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Laurel Talbot
Executive Coaching, Training,
& HR Partnership

Laurel Talbot Executive Coaching, Training, & HR Partnership Laurel Talbot Executive Coaching, Training, & HR Partnership Laurel Talbot Executive Coaching, Training, & HR Partnership

Organizational Clients

Over 50 organizations have been served, directly and through others, with 

revenues ranging from $300k to $24.5b.


Industries represented include Higher Education, Environmental Non-profits, Arts Non-profits, Education Technology, Legal, Software, Insurance, Engineering, E-commerce, Construction, Manufacturing, Environmental Consulting, and more.


Specific company and client names are not shared due to confidentiality agreements.


What clients are saying

Top 5 Themes Coaching Clients Acknowledge:

  1. Deep listening and presence
  2. Tailored coaching approach
  3. Practical action orientation
  4. Balance of support and challenge
  5. Expert guidance and firsthand leadership experience


Coaching:

  • Before I began working with Laurel, I was lost and stuck in how to proceed with the next steps of my career. Through the coaching process I was able to identify and assess my strengths and abilities. This led me into a direction where we could have in depth conversations about my goals and the steps needed to get there. Laurel helped me create short term choices with long term vision. Now, I have confidence, patience and determination for my current and future roles.


  • Laurel is an exceptional coach! Not only is she warm, approachable, humorous, and highly emotionally intelligent, but she is also an expert at her craft. She draws upon best practices and research and has understanding and empathy from her own firsthand experience as an organizational leader and director. She asks insightful questions and listens deeply and has helped me work through numerous complex situations.


  • I had the privilege of receiving coaching from Laurel and I am incredibly grateful for the experience. Laurel's wisdom, intuition, and thoughtful guidance made a profound impact on me. Through her powerful questions, I gained deeper insights into both myself and who I am as a professional and helped to expand my perspective in ways I hadn't anticipated.  Laurel's warm and supportive approach created a safe space for exploration, where I felt encouraged to delve into new ideas and perspectives. She is an excellent listener, always reflecting back a clear understanding of the challenges and questions I brought to the table.  This was truly a rewarding and transformative experience, and I highly recommend working with Laurel.


  • Laurel is an exceptional coaching professional whose warmth, deep listening skills and emotional intelligence enable her to connect meaningfully with clients across diverse backgrounds and industries. Her extensive coaching experience in formal and informal settings has equipped her with a keen ability to tailor coaching strategies to individual needs. Laurel’s multifaceted skills and genuine commitment to growth for her clients and her colleagues make her an invaluable addition to any premier coaching organization.


  • Laurel provided custom executive coaching that allowed me to not only improve and practice in the short term, but also to look at my legacy. I would use her support over and over again. She was very flexible and had outstanding insight.


  • Laurel's guidance has been instrumental in helping me reassess my career path. She helped me establish professional boundaries and priorities that aligned with my goals and personal strengths. 


  • Laurel is truly one of the most thoughtful, caring, compassionate, and emotionally strong people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. She asks insightful questions, listens fully, and always remembers to follow up on previous discussions. She has an uncanny ability to be fully present in each moment, which enhances her ability to truly hear those she is speaking with. Laurel has helped me to be a better person, leader and community member. I highly recommend Laurel as a coach for those who are ready to grow as leaders and team members.


  • Before having sessions with Laurel, I was lost in what direction my career should take. Through her coaching, I found my way. She was patient, thorough, and catered to my needs. I was able to analyze my strengths and areas of exploration for my next path. I highly recommend Laurel. You won't regret it.


  • Laurel is a wonderful coach. She is extremely easy to talk to, a great listener, asks prompting questions, and provides thoughtful actionable feedback. I looked forward to every session with Laurel, and wish I could continue working with her!


  • It has been such a privilege to have Laurel as a coach. She brings genuine curiosity, compassion, insight, and care into every one of our sessions and creates a very safe space to grow in. I feel so lucky to have Laurel's support on my leadership journey and I highly recommend her as a coach.


  • I really enjoyed my sessions. Laurel made me feel comfortable sharing difficulties and help navigate understanding cause, effect, solution, and outcome. I feel more confident as both a manager and peer communicating effectively.


  • Laurel is an incredibly talented coach. She asks fantastic questions and really listens to the answers. She helped me find my own sense of direction and the strength within myself to pursue new opportunities.


  • Laurel supports. She recognizes that change is hard, and that in the challenge lies the greatest rewards. In a world where creative ideas and personal dreams are often quashed by inside-the-box thinkers (and our own limiting thoughts), Laurel reminds you that your goals are totally doable.


  • Laurel's sense of play and curiosity partnered with her keen intuition make coaching with her a rich, meaningful and joyful process!


  • Laurel is wonderful. She is kind, understanding, empathetic, and provides a great resource especially to women in the tech field as she understands the struggles. Not only does she have the experience to serve as an invaluable mentor, but Laurel is someone you feel you can talk to about anything.


  • Laurel was an amazing partner and leadership coach. I never felt that she delivered a syllabus or lecture. She engaged in a collaborative discussion to identify strengths and weakness. Then we worked through action items and assessed results.


  • She's smart and quick and dedicated to her clients and to coaching.  I love her sense of humor. She always challenges me to push myself, but she does it in way that makes the process fun. She's also great with resources. She has really helped me focus and I am so grateful to her for that. I tell my friends who need to make a positive change in their lives to go to Laurel. 

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Top 5 Themes Training & HR Partnership Clients Acknowledge:

  1. Deep problem identification
  2. Complex concept simplification
  3. Personalized, non-prescriptive approach with contextual relevance
  4. Practical skill development with immediate application
  5. Interactive and engaging


Training & HR Partnership:

  • I was pleased with the session. Sometimes trainings - particularly on leadership - feel a bit forced to conform to a single approach, but this maintained a good tone of "here are some techniques and resources" rather than preaching "this is THE way of doing things". It recognized the reality that communication with colleagues does not follow a single model and you may need to call upon different skillsets or techniques to engage or draw out the info from team members with different communication styles and personalities. 


  • Laurel brings a high level of authenticity and humor and makes the complex feel and sound easier, more doable. She is a pleasure to work with and ask good questions, is always curious and really listens well.


  • Laurel is insightful, warm and she adds the right tone of humor when needed. She has the unique skill of asking the right question at the right time to promote reflection and growth to meet client's objectives. Every time I meet with her I walk away with lessons and fodder for continued thought. I cannot recommend her enough!


  • Laurel is thoughtful, thought-provoking, and grounding. She helps people reach deep and really understand the root cause of what they are dealing with. She’s a wonderful support and a wonderful human – highly recommend!


  • I really learned a lot from all of these sessions that has helped to improve my one on ones, helped me better delegate and assign tasks to the team, and dedicate time to coaching and helping the team to get to the next level. I liked the way Laurel looked for ways to bring the audience in.


  • It was truly insightful and beneficial for everyone involved. I also want to express appreciation for Laurel,  who did an excellent job guiding us through the session. Their expertise and ability to clarify concepts made the learning experience enjoyable and enriching. 


  • I wanted to say that was one of the best harassment trainings I’ve had here thanks to you, Laurel, and your understanding of our field and of our unique challenges.  Thank you!!


  • AMAZINGGGG topic! Everything was very well explained and I feel so much better about this topic. I am also going away with immediate actionable tools to implement difficult conversations. 


  • Laurel was a great facilitator and kept everyone involved. One of the better management/leadership courses I have attended in a remote capacity. Thank you.


  • Laurel was wonderful in how she ran the session, both in how she solicited feedback and in her tone and cadence. 


  • Laurel was a great instructor and provided keen insights and relatable experiences to relate the training material in a way that was impressionable for me.


  • Sometimes trainings - particularly on leadership - feel a bit forced to conform to a single approach, but this maintained a good tone of "here are some techniques and resources" rather than preaching "this is THE way of doing things". It recognized the reality that communication with colleagues does not follow a single model and you may need to call upon different skillsets or techniques to engage or draw out the info from team members with different communication styles and personalities. 



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