Jeff Belsky
Director of Strategy and Leadership Development
About Jeff
Jeff has more than 30 years of industry, consulting, and educational experience. At Solutions 21, Jeff aids clients with executive coaching and development, corporate strategic planning, complex problem solving, supervisory skills development, and organizational change implementation.
Along with his role at Solutions 21, he serves as an adjunct professor of business and leadership at several prestigious universities. Jeff has published several articles and is currently authoring a book on leadership development, scheduled for release in 2020.
Jeff has successfully coached individuals from a variety of organizations across industry sectors. He takes a practical approach to coaching and concentrates his efforts on personal improvement and professional development. An energetic, strategic, and accomplished C-suite executive with a rapid progression through his leadership career, Jeff is experienced in championing business strategy and execution, organizational development initiatives, and complex change management.
By mixing theoretical concepts with practical applications, Jeff’s coaching candidates gain essential knowledge and apply leadership concepts in real time within their organization. They also obtain valuable insight from his industry experience, education, and leadership research, which encompasses leadership behavior, employee development, organizational commitment, and employee retention.
Jeff holds a BSBA and an MBA from Robert Morris University and a Doctorate Degree in Business from Liberty University. He resides in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, with his wife of 30 years and three grown children.
Latest Insights from Jeff
Productive meetings: what great organizations do
Here’s the scene: you’re in a room full of people trying to make a decision or get work done. Two hours you’ll never get back in yet another meeting without purpose. Then you start asking yourself, “Why am I here?” You realize how much work must be piling up in your...
Understanding the motivation behind asking “Why?”
The answer to “Why?” is not as easy as a simple logical explanation. Leaders must work at accepting the question “Why?” and developing the skill of proactively explaining the why of an assignment as it relates to the big picture. Many Gen X and Baby Boomer leaders...
Perfect all the time
Do you have people around you that will ask the hard questions? Or have you surrounded yourself with “yes men”? Remember this: if you only have yes men, you have to be perfect every time, because no one will disagree with you. As an aviator in an airplane with several...
The Great Resignation’s real driver
One of my favorite lines is, “The plural of anecdote is not evidence.” It means that the story you might hear from your friend or the person-on-the-street interview might not be a good representation of what is actually happening. However, those data points are great...
Transparent Leadership: a 21st-century superpower
Greater Transparency Increases Employee Happiness Perhaps the most critical quality next-generation talent desires in a strong leader is transparency. High-potential employees do not just want to be told what to do at the office. This group wants to know why they are...
Creating “strategic stickiness” to improve employee retention
The Great Resignation: Why Millions of Workers Are Quitting, CNBC, October 2021 Why Are So Many Americans Quitting Their Jobs, NPR, October 2021 How Companies Can Improve Employee Retention Right Now, Harvard Business Review, October 2021 Why Are Workers Really...
Great leaders know when to delegate
Empowerment Through Proper Delegation When I was younger, cutting corners on a specific task for my dad never saved me any time. You see, Dad had a knack for detail and process, and he wanted me to get it right the first time versus getting it done quickly. He held me...
Leaders control outcomes by focusing on the process
When asked to give a reason why he’s been so successful, University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban stated, “One of the things I always struggle with is we live in such an outcome-oriented world. People want to focus on outcomes, and I think outcomes are a...
What I know to be true
Our emotional responses to challenging situations can draw us into negative thought traps. These feelings are strong and sometimes cause great internal turmoil. Most of us have heard about imposter syndrome, where we feel inadequate for the role we’re in...
The rules of the game have changed
Over the last 18 months, each of us has experienced a whirlwind of change due to the global pandemic. It has forced us to look directly in the mirror and deal with issues that, in the past, we might have been able to evade. In the business world, there are several...