Laurie Friedman M.A.
Laurie Friedman M.A. is founder and CEO of Strategic Business Consulting, an independent consulting firm that provides both strategic and tactical tools to enhance leadership development and improve organization, team, and individual performance. She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources and Organization Development from The George Washington University and she is a certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator, DISC and Action Learning facilitator.
Her clients have included senior level executives to line managers from diverse organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, Defense Energy Center, Deloitte Consulting, Baltimore Gas & Electric, Bureau of Engraving & Printing, and Towson University. Laurie has worked with non-profits such as the Jewish Community Center, Catholic Charities and the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association.
Ms. Friedman is a results-focused business coach, trainer and facilitator with a proven track record. She is known for effectively partnering with C-level executives to improve personal effectiveness and team alignment. She incorporates a high-touch, targeted, facilitative approach to leadership development training, business coaching, change strategies, strategic planning and strategic thinking. She has designed, developed and delivered dozens of high impact leadership development programs from new supervisor training to strategic thinking, conflict management and team-building workshops.
Laurie has worked in both the public and private sector and she has held leadership positions at Deloitte Consulting and Washington Gas. Laurie has published numerous business articles on strategic thinking, employee engagement and building teams. Her most recent publication in “The Book of Road Tested Activities” edited by Elaine Biech was published in June.