Philippe Kott – Professional Profile
Philippe Kott is President and founder of Kott Innovative Leadership Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in helping managers and executives increase their leadership impact to support the execution of an organization’s business strategy.
Philippe is a skilled facilitator, trainer, coach and author and has worked with thousands of executives and managers in numerous public and private sector organizations throughout North America. His areas of expertise include executive coaching, leadership development, change management, business communications, creativity, meeting facilitation, and team performance.
Philippe’s personal journey includes executive level positions in operations management, sales and marketing. Consequently, his sessions are rich with practical, real-life business knowledge and experience. This infusion of personal credibility, coupled with an enthusiastic and warm presentation style, ensures that participants are engaged in an experience they perceive to be highly relevant.
Philippe has the experience to deliver a variety of assessment tools including Management Research Group’s® advanced assessment-based technology, which helps clients link leadership development to business strategy and facilitates an appreciative approach to executive coaching.
He is very passionate about supporting the development of innovative organizations and is accredited in a number of creativity tools including the use and teaching of Dr. Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats® and Lateral Thinking™.
Fully bilingual, Philippe was born in France. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Concordia University in Montreal and a Masters degree in Leadership and Training from Royal Roads University in Victoria. He has also served as associate faculty for Royal Roads University Centre for Global and Executive Education.
Philippe’s business and consulting background includes:
- Coaching successful senior executives and high potentials to expand their capabilities and responsiveness in the context of leadership effectiveness.
- Designing and leading workshops in English and French for over 15,000 people throughout North America.
- Transitioning a restaurant chain from a corporate to a franchise organization.
- Being a member of a senior executive team that expanded a business from $200 million to $800 million in sales over a period of 5 years, through acquisitions, new start-ups and franchising.
- Increasingly responsible positions in a large department store chain leading to the role of National Sales and Marketing Manager.