ABOUT LESLIE
Leadership isn’t about your title – it's about your influence.
For years, I believed that leadership was about having the right title and the right expertise. That if I worked hard enough and proved myself capable enough, my ideas would naturally gain traction. But I kept hitting the same wall: good ideas that went nowhere, speaking up but not being heard, initiatives that stalled despite my best efforts.
I'm on a mission to change the way leaders think about influence. To show frustrated, capable leaders that their lack of impact isn't about their ideas or their expertise. It's about understanding how to build genuine influence at any level.
Because leadership isn't about your title. It's about your influence. And influence is something you can deliberately build.
I'm Leslie Beale, a keynote speaker and leadership expert who helps frustrated leaders break through organizational barriers and drive real impact.
Over two decades of leading teams and developing leaders, I've watched brilliant, capable people hit the same wall: great ideas but no buy-in. Speaking up but not being heard. Pouring energy into initiatives that never gained traction.
I lived this frustration myself. I believed expertise and hard work were enough. But I kept hitting walls. Not because my ideas weren't good, but because I hadn't learned how to build genuine influence.
Everything changed when I realized that leadership isn't about your title. It's about your influence. And influence is something you can deliberately build.
This insight, combined with my experience coaching and training thousands of mission-critical leaders, led me to develop the 3-Step Influence Accelerator, a systematic framework that transforms how leaders show up and get results.
I believe that any leader can build influence at any level. And I can show you exactly how to do it.
Everything changed when I realized that leadership isn't about your title. It's about your influence. And influence is something you can deliberately build.
“The world needs leaders who can effectively drive meaningful change, and that requires understanding how to building influence.”
Keynote Speaker & Leadership Expert
I've delivered keynotes to organizations including First Horizon, the University of Tennessee, and the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce Executives, providing practical leadership solutions that drive real results.
Executive Coach & Leadership Development Strategist
As CEO of Profusion Strategies (link), I've helped thousands of mission-critical leaders break through organizational barriers and transform how they show up and get results.
Recovering Attorney & Legal Executive
I spent more than a decade in legal leadership roles, where I learned firsthand the difference between positional authority and genuine influence—and why only one of them drives real impact.
Influence & Impact Expert
I'm passionate about helping frustrated leaders move from having great ideas to getting buy-in, from speaking up to being heard, and from working hard to making a measurable difference.
Former Title-Chaser, Current Influence-Builder
I know what it's like to believe your expertise should be enough, and I'm here to show you the systematic approach that actually creates impact.
