Rob Salafia

Rob combines two decades of experience as a top leadership development executive with a well-established career in the performing arts. He is known for creating long-lasting client relationships and supporting executives through transformative learning experiences. Rob has a passion for helping leaders develop their presence, tell compelling stories and establish authentic connections, in order to deliver on their business goals and development plans. He assists leaders to share vision and strategy in a compelling way that connects and is relevant to every person in the room. This is particularly effective for executives working through disruptive change and business transformation that will require people power up and sustain performance for an extended period of time.

Rob is highly skilled working one-one-one as an executive coach, as well as facilitating small and large group learning sessions. He enjoys stepping onto the mainstage as a keynote or featured speaker at leadership conferences. Some highlights include ING Bank’s Annual Leadership Conference, Wharton Business School’s Leadership Conference, USC’s Marshall School of Business Building Leaders Forum, and the American Society for Training and Development. Rob most enjoys coaching senior leaders and leadership teams in preparation for strategic presentations.

Rob is a member of the Executive Education coaching cadres for MIT’s Sloan Fellows, AMP and EMBA Programs. He holds an MS in Organizational Policy from Boston University and a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Rob has worked closely with Fortune 500 companies, including, ING Bank, American Express, Sony Music Entertainment, Metro AG, Philips International, Alliance Bernstein, BASF, Abbott, Merrill Lynch, ThyssenKrupp, Sonae, eBay, Fidelity, and the Royal Bank of Scotland. He has cultivated a lasting partnership with Harvard Business School resulting in the integration of experiential programming within the Harvard MBA curriculum and Executive Education Leadership Programs serving thousands of global leaders.