High Profile Leadership Development (HPLD) is designed for high profile sports and entertainment figures, assisting in personal talent/skills identification and opportunity assessment, outside of their current career.

High profile individuals have unique challenges, often having to negotiate their shortcomings in public view of their fans and constituents. LEAP Leadership, having worked with ESPN and other high profile sports and entertainment clients, creates a safe environment where high profile individuals like entertainers, athletes and people in the public eye, such as university presidents, can identify their strengths and the traits they need to demonstrate as they lead, as well as the skills needed to handle the dynamics of leadership.

"Professional athletes often tell me how everyone wants to be their friend and give them anything they want and then it stops when they can't play anymore," says Dr. Kelly-Radford. "It can be difficult and that's why we're here to provide help with the transition in a positive, upbeat way that's grounded in reality."

For example, many professional athletes go from the protective care of a parent or guardian to the care of a high school coach; then they are handed off to a college coach; then upon being drafted, handed off to an agent; then to a professional sports coach; then, after the lights go out on a career due to age or injury, they are handed off to …who? And that's where LEAP Leadership, Inc. is able to provide a safety net and guidance.

Though highly skilled in corporate global talent identification and development, Kelly-Radford comfortably discusses, with high profile figures, their options for expanding their career opportunities after their careers in the limelight have ended.

Coaching individuals who have achieved a certain level of success requires trust, insight, flexibility, a unique ability to understand their specific challenges and a willingness to engage at a deeper level, asking the tough questions.

LEAP Leadership, Inc. quickly identifies the challenges that high profile clients face; develops a game plan and then partners with them to coach them through the next step in their lives as they venture into new career arenas.

LEAP Leadership, Inc. partners with athletes, entertainers and other high profile individuals to help them to:

• Accept, Identify, Explore, Transition. Accept that there is need for change and development; Identify their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats; Explore opportunities through structured coaching and consulting and Transition into the new scenario they envision for their themselves, with a measurable plan of action to serve as their playbook.

LEAP Leadership, Inc. is respectful of the celebrity status of its clients and therefore understands their high need for privacy. LEAP Leadership honors this and keeps in strictest confidence the clients served and the services rendered.

So as environments change for high profile individuals, LEAP Leadership, Inc. begins to shine the spotlight on new opportunities and dynamic possibilities that can provide a significant level of self-satisfaction and personal achievement.

If you are interested in this or other services from LEAP Leadership, Inc., please contact us for more information.