CBODN: OD Consultant Locator - Laurie Reuben

Laurie Reuben

Laurie Reuben
8643 Water Fall Drive
Scaggsville, MD 20723
laurie@cheshiregroup.net
www.cheshiregroup.net
301-498-1792

Laurie Reuben, MSOD is the President and CEO of the Cheshire Consulting Group, LLC, a Howard County, Maryland-based organization development consulting firm. Laurie specializes in services that maximize business productivity while increasing stakeholder satisfaction through customized programs and processes that combine a unique match to each client's vision for the future with the core belief that employee and customer satisfaction and organizational productivity can successfully be pursued together. Laurie brings a fresh, dynamic perspective to organization growth and development. Using evidence-based research -- quantitative and qualitative data that yields real, actionable information -- Laurie has helped numerous organizations make far more effective decisions. Her appreciative approach capitalizes on combining individual and organizational strengths, not weaknesses, resulting in distinct actions that are not only uniquely suited to the needs of individual clients, but also have a higher probability for success.

Laurie's key areas of expertise are in employee motivation, satisfaction, and retention; change and conflict management; action and organizational learning; leadership assessment and development; and strategic planning. She works with leaders at all levels to assess their organization's challenges and capabilities and then designs the programs and tools necessary for action. Laurie has over 20 years of hands-on management experience, consulting to small to mid-sized professional services firms, corporations, government agencies, non-profit organizations and professional associations. She has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (cum laude) from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and an MS in Organization Development from Johns Hopkins University, and is a Qualified Practitioner of the following tools and assessments: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Apter Motivational Style Profile, Strength Deployment Inventory, Apter Leadership Profile, Apter Change Agent Profile, Center for Creative Leadership - Skillscope