David Robert

Meet David Robert

David Robert is the Co-Chief Executive Officer for Loeb Leadership. David brings over 20 years of experience as a thought leader in the areas of learning and development, change management and workplace culture to the Loeb Leadership team; leading client engagements around building high performing, high trust workplace cultures. During these engagements, David works with leaders to challenge their perspective on what it means to lead while also preparing them to foster and protect the future they want for their organization. 

David has held both internal and external consulting positions at companies across several industries and is the former CEO of Great Place to Work (Middle East). In addition to having complete P&L responsibility for the organization, David led the expansion of GPTW across the Middle East by partnering with hundreds of organizations to create high-trust, collaborative cultures that set the regional benchmark for all great workplaces. David also led an executive strategy network, which brought together C-level leaders across the Middle East with the purpose of conducting research, sharing insights and working together to solve common challenges. David had a monthly leadership column with the Kipp Report and has appeared on several television and radio programs, including CNBC Arabia.

Previously, David worked with Blue Cross and Blue Shield as Director of Change Management. In that role, he was responsible for the overall people and culture strategy of the organization. David spent considerable time with the senior leadership team to align their behavior around a shared aspirational culture, while also helping to embed that vision into employee touchpoints such as recruitment, learning & development, and performance management. In addition, David worked for several technology companies where he designed and implemented learning and development programs.

David’s consulting experience spans nearly every industry and many continents. He has worked extensively with companies in the healthcare, legal, retail, technology and hospitality industries, as well as with companies in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific and Africa. Specifically, he has worked with DHL, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Ericsson, General Electric, Marriott, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and many legal firms. Much of David’s recent work has focused on workplace culture assessments and analysis, organizational design consulting, and leadership development. And, David continues to be invited to speak to senior leadership teams about LGBTQ+ issues in the workplace. 

David is currently a visiting lecturer in the Center for Leadership at the University of Dayton.

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