Testimonials

The progress I have seen with Lori’s help has been truly amazing!  We have extraordinarily talented young scientists in our organization and, thanks to Lori, we are now well on our way to building a super high performing team.   Lori’s style is perfect for a young organization:  she quickly gets to the essence of a problem, and designs solutions that have a profound impact.  She is by far the most effective executive coach I have ever worked with.

Nancy Thornberry, CEO, Kallyope

It was a wonderful journey working with Lori and being coached. She helped in many ways by providing coaching techniques and opening my eyes to new ways of thinking. Most importantly, she listened to me and understood me and my reasons. Thank you so much for everything.

Anita Ramasami Henriquez, CPA, Assistant Director, Budget and Financial Analysis, Zuckerman Institute

Getting communication right in a startup is crucial for productivity and growth, and speaking truth to one another while building mutual support and respect within our team are core values we wanted to nourish. We brought in Lori to facilitate a workshop to help us better understand each other’s work styles. She gave us a great feedback tool that makes difficult conversations a little less awkward while exhibiting care for everyone involved. We appreciated that Lori combined teaching with interactive exercises to help the ideas sink in. She is a delight to work with!

Charles J. Queenan III, CEO, Forkhead BioTherapeutics Inc.

Lori provided excellent advice to the founders of startups at the Endless Frontier Labs.  Many of our founders are trained at the highest levels in scientific fields, and are looking for guidance on communications, managing teams and nurturing business relationships—skills essential to succeed in business.  Lori organized workshops for our founders which succinctly distilled actionable tips on these aspects to our startups.  Additionally, Lori quickly adapted her material to the new circumstances and work environment brought upon us by the COVID-19 pandemic and provided essential guidance on how to manage work and teams more efficiently via the virtual medium.  We are grateful to Lori for her help with growing our brilliant founders further.

Deepak Hegde, Director, Endless Frontier Labs

Lori is phenomenal. She is a high integrity straight shooter who drives results. Lori communicates with class and will drill down core concepts in a way that is easy to understand and digest. She has helped me grow both personally and professionally as I’ve expanded my team. She knows the life sciences domain like the back of her hand and can gain instant credibility with individual contributors, senior leaders, and first time managers. I found that her prior work experience as a recruiter and psychotherapist were particularly relevant. She’s also fun and has a great sense of humor. Two thumbs up for Lori!

Lee Golodny, Executive Recruiter

Truly love working with Lori! When the pandemic upended how we work, Lori customized a Remote Working webinar that gave our scientific community tips to adapt their leadership skills quickly. Her presentation and content were clear, concise, and practical. Lori is also seen at LaunchLabs providing coaching and workshops to a number of our companies. She understands scientists, leaders, and what it takes to make them effective in business.

Agata Magalinskaya, Director Strategic Programming, Alexandria LaunchLabs NYC

Lori is an amazing developer of people. She is tough as nails with the people she coaches, but does it in a way where they don’t get defensive (or if they do, she breaks through to them). I’ve felt the impact of her work having been on the receiving side of her coaching many years ago and have since employed her to assess leaders / provide coaching in several of my portfolio companies.
She works with VCs that get the importance of people, so we’re producing startups that are great places to work and are highly effective, versus driven by overbearing CEOs that the teams want to kill.

Jason Henrichs, Managing Director

By quickly tapping into the character traits and values that define me as a person and leader, Lori guided me on a tailored coaching approach that was right for me. She became an ally in complex situations, grasping the issues with ease and advising me on developing and executing solutions. It’s rewarding to work closely with an advisor who has a deep passion for individual people and an acute business acumen.

Andrew Usuki, VP Sales & Biz Dev, Dover

You understand that VC and PE backed companies are often run by people who want to do things a bit differently, i.e. their way and quickly. As a result, you have a highly customised approach and one that is flexible to change as needs change. And you will challenge and deliver bad news when necessary, but also focus on ensuring the good remains.

Paul Aitken, CEO & Founder, Borro

Lori did a webinar for Insight Venture Partners’ portfolio executives. What struck me was the disconnect between executives say hiring the best talent is one of their greatest challenges and largest expenses, yet no time is spent training employees on how to conduct a decent interview. Candidates can interview for hours at a company, yet probably be asked the same poor questions repeatedly. I came out of there with a solid understanding of what makes a great interview question and how to establish a hiring process that gets solid results.

Rado Lipus, CEO, Neudata

I participated in a Personal Board of Advisors exercise that Lori facilitated for a colleague of mine. I kept thinking about the many people I know who would benefit from such feedback from their peers and friends and long-time confidants.  It is such a powerful tool, and in truth, we all tend to crash forward in our work without taking the time to assess what we do well and not-so-well.  Thanks for executing the event at such a high level.

Tim Christ, Principal, BuroHappold Engineering

She is a fixer! One of Lori’s greatest strengths is her keen insight and ability to quickly see the challenge and formulate a solution.She is an honest, no-nonsense, driven professional with high intelligence and quick wit. She has a gift for working with difficult people and getting them to make the changes both they and their companies need to succeed.

Shelley Hall, President, Catalytic Management

Lori’s interview training workshop was informative and timely. As we are looking to hire the best, she emphasized the importance of getting the interview process right and provided clear tips and techniques for how to approach this process. Employees walked away with the tools to make this happen and were focused on getting it right.

Kathy Tignor, HR Director, WisdomTree Investments