Through her authentic, energetic and results focused approach, Lauren establishes strong relationships, builds trust and supports her clients in achieving their goals. She has advised CEOs, business leaders and their teams on promoting more holistic workplace cultures and developing impactful and transformational leaders. Lauren has extensive experience with global, fast-paced, diversified industries including Consumer Products, Financial Services, Professional Services and Utilities and has deep knowledge in talent management, leadership & organizational development, executive coaching and assessment, talent acquisition and M&A integrations.
Lauren is a problem solver, facilitator, and thought partner to any leader committed to transforming their organization. She spent 20+ years in human resources across a variety of industries and has been on leadership teams under a broad range of circumstances— high growth, large scale transformation resulting from mergers and acquisitions, changes in leadership, and business downturns. Most recently, she was Chief Human Resources Officer for the Americas at AXA XL (a global property and casualty insurance company). She also held various human resource business partner (HRBP) and talent management positions throughout her 10-year tenure at AXA.
Before joining AXA XL, Lauren spent several years at Avon Products both as an HRBP and in roles leading the talent management function. Earlier in her career, Lauren worked with a large public utility company leading management development and spent several years as a leadership consultant at Aon Hewitt where she conducted research to identify the world’s best companies for developing talent and leadership, work that was later published in Fortune and in several best-selling books.
Lauren holds an MA in social-organizational psychology from Columbia University, and a BA from Smith College. She earned her leadership coaching certification from the Hudson Institute of Coaching. Lauren is the co-author of “What’s the Big Idea? The Little Things That Develop Great Leadership”, July, 2003 issue of Leader to Leader. She has also been published in Leading Organizational Learning: Harnessing the Power of Knowledge, edited by Marshall Goldsmith, Howard Morgan, and Alexander J. Ogg, New York: John Wiley, 2004.
When I am not working I love spending time with my family. My husband, Chris, and I have two sons. Henry who is graduating from HS in June and is headed to Northwestern University in September, and Charlie who is finishing 8th grade and gearing up for HS. I love to read, take long walks/hikes, enjoy music (both listening and playing- I play the flute) and spend time when we can on the beach in Block Island, RI.
