Kenny Leahman, MCC

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

 Kenny is an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC), Master Facilitator, Master Educator and Strategist with 6500+ hours training and coaching leaders and teams in over 25 countries. His dynamism and skills are derived from 24 years as a CIA undercover officer, 17 as a business executive, 19 overseas, and re-inventing himself repeatedly to adapt to new leadership paradigms, cultures and work environments (including combat zones). He blends a global perspective with deep human connection.

Kenny’s mantra is Discover, Decide and Do What Matters. He motivates and guides leaders, individuals and teams to achieve a transformative “Mindset Reset” and equips them with practical tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to sustain meaningful change. 

Drawing on his experiences—including two years in Afghanistan during the height of the war—Kenny develops and provides experiential training and keynotes on essential leadership characteristics; team alignment and cohesion; identity and values; and constructive conflict. 

As an adjunct faculty member, he has educated and advised students at Georgetown, Arizona State, Thunderbird and George Mason universities. While serving as Director of Pro Bono Initiatives and Strategic Partnerships for the ICF Metro DC Chapter, Kenny launched and led the first-ever ICF peer-to-peer pro bono coaching program for dozens of displaced Ukrainian coaches from March 2022 - May 2023. He is the lead advisor for the Coaching Warriors Forward Project and serves on The Grounded Idealist advisory board.  Kenny is a subject matter expert in living and leading with authenticity and transparency; cohesive teams; and cultural and situational awareness.

 Educator, |Advisor, Assessor | Georgetown University

•    Adjunct Faculty Team Member

•    Learning advisor and educator for adult professionals through all aspects of the Institute for Transformational Leadership (ITL) executive coaching certificate program

•    Assessor of student proposals, learning, progression and performance

•    Individual, team and group coach for student cadre members

Facilitator & Educator | Department of Defense

•    Facilitated four-week in-person leadership courses for hundreds of DOD personnel in the Defense Civilian Emerging Leaders Program (DCELP) 

•    Principles Taught: Know Self; Know Others; Build Teams; Lead People

•    Assessments & Tools: MBTI; Principles of Coaching; Proprietary Values Equation

 Senior Officer & Educator | CIA, FBI & USG entities

•    Directed complex partnerships with multiple US government agencies and more than 30 Foreign Security and Intelligence Services

•    Represented the CIA to Cabinet Officials and Members of Congress, and the US government to foreign Heads of State and senior Government Ministers

•    First CIA officer to volunteer and serve as Forward Operating Base Chief for 2 years in Afghanistan (2003-2005) leading a diverse multi-national team of 350+ individuals

•    Principal HUMINT instructor at “The Farm” for CIA’s largest-ever officer trainee cohorts

•    DNI Rep/CIA Chief in the most respected Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) in the US

•    Designed, launched and taught the FBI’s first-ever HUMINT training program

•    Advisor-Educator for individuals, leaders, teams and executives in 20+ countries including Ethiopia, Indonesia, Morocco, Myanmar, The Palestinian Authorities, Qatar and Yemen

•    Side-by-side coach and trainer for FBI agents and police officers in Chicago, Las Vegas, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Seattle

Select areas of specialization: cultural awareness, situational awareness, executive presence, leading with authenticity and transparency, and team coaching