“I have known Laura for several years, and have always been impressed at her professionalism and her generosity. She is very willing and able to support and assist, and I know I can count on her for insight and good judgment. I recently referred her to a friend at another major company, knowing my friend would be in good hands with Laura.” May 31, 2009 Shelbra Brinkman , Director, Organization Development , Experian.

“Laura is an extremely talented coach and trainer. Her group facilitation skills immediately put participants at ease which enables them to get the most out of her dynamic programs. Her business sense and ability to work with all groups or individuals make her an outstanding choice for any organization.” May 31, 2009 Susan Bloch , Human Resource Rep. , First Interstate Bank, Ltd.

“Laura has proven her worth as a coach and consultant to student learning teams by her prudent and strategic advice and interventions and as a leader in the MSOD alumni community.” May 31, 2009 Top qualities: Personable , Expert , High Integrity. Gordon Brooks hired Laura as a OD practitioner in 2002, and hired Laura more than once.

“Laura was an outstanding member of the Organizational Development Staff at FI Bank, Ltd. She created and facilitated important change management and management development programs that prepared our employees for critical changes as we were about to be divested to Standard Chartered Bank.” May 31, 2009 Kathryn McKee , SVP Human Resources , First Interstate Bank Ltd.

“I first worked with Laura when we asked her to lead team building efforts for our Organization and Leadership Development team at Prudential Healthcare in 1996. Laura immediately gained the respect of this very discerning group of professionals, and led us through a team building process to gain deep clarity on our mission, vision, and approach to our work there at Prudential. Laura is a consummate professional in the areas of leadership development, organization development, and organization design. I highly recommend her.” May 31, 2009 Top qualities: Great Results , Personable , Expert. Cris Hagen hired Laura as a Business Consultant in 1996.

“Laura is an organized, bright, thoughtful and very competent individual. I've had the opportunity to see her as a teacher, consultant and coach. She performs flawlessly and personally! She can develop a team, give accurate feedback and helps people develop their own capacity. A joy to work with! As another colleague has said of Laura -- "she's got your back"!” May 31, 2009 Ann Feyerherm , MSOD Director , Pepperdine University.

“Laura is a trustworthy, highly intelligent, sensitive and authentic communicator who is also a confident and proficient business-minded strategist.” May 31, 2009 Julie Benesh , Director of Organizational Development , Rush University Medical Center.

“My experience of Laura as a coach has been valuable. She is clearly a leader in an evolving field of study with a devotion to development as a professional. She coaches with a natural focus on support and understanding of the nuances of the coaching relationship. I have observed her as a coach and am encouraged to know she is advancing the role of coach in the organization to the level it deserves for effective development of our future leaders.” January 16, 2008 Leslie Knowlton , Owner , Development Coach.

It would be my privilege to offer to you my recommendation and introduction of Leadership Strategies International. Earlier this year I was looking for a local firm who could quickly understand my company’s management development needs and offer something new and different. The firm, founded by Laura Hauser in 1993, fit the bill completely. After astutely listening to our needs, she recommended a program that offers 20 training modules and that blends both classroom and electronic learning techniques.

With Laura’s expertise and her enthusiastic and qualified trainer, we rolled out our first class at Arvato Services in August. Our management team expressed to me that the class was excellent. They liked the speed of the class, the group activities, and the feedback from the instructors and other participants. They especially found valuable talking about their real work situations. People put their learning to work immediately. They look forward to continuing their learning through electronic newsletters and quizzes and by attending the next class offered this month.

Sincerely,
Joe Clark
Director, Organization Development
Arvato Services Inc., Bertelsmann

"Our team left energized and amazed that in one day we made a decision about a business issue we had struggled with for over a year. We quickly learned a model for team innovation and decision making, and applied it to a perplexing business issue. We want our employees to get trained and begin using this approach right away."

Director, Nestle' U.S.A

"I never knew that executive coaching could be so helpful. Before you started coaching me, I felt that I had a limitation of places to go and things to do. Now I feel unlimited in what I do and how I do it. It was poetic and prophetic that the coaching came at a time because it was needed. I experienced such personal growth that I'll never be the same again. I'll never look at leadership and power the same again. I now see myself as a leader with compassion who accepts and sees growth of others as a key measurement of success. I see power as somethng very quiet. A quiet strength that was within me before but that I didn't acknowledge nor have confidnece in. Now I have a knowing that it is within me and that I can use it wisely. Thank you again."

Manager, AT&T Wireless

Dear Laura:

I wanted to thank you for your leadership in helping Varco to develop the Smart training (Supervisory, Management and Resource Training) program?

Throughout the process, you have been instrumental in providing us the guidance and direction to keep us on course and to allow us to efficiently arrive at an end product of which we would be proud. You very quickly learned the Varco style, and this allowed you to be most effective by offering relevant solutions. Most interesting, you quickly transformed from a normal consultant to a full-fledged member of the team. You also became a leader within the team, not in pushing your solutions but in encouraging the team to go for the best and to realize their full potential. Your expertise and advise was helpful, but the drive and determination that you brought to the team got us through the toughest spots, kept us on track and allowed us to deliver a first class program ahead of schedule. Maybe most importantly, you kept us focused on the need to get and maintain executive support before, during and after each class, and showed us ways to get that. This executive level support has proven crucial in maintaining the momentum of the program.

The result has been outstanding. If I go back to those Best Practice site visits, I can safely say that I think the Varco Smart program stands among the best of the best. Internally, it continues to get nothing but rave reviews. The participants offer glowing complements; those still on the waiting list keep asking for their turn; the division executive staffs are asking for more exposure to what this program has to offer. Varco has never had a program that has been so enthusiastically supported.

I cannot thank you enough for all the contributions you have made to our Smart program. Without your guidance and your leadership, we would not have the outstanding program that we have. I look forward to your contributions to the next phase of our management-training program, Smart II. In the meantime, it would be a privilege to offer my recommendation to any of your prospective clients. I certainly would give you the most glowing of references.

Sincerely,
Michael W. Sutherlin, Vice President
Varco International
Orange, CA

Dear Laura:

This letter is in response to your request for some comments about your work with me and my executive team.

I am sure you remember that the main reason I selected you to lead my group through a strategic planning process was because I felt that you, more than other consulting firms I interviewed, had the greatest depth and breadth of experience in change management. I also felt that you, more than anyone else, could best relate and quickly build rapport with my group.

The session that you facilitated helped us to develop a better strategic direction and formulate a mission statement. My request to you was to lead us through this process and I was very pleased with the results you helped us achieve.

Sincerely,
Ronald G. Bennett
Hunt-Wesson Foodservice Company
Fullerton, CA

Dear Laura:

How pleased we were with your contribution to The 1996 Conference: Leaders & Change. The Authors' Panel was both provocative and enlightening. Conference participants were particularly impressed with the session and the ideas that flowed from it.

We were honored that you could be with us and look forward to other opportunities to work together in the future.

Once again, our thanks for your part in making our conference a success.

Sincerely,
Carol Dell'Amore, Director
Suzanne A. Schmidt, Conference Chair
College Park, MD

A BIG Thank You for presenting at the Tools & Techniques for Project Success conference. Although I wasn't able to caught much of anyone's presentation, I was constantly being stopped by attendees telling me what a great line-up of speakers we put together. Again, Thank You from me and the whole conference committee. You are the one who made it a success!!