Education

The George Washington University

B.S., Environmental Studies

1993

Podcasts

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40: Cut the Crap & Dream BIG With Life Coach Lauren Zander, Handel Group [Main T4C Episode]

Life Coach Lauren Zander makes Time4Coffee to teach Java Junkies that it’s not just about what you want out of life, but how you get there as well. Lauren is the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group, an international consulting and life coaching company that prides itself in improving its..

Career Path

Interview Highlights

“Every person you touch or you have a moment with will either remember you or not, or you remember them or not. And if you think about who you remember, you remember the awful ones and you remember the great ones.”

Best Career Advice

“No matter what, even if you don’t love the career move you’re in right now, until you move, you need to get an A at the job you’re in so you’ll respect yourself. And how to get an A isn’t doing your job every day, it’s that you’re acting and believing that you want the next four promotions.”

Career Challenge

“So I killed myself to get a B.S. in Environmental Studies. I then killed myself to get an amazing job out of college, where I was working for the UN Global Environment Facility. And then guess what? I hated it. I was going to smoke cigarettes, eat too much and shoot myself. And I was devastated and humiliated that I had no idea what I wanted to do. I got everything I wanted, so that’s where I hit the wall and had the big revelation, which was that I don’t love that.”

Skills

Entrepreneurship, Coaching, Personal Development, Social Media, Marketing Strategy, Management Consulting, Start-ups, Program Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Nonprofits, Leadership Development, Training, Public Speaking, Teaching, Team Building

Professional Interests

Bill Gates, Gary Vaynerchuk, John A. Byrne, Harvard Business Review, The George Washington University, Sequoia Capital, Coaches Support Group (Life, Relationship, Executive, etc.), The International Coaching Federation, Ad Age BtoB,