Lawrence is an award winning, international expert in maximizing team performance. He facilitates rapid team results in teams that are just forming, going through change or overcoming internal conflict.Lawrence is a Managing Partner at PeopleNRG, a global leadership & team consulting firm in Princeton, New Jersey that has educated and inspired more than 60,000 leaders in 11 industries in 30 countries on 5 continents since 2008. He has assisted dozens of organizations around the world in the areas of leadership, change management, team building, and professional development. He is co-author of the best-selling books Rapid Retooling (ASTD), Perfect Phrases for Communicating Change (McGraw-Hill), Perfect Phrases for Conflict Resolution (McGraw-Hill)and Say YES! to Change (Kindle EBook) with his business partner, Antoine Gerschel. A highly entertaining and thought provoking speaker, Lawrence receives high ratings at companies and conferences around the globe. Clients he has personally assisted include Dell, NASA, LG Electronics, Con Edison, AES, US Patent & Trademark Office, and The US Army. He has been invited as an expert in leadership and change at Industry conferences such as ASTD, SHRM, ACMP and the Global HRD Conference in Mumbai India. Lawrence has also been a guest speaker at Columbia Business School.Lawrence earned his M.S. in Organization Development is from The American University with NTL Institute, a leading institution in experiential learning. His post-graduate work was done at the Institute for Human Development, under the direction of Dr. Wilson Tilley, focusing on the impact of emotions on communication, problem solving, and relationships. His B.S. is in Management, with a minor in Industrial Psychology, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.For more information on Lawrence and his firm, see www.peoplenrg.com