Bob Anderson

Bob Anderson is the founder and Chairman of The Leadership Circle and cofounder and Chairman of the Full Circle Group. Bob has dedicated his career to exploring the connections between leadership, mastery, competence, consciousness, spirituality and business.

Over the past 35 years, Bob has worked to integrate the best of leadership theory and research resulting in a comprehensive framework for developing leaders—the first Universal Model of Leadership to emerge in the field. The Leadership Circle ProfileÔ (LCP) is a leadership assessment that provides leaders 360⁰ feedback through the lens of the Universal Model. The Universal Model and the Profile provide organizations of any size, in any industry, with what they need to measure the effectiveness of leaders (individually and collectively), chart a pathway for their development, and then assess their progress as they develop. Forbes named the LCP one of its top executive development assessments.

Bob is the co-author (along with Bill Adams) of the book, Mastering Leadership: An Integrated Framework for Breakthrough Performance and Extraordinary Business Results. This book is being described as a seminal work in the leadership field. It was a Top Ten Bestseller on 800ceoread and was a Top 10 editorial pick on Amazon.

Bob and Bill’s new book, Scaling Leadership: Building Organizational Capability and Capacity to Create Outcomes that Matter Most, creates a street-level view of how senior leaders describe leadership. Drawing upon decades of experience enhancing leadership skills with clients ranging from Fortune 100, multi-national corporations to fast growth start-ups, Scaling Leadership provides a proven framework for scaling agile and scalable leadership in organizations.

Bob is a true pioneer in the field of leadership development and research. He spends the majority of his time researching, writing, consulting, and speaking around the world. He is dedicated to impacting the consciousness and effectiveness of leadership globally. Bob’s practical wisdom, humility, creativity, humor, and expertise provide a rare and transformative experience with whom he works.

Bob serves as adjunct faculty for the Stayer Center of Executive Education at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, which awarded him Partner in Innovation faculty award in 2005. The MEECO Leadership Institute awarded him the International Thought Leader of Distinction in 2018.

The Full Circle Group and Leadership Circle received Hr.com Leadership Excellence Awards in 2016, 2012, 2011, and first place in the Large Leadership Partner and Provider category of the Hr.com 2015 Leadership 500 Excellence Awards.

Bob holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Development from Bowling Green State University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from John Carroll University. Bob and Kim, his wife of 32 years, have three wonderful children and make their home near Toledo, Ohio.