Over the past twenty years he has assisted client organizations, and individual senior level executives, in the diagnosis of both organizational and individual performance problems and in the creation and implementation of effective performance improvement strategies.

In the area of executive coaching, Larry combines his expertise in assessment, career management techniques and counseling to help his clients maximize performance while achieving a high degree of personal satisfaction. His career management clients include professionals in a variety of disciplines ranging from individual contributors to CEO’s.

Larry’s professional background includes thirty years of experience in the areas of counseling, training design and delivery, human resources management, consulting and business operations. He began his career with the American Heart Association where he designed and conducted public education programs. He later served as the Director of a community development agency providing consultation and training in the areas of community revitalization. After earning a Masters degree in Counseling, Larry joined the staff at Penn State University where he served as a counselor and academic advisor.

As Vice President, Human Resources at Mellon Bank Corporation, Larry served as the Director of Management Training and, subsequently, as the Manager of Corporate Employment. He was responsible for the creation, implementation and management of the Bank’s performance management system, served as a consultant to senior management on a variety of human resource management issues including executive development, coaching and EEO/AA, and managed a variety of special projects involving mergers, acquisitions and corporate downsizings.

Larry served as the Senior Consultant for Drake Beam Morin and Manchester International, two global human resource consulting firms, where he consulted with corporations on various employee development initiatives including corporate revitalization, directional counseling for executives, and career transition counseling. He has also served as the Chief Operating Officer for a major domestic career management firm and has owned and operated a Pittsburgh based small manufacturing company.

He earned a BA in Sociology and MA in Counseling at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has completed additional graduate work in counseling at Penn State University .

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