Rob Lederer

Rob is passionate about helping business owners, leaders, and visionaries transform their enterprises, grow in their leadership effectiveness, and be fulfilled in work and life. Having grown up in his family’s imprinting, manufacturing, and service business, and helping manage its growth from 90-450 employees in six years, ownership and leadership are part of his DNA.

Rob is a shaper of leaders, helping management teams be great leaders and managers, and improving their companies’ financial, operational, social, and environmental performance. He founded the strategic, management, and organizational consulting/coaching business Management Resources in 2002. His team has helped grow hundreds of leaders, and helped their businesses grow, run well, make money, and make a difference. Rob has been chosen by more owners of Inc. 500, Inc. Inner City 100, and Fortune Small Biz Inner City 100 award winners to be their Business & Leadership Coach than has any coach in the country. More recently, Rob has been evolving the business in an exciting new direction. In partnership with Jahn Ballard, Rob is responsible for building and leading the enterprise that delivers Management Operating System (MOS) Upgrades to the mid-market. Over the years, he has contributed to the R&D of the MOS Upgrade process itself. Rob served as interim President for Auction Systems in 2014, the largest auction house in the Southwest and a record ten-time winner of the Inner City 100 Award and multi-year winner of the Inc. 500 award for fast growth. For 2010, Rob served as interim President of SignaPay Ltd., a $10 million merchant services firm, in the credit card processing field. Rob is part owner of Prime Resources Corp. and serves on its Board of Directors. He also served on the board of Cynergy Data. Both won multiple Inc. 500 and Inner City 100 awards. Since 1992, while earning his MA in management and environmental policy at University of Chicago, Rob has been actively engaged in helping businesses succeed while they “make a difference.” He has been integrally involved in Social Venture Network (SVN), BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies), ASBC (American Sustainable Business Council), and more. He co-chaired ASBC’s Externalities Working Group for three years. Management Resources is a founding B Corporation. When not biking around New York City, Rob may be found in the Hudson Valley and elsewhere, keeping an eye out for interesting rocks and minerals, flora and fauna. He and his wife Liz delight in their daughter, Julia, born 2015.