Les Taylor Les@LesTaylor.net

Experience

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  City of Tempe

  Nov 1971 - Nov 1993

  Assistant Chief of Police (Ret)

  For over 26 years, Les Taylor served as Tempe’s Assistant Chief of Police and Executive Officer supervising 400 civilian and sworn personnel as well as helping individuals, teams, and projects increase performance and reach greater success in their business results. The biggest challenge was managing the growth of the department during the 1980’s and 1990’s. The department quadrupled in size in the nearly 3 decades he served on the department ... so you can imagine the growth challenges that were faced.Specialties: • As a Police Executive, he oversaw both the patrol and investigations sides of the department.• As Assistant Police Chief, he represented the department in a number of venues and did a great deal of public speaking, as well as internal training and development but most of the speaking was in the community – representing the department. Show less

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  Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1997

  Executive Director

  Responsible for the oversight of the training, administrative and legislative initiatives of the organization. Schedule and facilitate all meetings and conferences. Manage/resolve any and all member issues.

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  Achievement Solutions, LLC

  Jan 2001 - now

  Founder and President

  Les Taylor's speaking and coaching presentations are perfect for people who want to improve their performance and productivity. All keynotes and presentations are customized for your specific needs of topic and length of program, related to improving your performance, productivity, and growth.Businesses hire Les Taylor to speak and consult on topics, including:• You Are The Brand: How to build High-Performing Management and Leadership Teams• Leadership/Management Overlap: How to improve Professional and Performance Development• Stop Walking in Circles: How to keep your Performance Efforts Focused and on Track• How to infuse Creativity within Performance Markers to Produce Profitable ResultsReaders love Les Taylor's recent book "Moving From Activity to Achievement" for its action-oriented focus that gives them ideas and action steps they can implement to produce immediate results - both professionally and personally. Book is available for purchase at: http://www.lestaylor.net/products Show less

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  Outperformers International, LLC

  Jan 2003 - now

  Speaker & Expert in Professional Development & Performance Management

  Performance Management Resources for C-level Executives, Small Business Owners, and Professional Associations. OPI offers a complete line of profssional development products, services, workshops, and consulting to keep performance efforts focused, on track and delivering results. • Email – les@LesTaylor.net; • Call (480) 940-8700.

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  NSA

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2009

  Member

  To hone his professional speaking skills and support other active professional members the National Speakers Association, Les Taylor joined and has participated in NSA since 2003. It's at the Arizona Chapter that he has demonstrated his professional system that works for paid clients as well as been instrumental in helping maintain NSA-Az's reputation as one of the top 3 Chapters in North America.

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  National Speakers Association

  Jan 2009 - now

  Professional Member

  In today’s competitive, information-overloaded, turbulent economy, a company and its executive team rely on a simple plan ... call it a roadmap for how to think and perform both at the corporate and employee levels. To achieve better results with strategic efforts, they hire Les Taylor. As a professional member of the National Speakers Association, Les Taylor has certified speaking credentials and experience to provide high-value presentations to clients. Meeting planners can confidently choose an NSA professional member to add a quality presentation to their event. Show less

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  NSA-Arizona

  Jan 2010 - now

  Chapter President 2011-2012

  As President of NSA AZ, Les Taylor chaired the Board and MC'd all chapter meetings with the same interactive approach, enthusiastic style and practical action-oriented focus for which his paid audiences have come to value him. The focus for his year as President was to ensure the programming directly related to the four NSA speaker competencies: Expertise – Eloquence – Enterprise – Ethics. To allow participants to leave with ideas and action steps for implementable results, Les secured internationally acclaimed speakers to deliver their areas of expertise, including Patricia Fripp, Lon Safco, Jim Cathcart, Randy Pennington, Mark LeBlanc, Joel Weldon, and Debbie Allen.Les Taylor currently serves on the board as past president of the National Speakers Association, Arizona Chapter, is an award-winning author, and is the genius behind many companies’ successful strategic growth plans. Show less

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  Outperformers International

  Jan 2011 - now

  Founder / Managing Partner

  As Founder and Managing Partner of Outperformers International, LLC, Les Taylor’s extensive background in management and leadership provide his clients with a unique advantage. Les teaches what he has personally experienced over his 40 years in the workplace. From first line supervision to "C" suite leadership, Les has the experience, proven performance and success to help his clients develop their managers into future leaders and, in the process, improve organizational performance and productivity.Les has facilitated professional development forums at companies such as: Hunter Contracting Co, Arizona Business Journal, Arizona Chapter of IMC conference, Farmers Insurance, Pinal County Sheriff's Department, Gainey Ranch Fitness Center - management team, and many more.Specialties: • Performance Improvement - bottom-line results• Professional Development • Small Business Owners, C-level Executives, Local Government Agencies, and Association Events• Keynotes - Workshops and Webinars related to Professional Development and Performance ImprovementReaders love his recent book "Moving From Activity to Achievement" for its action-oriented focus that gives them ideas and action steps they can implement to produce immediate results - both professionally and personally. Book is available for purchase at: http://www.lestaylor.net/products or at Amazon.com Show less