Bio

Patrick is passionate about leadership and high-growth businesses. He helps entrepreneurs and founders transition from entrepreneurs and founders to leaders and leaders become highly effective. As an investor, adviser, mentor, coach, and board member, he helps businesses scale successfully. ''I am working with Patrick on the supervisory board...He brings in all his expertise, speeding up processes and sharpening results orientation...'' —Oliver Kaltner, former CEO Leica AG Throughout the years, Patrick has been translating his leadership and growth learnings into frameworks that he has been passing on in articles for the MIT Sloan Management Review, the Inc. Magazine, and I by IMD as well as leadership and growth workshops. ''Patrick is one of the most insightful and passionate leaders in scaling businesses that I've come across. His ability to understand a fast growing company's challenges and help define a structure and glide path to success is truly unique...'' —Raymond Wright, Co-Founder at Ufurnish In 2021, he published the high growth handbook and No. 1 Amazon bestseller ''FastScaling: The Smart Path to Building Massively Valuable Businesses''. ''I work with fast scaling companies every day - and this book provides a 360 degree view on all scaling topics...10 out of 10...'' —Gernot Schwendtner, CEO and Co-Founder of WeGrow International On 27 April 2023, the international publishing house Wiley will publish his new leadership book ''The Leadership House'' (https://www.leadershiphousebook.com). ''In this little book, you will find the tools necessary to enhance your leadership journey. Thanks Patrick for giving us such a gift.” —Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks International Patrick delivers both virtual presentations and in-person keynotes about leadership and growth topics and gets his audience inspired and equipped to reach their biggest goals. ''Patrick Flesner’s keynote at Estonian Business Angels Network investor day during sTARTUp Day was a hit – full of energy and smooth storyline to follow.'' —Harri Talin, Partner at CIVITTA and Co-Founder of ChallengerAccelerator.com In his online course ''Unlocking Your Leadership Potential'', he helps founders, entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders become highly effective leaders. It is a guided course in which he does not only share his leadership knowledge and experience but helps the participants create their own personalized leadership development plan. Connect here or at www.patrickflesner.com.