Patrick Leddin

Meet Patrick Leddin

For more than three decades, Patrick Leddin, PhD has been leading teams and studying leadership. His hands-on leadership experience has stretched from leading soldiers as a U.S. Army master parachutist, infantry, ranger-qualified officer to working with senior corporate leaders at KPMG Consulting, FranklinCovey, and his own companies.

A Snapshot of Patrick Leddin

• A Wall Street Journal best-selling author and Amazon #1 new release in Workplace Culture author of The 5-Week Leadership Challenge.
• Successful entrepreneur that has co-founded two businesses with his wife, including the Leddin Group, LLC and The Wedgewood Group, Inc. (an Inc. 5000 company which was sold in 2012).
• Associate professor and Director of the Practice of Business Studies at Vanderbilt University, where he teaches Corporate Strategy, Negotiation, Advanced Marketing, and Crisis Leadership.
• Founder and host of the weekly podcast Leadership Lab, with a 1 % Global Rank; and has more than 100,000 followers on LinkedIn.
• Served in the U.S. Army as an airborne infantry ranger-qualified platoon leader and company commander.
• Has a more than 19-year relationship with the FranklinCovey organization that has included the positions Director of Strategic Partnerships and Senior Delivery Consultant.
• Lives in Nashville with his business partner and wife of 30 plus years. They have two adult children. He is an avid outdoorsman and mountain climber, including Mount Kilimanjaro.
• Received his PhD in Strategic Communication from the University of Kentucky.

AUTHOR

Patrick is the author of the Wall Street Journal Best-seller The 5-Week Leadership Challenge: 35 Action Steps to Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be as well as A Winning Culture in Government, Oliver’s Spot: The 5 Ps Leading Teams to Top Results and Oliver’s Spot for the Public Sector.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER, CONSULTANT, AND COACH

His speaking engagements and consulting work have allowed him to partner with clients and present to countless audiences in the United States, Canada, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Great Britain, Aruba, Iceland, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Guam, and many other countries around the world. Past clients include Vector, General Electric, Samsung, U.S. Secret Service, Penn State Leadership Academy, Trilogy Health Services, Ecolab, Long John Silver, and Boston Consulting Group.

ENTREPRENEUR

In 2001, Patrick and his wife Jamie co-founded Wedgewood Consulting Group, Inc., an Inc. 5000 company. Over 11 years, Wedgewood Group assembled an amazing team, opened offices in multiple cities, achieved double-digit annual revenue growth each year, and served an impressive list of clients before being acquired in 2012. In 2018, Patrick and Jamie launched the Leddin Group, LLC to help leaders and teams achieve their full potential and accomplish their top priorities.

PODCAST HOST AND LINKEDIN INFLUENCER

Patrick is the founder and host of the weekly Leadership Lab Podcast with a 1% Global Rank. He has had the privilege to interview and talk leadership with more than 120 guests to date, including Stephan M.R. Covey, Patrick Lencioni, Marshall Goldsmith, and more. Patrick has more than 100,000 followers on LinkedIn due to his great content and teachings.

PROFESSOR

In addition to his work at Leddin Group, Patrick serves as Associate Professor and Director of the Practice of Business Studies at Vanderbilt University, where he teaches Corporate Strategy, Negotiation, Advanced Marketing, and Crisis Leadership. He brings his years of practical experience to the classroom, allowing his students to meld theory with real-world implementation.

EDUCATION

Patrick received his PhD in Strategic Communication from the University of Kentucky.

PERSONAL LIFE

Lives in Nashville with his wife of 30 plus years/ business partner, has two adult children, and a son-in-law. He is an avid outdoorsman and mountain climber; and has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.