Rob Salafia is an authority on executive presence and transformative learning experiences. He is a master storyteller and stage performer.
Rob combines two decades of experience as a top leadership development executive with a well-established career in the performing arts. He has a passion for coaching leaders to develop their presence, establish authentic connections, and tell compelling stories. He assists leaders to build emotional and narrative intelligence and share vision and strategy in a relevant way. He is the author of – Leading From Your Best Self: Develop Your Executive Poise, Presence and Influence to Maximize Your Potential (McGraw-Hill).
Rob enjoys stepping onto the main stage as a keynote speaker. Some highlights include CEO Club of Boston, CREW, YPO, Sony Music Entertainment, ING Bank, Association for Training and Development, Vynamic, MIT Sloan, Wharton, and Harvard Business School.
As an executive coach, Rob finds great satisfaction in guiding leaders through transitions to more senior roles, as well as coaching senior executives and leadership teams to enhance team effectiveness and prepare for strategic presentations.
What's unique about Rob is that for the first half of his career he was a performing artist where he traveled the globe delivering his unique, one-person variety show.
Rob is a lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management and an MIT Leadership Center Master Executive Coach.
Rob Salafia is an authority on executive presence and transformative learning experiences. He is a master storyteller and stage performer.
Rob combines two decades of experience as a top leadership development executive with a well-established career in the performing arts. He has a passion for coaching leaders to develop their presence, establish authentic connections, and tell compelling stories. He assists leaders to build emotional and narrative intelligence and share vision and strategy in a relevant way. He is the author of – Leading From Your Best Self: Develop Your Executive Poise, Presence and Influence to Maximize Your Potential (McGraw-Hill).
Rob enjoys stepping onto the main stage as a keynote speaker. Some highlights include CEO Club of Boston, CREW, YPO, Sony Music Entertainment, ING Bank, Association for Training and Development, Vynamic, MIT Sloan, Wharton, and Harvard Business School.
As an executive coach, Rob finds great satisfaction in guiding leaders through transitions to more senior roles, as well as coaching senior executives and leadership teams to enhance team effectiveness and prepare for strategic presentations.
What's unique about Rob is that for the first half of his career he was a performing artist where he traveled the globe delivering his unique, one-person variety show.
Rob is a lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management and an MIT Leadership Center Master Executive Coach.
Leading From Your Best Self: Develop Executive Poise, Presence and Influence to Maximize Potential
Discovering Your Keys to Confidence
We have all felt a time when we have been filled with confidence. With it, we can step into any situation knowing we are capable of handling it. We have also felt times when confidence has drained out of us. Nothing good can come when we are tentative and filled with self-doubt. While experience will tell you what you are capable of doing, confidence allows you to do it. Based on his years as a performing artist and experience as an executive coach Rob will reveal the secrets to...
Storytelling: The Sales Leader's Secret Weapon
Seasoned sales leaders know the secret to success: a winning smile, a firm handshake, a kind and strong presence, and a pocket full of well-developed stories. Whether it is telling a story about how your product or service has made a difference or drawing out and listening deeply to your client's story of need, narratives in many forms demonstrate credibility, create intimacy, communicate authenticity and establish trust. In this presentation Rob will call upon his 40+ years of...
Stepping Out of the Driver's Seat: Making a Successful Transition from Contributor to People Leader
- Have you been promoted due to your individual achievement and results?
- Are you having difficulty letting go?
- Are you getting feedback that your style is not working?
It has been reported that over 60% of newly promoted managers learn their jobs through trial and error. And that 42% have no clear idea of what was expected of them. It's no wonder that making the shift from individual contributor or expert to leading others can be tedious and challenging for many....
Enhancing Performance and Development Conversations
in this 90 minute webinar, Rob outlines a clear and repeatable process for establishing this developmental relationship and engaging in frequent performance and development conversations with one's...
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Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Company
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T.W., Area President, Gallagher, Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Company
Verified @ajg.comThanks Rob. You did a great job today. I enjoyed measuring the audience reaction. Very engaged! Thanks for sharing your book chapter. I look forward to reading it.
Lumileds
On-Site
A.K., Sr. Director Talent and Organizational Effectiveness, Lumileds
Verified @lumileds.comRob's sessions are extremely powerful in building the right mindset, creating trust and developing leaders to be more effective and inspiring communicators.
NN Insurance Group
On-Site
E.W., Head of Organizational & Leadership Development, NN Insurance Group
Verified @nn-group.comWhen I watch Rob working with senior leaders there are a couple of words that come to mind: passion, authenticity, helping others to transform, compelling and engaging. Last but not least a pleasure to work with!
Gardiner Associates
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S.G., President, Gardiner Associates
Verified @gmail.comATD Connecticut: Rob ran us through some engaging exercises to help us develop our poise, presence, and influence which is the subtitle of his insightful book, "Leading From Your Best Self", published by McGraw-Hill. Thanks, Rob, for a masterful evening.
CEO Club of Boston
On-Site
K.L., Chair, CEO Club of Boston, CEO Club of Boston
Verified @thoughtleading.comRob's presentation to the CEO Club of Boston was stellar. Not only did he expertly ground our members in clear and innovative leadership insights but he also got them UP ON THEIR FEET to play out a quick, fun exercise that demonstrated how we can instantly shift our energy from gloomy pessimism to positive, effective new energy. Our members left with both practical next steps and optimistic revitalized frames-of-mind. The repercussions of what he gave us are still be happily felt.
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