Laura is a board certified executive coach (BCC) working with leaders of leaders as they pursue unique goals and outcomes resulting in total solutions, career satisfaction, wholeheartedness and a culture of goodness. After spending nearly two decades leading a mentored learning curriculum in higher education, Laura is sought out as a consultant to senior leaders wishing to incorporate the use of self-selected mentoring and self-directed development plans in their employee's professional growth… Show more Laura is a board certified executive coach (BCC) working with leaders of leaders as they pursue unique goals and outcomes resulting in total solutions, career satisfaction, wholeheartedness and a culture of goodness. After spending nearly two decades leading a mentored learning curriculum in higher education, Laura is sought out as a consultant to senior leaders wishing to incorporate the use of self-selected mentoring and self-directed development plans in their employee's professional growth initiatives.Laura provides high quality coaching. In a non-regulated industry, it was important that her certification be through an approved International Coaching Federation training program. Additionally, Laura's has a board level certification through the Center for Credentialing and Certification. Because assessment of goals and outcomes is a key to focused executive coaching, Laura is certified in several high end assessments including the Profile XT and the Genos Emotional Intelligence model. She is available to Human Resource teams who wish to use assessment data in their hiring and employee development/onboarding process. Laura also provides employee workshops and training in both emotional intelligence and the art of mentored learning.In her 35+ year career, Laura spent over a decade in national industry non-profit management in the area of leadership development and training where twice in two years she received 1st place recognition by the American Society of Association Executives for its National Award of Excellence. Additionally, she served for fifteen years on faculty as Associate Professor and Director of Training and Mentoring at Denver Seminary. Show less

Responsible for leading a team of professors and administrating the school's distinctive mentored learning curriculum focusing on professional and whole life development.

Had responsibility to teach, advise and administrate the training and mentoring core curriculum.Facilitated the life-long collaborative learning process of graduate students.Consulted in the process of creating mentoring cultures and programming within organizations.Specialized in the use of self-directed learning contracts in adult education and executive leadership.Trained mentors/coaches and faculty.Developed collaborative learning environments for adult learners.

Developed national institutes and workshops on leadership development serving a membership of 40,000.Editor for monthly leadership newsletters to membership of 40,000.I received 1st place recognition by the American Society of Association Executives Award of Excellence program in 1994 and 1996 for the Cattlemen’s Leadership Institute and Young Cattlemen’s Conference.