is recipient of Fulbright Awards for Mongolia, China and India.
He has led research in Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Brazil and China and served global clients including Du Pont, 3M, GE, Bayer, Dow, BASF, Braun, and General Motors and has lectured on creativity and intercultural collaboration at leading universities in the Americas, Asia and Europe. He co-published Managing The Technology Transfer Process: The Parallel Learning Mechanism (Shani and Joynes); and recently contributes to Looking to New Institutional Models: China’s Cultural Landscape by Mid-Century. His work has featured in NHK TV Japan and publications in the US, UK, and Australia.
Les is a graduate of the New York University Coaching Program and possesses an M.Sc. Management from Boston University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and his MBA from California State Polytechnic University where he specialized in technology transfer and strategy. His creative training includes his M.A. from Goldsmiths College, University of London; M.A. Fine Art from Musashino Art University, Tokyo; and Doctorate from the Faculty of Art, Environment and Technology, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
Education
NYU Coaching Program New York University, US
Columbia University Visiting Scholar and Scientist Program, New York
Post-Doctorate University of São Paulo, Brazil
PhD Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK
MA Musashino Art University, Japan (Japan Ministry of Education Scholar)
MA Goldsmiths College, University of London
MBA California State Polytechnic University (CalPoly)
M.Sc Management Boston University and Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB)
BA (Cum Laude) Boston University, MA
BA (Hons) University of the Arts London, UK
Awards
• Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award
• US Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs Grant for Colombia
• US Department of State, American Arts Incubator ZERO1: Art and Technology Artist
• Fulbright Hays US Public Diplomacy Award, China
• Taiwan Ministry of Education (MOE) Language Scholar National Cheng Kung University
• Renmin University of China Merit Award for Teaching, Beijing
• Wheatley Foundation Fellow, Birmingham City University, UK
• US Department of State ACMS Field Research Fellow
• Research Fellow, University of the Arts London
• Fulbright Hays US Public Diplomacy Award, Mongolia
