Lori Ermi

30+ years of corporate, leadership and consulting experience. Lori has led initiatives in leadership/career development, talent/ organization/performance management, team effectiveness, succession planning, training, facilitation, executive coaching, change management, and strategic action planning and is a keynote speaker on such topics as Leveraging Generational Differences, Coaching, Adult Development, Communications and Talent Management.   Most of her corporate career was with The Procter & Gamble Company starting in sales and marketing in the high potential program, then a global Senior HR Manager.  As Director of Talent Development at Fannie Mae, Lori's teammanaged the enterprise-wide talent/performance management strategies/systems, the coaching program and executive development program design.  As Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for a DC-based IT government contractor, led HR, Staffing, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Administration, a corporate officer supporting clients at IRS, BEP, OCC and ATF.  

Lori has worked with the board of directors on all HR strategies, including compensation, corporate culture, talent, and employee engagement.   She has coached leaders at all levels, both domestically and internationally including emerging leaders, "C" Suite, SES, in Fortune 100, 8 (a), entrepreneurs, feds, non-profits and academia. She understands the complexity, responsibility and pressure first hand. Her pragmatic approach and relationship-oriented style establishes trust and credibility quickly setting a safe environment to coach the whole person, not just a work persona.  Clients appreciate her business focus and real-world perspective.  Her style is as listener, questioner, truth-teller, connector, and keen observer.  She incorporates neuroscience, facilitates stretching the thinking of her clients, calls out inconsistencies, reveals blind spots, that create new insights and awareness.  She combines her business experience of working with thousands of leaders to co-create practices, and offer tools, frameworks, and models.    

Private Sector clients include:  BAE Systems, PayPal, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Towers Watson,  Adobe, Astra Zeneca, Capital One, MedStar Health Systems, TEVA Pharma, Presidio, Astellas Pharma, Leadiant Biosciences, SomaLogic, Life Technologies, EMMES Corporation, Hitachi Vantara Federal, e+, Booz Allen Hamilton, Neustar, Inter-American Development Bank, Deltek and Verisign. 

 Public sector includes Millennium Challenge Corporation, IRS, CDC, DoT, DLA, APHIS, PBGC, SSA, USPS, USCIS, Office of Administration, USDA, DOE, BNBI, DoDEA, Smithsonian, and Fairfax County.  

 Non-profits include Mitre, Mortgage Bankers Association, NCARB, HRC, AMGA, Volunteers of America, Save the Children, and CPDC.  Academic institutions are Georgetown University, Towson University, Carnegie Mellon, Eastern University, Marymount University and Lynchburg College.

Client Results:

• Coached CEO of a DC-based organization who had been in place for many years, but was not communicating his vision or engendering trust with the executive team. Through 360° interview feedback and real-time observation and Team Coaching, the leader increased his self-awareness and realized his intentions and impact were not congruent. The team is now operating at a higher level, and the CEO has regained his leadership influence.
• Coached an EVP at a large technology firm with great financial results, but was not connecting with his staff. Assessments, 360° feedback and 'tough love' revealed derailing blind spots. New practices and vulnerabilities turned things around creating a more collaborative environment and increased morale. 

Favorite Quote:

"Anything can happen if you let it." – the immortal Mary Poppins.