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LAURENCE HAWKINS
Consultant, Trainer, Author
Dr. Laurence Hawkins is an internationally renowned management consultant and trainer and a dynamic motivational speaker. For more than 15 years, he has worked with hundreds of organizations in the areas of leadership training, motivation, team building, and organizational development.His international experience has won him a multitude of consulting and training contracts in South America, the Far East, and several European countries, including Spain, England, Italy, Sweden, Holland, and Denmark. Domestically and internationally, he has earned the reputation of being a dedicated and well-versed professional who inspires positive results in a practical manner.
Laurie’s client list represents every industry and includes such corporate giants as Lockheed Martin, AT&T, Johnson & Johnson, and Bristol-Meyers Squibb, as well as a number of school systems, hospitals, restaurants, and growing entrepreneurial enterprises.
On the speaker’s platform, he artfully combines knowledge and humor to command attention and respect. He approaches each audience in a relaxed way with a clear sense of purpose and an agenda designed to educate, enlighten, and entertain.
He is coauthor of Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations and Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager and the Blanchard program Situational Self Leadership, with Susan Fowler and Dr. Kenneth Blanchard, which focuses on empowerment and taking initiative when you are not in charge.
Laurie received his bachelor’s degree in American history and literature from Williams College and his master’s and doctorate degrees in leadership and organizational behavior from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.