You know what your team or organization needs, and I work with you to design workshops, trainings, speaking engagements, or conversations that provide interactive learning and practical tools to bring about more effective leadership and growth.
The most effective teaching, facilitating , and consulting is customized to fit your situation.
Examples of recent engagements include:
Resilient Leadership
Course in practical methods for developing personal and organizational resilience
Coaching Skills I
For leaders to learn and practice basic coaching skills (2-day training)
Coaching Skills II
Training that builds on skills developed in Level I, includes coaching teams and groups
Agility Training
Large organization workshop to help employees become more flexible and adaptive
Meyers Briggs Type and Your Leadership Style
Course for new leaders to examine their preferred styles for communication and decision making
Adaptive and Transformational Leadership
Facilitated conversations and retreats on how to resource sustainable change in organizations
To talk about how I can help your organization create the future it envisions please Contact me.
PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
Albany Early Care and Learning Council
Athena Leadership Lab (Barnard College)
Auburn Seminary
Church of Scotland
Flint River, Detroit, and Hudson River Presbyteries
National staff – Presbyterian Church (USA)
NYU Graduate School
Synod of Lincoln Trails PC (USA)
TGI Healthworks
Union Seminary
CERTIFICATIONS
Meyers- Briggs Type Indicator
LIFO (life orientations behavioral instrument)
RESOURCES
Open space process
Theory U
Adaptive Leadership
Emotional Intelligence Research
Strengthfinders
Resiliency Training
"Laurie Ferguson has worked with us numerous times during organizational shifts. Her skills and abilities were a perfect fit in helping our staff understand change, embrace resiliency, and adapt an agile perspective. Being a faith-based, non-profit organization, we walk a fine line between the spiritual and professional needs of our staff. Laurie's background and expertise allows her to address both of those with compassion and wisdom."
- HR Director, Louisville KY
"As part of an adaptive change leadership process, Dr. Ferguson trained 30 of our pastors and elders to develop coaching skills - to work with both individuals and groups in teams to two. As a presenter, Laurie is eloquent, organized, flexible and responsive. And her use of story and humor inspires and engages the learners. All the evaluations of her training seminars were excellent - and people are asking for more."
- Executive Presbyter, Presbyterian Church, NY
"Quickly becoming our professional development consultant of choice, Laurie Ferguson took on our need, and researched our industry and our topic to deliver a most engaging and worthwhile day of learning and growing. An especially personable and thought provoking presenter, she can bring old material alive with technology, current events and real work experiences as she challenges participants to think in new ways."
- Senior Project Associate NY State Agency