Inspiring you to become an empowered leader.

These are extreme times. Your remote teams are isolated, anxious, and forced to work in different ways. For leaders, it’s about more than managing a remote team through crisis. It’s empowering the right leaders to transform the underlying assumptions of the workforce to lead the way forward. This is a time of opportunity that requires what we call Remote Leadershift. In this new program, we are dedicated to giving you the tools you need to rebuild the camaraderie around the “lunch table” while developing a new, innovative thinking process for your team. Through a series of micro learnings and a toolkit, celebrated thought-leader Laura Goodrich will help leaders and teams alike navigate amidst this new environment. It is our goal to inspire leaders who can guide teams to be resourceful, expressive, and connected.

Expert in Transformation and the Future of Work
Laura Goodrich is an expert on Transformation and the Future of Work. She has over 20 year of experience as an executive coach and is recognized by Thinkers 360 as the top 20 thought leaders in Transformation, Future of Work, Risk Management, Change, Culture and Technology. Her global perspectives on workforce dynamics and change have earned her the reputation as someone who can create positive outcomes in even the most challenging workplace dynamics. She is recognized as the 10 Most Inspiring Businesswomen to Watch in 2020
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