Testimonials
The Handel methodology of transformation is genius. You guys are a dream come true for me. If you combine all the therapy, personal development programs and spiritual paths I have been on over the past 30 years and put it on crack, there HG Life Coaching stands.
The simple tools you provide combined with firm no nonsense coaching work: responsibility, commitment, honesty, and accountability. They are adding up to a new level of integrity for me. I feel it in my core.
Laurie, you have coached me with straightforward, concise and incisive wisdom. You are tough, you are confident, and you take risks. Your words are delivered from a place of love and I am able to receive my “tough truths” knowing they are coming from a sensitive and compassionate heart. I feel it, so I don’t waste time fighting it. I trust you, I trust the process and we are kicking ass!
“The Handel methodology of transformation is genius. You guys are a dream come true for me. If you combine all the therapy, personal development programs and spiritual paths I have been on over the past 30 years and put it on crack, there HG Life Coaching stands.
The simple tools you provide combined with firm no nonsense coaching work: responsibility, commitment, honesty, and accountability. They are adding up to a new level of integrity for me. I feel it in my core.
Laurie, you have coached me with straightforward, concise and incisive wisdom. You are tough, you are confident, and you take risks. Your words are delivered from a place of love and I am able to receive my “tough truths” knowing they are coming from a sensitive and compassionate heart. I feel it, so I don’t waste time fighting it. I trust you, I trust the process and we are kicking ass!”
“I have been working with my life coach for over 3 years now. During that time I have started a new company, started a website, produced two workout videos and am also in the process of writing a book. I am taking on things in my life that I have been wanting, such as being in a great, loving relationship. But what has been the most valuable outcome of this work is how I really have a new relationship to myself and what I think I am capable of accomplishing. I believe that life is not about the things we accomplish but the way we are being everyday. I love who I am being these days and I am clear that it is due to the passionate and enthusiastic support I get from our weekly calls.”
"In January of 2005 I called a meeting of my senior management team to discuss how we would continue to grow the 115 year-old iconic magazine that we worked for, Vogue. To my mind, we were very much about to plateau, reaching number one market share in all of our key advertising categories. My objective was clear: in order for us to grow, we needed to create a business environment that would attract the most talented people in magazine publishing, an environment where highly self-motivated people would thrive due to our creative and financial resources. One that would be free of unnecessary stress or pressure, but that could be the optimum place to plan, execute and take risks in order to optimize market conditions. The objective was to retrain a team that managed and was managed by fear, aggression, power and arrogance with reasonably good financial result.
After nearly a year of false starts and the highest turnover in the company, I was introduced to The Handel Group. If you believe in the spirit of an organization, then Lauren Zander is your spiritual leader. Through exhaustive ethnographic and observation, The Handel Group provided a platform to allow the management team to give up bad habits and replace them with positive high-performance behavior. Members of the team learned what it meant to accept that accountability is the key to being an extraordinary business executive, and that Personal Integrity® is the fundamental principal of accountability.
Leadership versus coercion has become the essence of our management style. Leadership based on a principle of genuine caring. Caring means that we recognize the individual’s personal and professional qualities that make each member of our team valuable.
The results have been outstanding. In 2007, Vogue produced the largest monthly consumer magazine ever published, and turned in a record year on top of a historic 2006. What is impressive is that we achieved this success without feeling wrung out. We are going into 2008 with extreme momentum and self-awareness, which comes from the enabling sense that one gets from speaking and dealing in truth. A lesson well learned from our association with The Handel Group."