Pamela McLean, PhD, is the CEO and Co-Founder of The Hudson Institute of Coaching, organization with over 30 years of history widely known as one of the leading coach training programs in the US for over thirty years, and as well as providing a full suite of coaching services inside organizations around the globe.   McLean brings more than three decades of experience as a clinical and organizational psychologist, a master coach, coach supervisor and leader in the field of coaching.

McLean authored The Completely Revised Handbook of Coaching (2012) examining key theories and evidenced based research informing the field; examining the essential methodology, key steps in  the coaching engagement; and exploring the use of self as the most important instrument we have in our work as coaches.  McLean’s new book, Self as Coach, Self as Leaders, will be released by Wiley Press in late March of 2019.  This book takes a close look at developmental coaching that focuses on deeper, lasting changes for the client and examines the internal landscape of the coach and all that is required to be at our very best when working with others.

Mclean has also authored a popular book, LifeForward, on transition and change in our adult lives that utilizes Hudson’s well-known Cycle of Change and focuses on the natural cycles and ups and downs in our lives and what we can do to understand the cycles and maximize our ability to ride th waves of change with more ease.

Pam has served on Harvard’s JFK Women’s Leadership Board, the faculty of Saybrook University in San Francisco, California, the Editorial Board of IJCO and LikeMinded in San Francisco. She is a frequent key presenter on the use of self and Self As Coach, going deeper to do our best work.

Pam lives in Santa Barbara, California , where she and her husband raised three sons.  Today she enjoys all things related to weekend cooking, birdwatching and traveling to new places around the globe.

Lori provides best-in-class executive coaching, consulting and advisory services to leaders who are committed to establishing compelling strategic goals, to successfully executing large-scale change and to fully realizing the highest possible potential and performance for themselves, for their teams and for the organizations that they serve.

A seasoned senior executive herself, Lori brings over twenty-five years of experience working in both line and staff roles within Fortune 100 and other large-sized public companies including Sprint Corporation, Nationwide Insurance and Financial Services and most recently the State Auto Group. She has worked at the executive level for seventeen years, four of which were in international financial services serving the European, Latin American and Asian Markets. As a proven C-Suite executive, she has broad and deep multi-functional experience in the areas of: strategy, executive coaching, culture-building, change execution, human resources, organization development, brand/marketing, consumer and business sales and service, corporate communication, business process improvement, mergers/acquisitions and board leadership.

As coach, consultant and advisor, Lori has worked with executives, teams and organizations across multiple functions and in multiple industries for “household name” companies in the financial services, insurance, health care, manufacturing, consumer products, higher education, professional services and non-profit industries. Lori accelerates professional breakthroughs for executives at all levels. Through an effective, data-rich exploration process, Lori aids her clients in identifying and leveraging the wisdom, insight and understanding they obtain to set clear, focused and measurable goals to develop and transform themselves, their teams and their organizations. This “working alliance” approach has a proven track record of success in achieving or exceeding the desired results.

Lori serves on the faculty for the Individual/Professional Development Programs, the Corporate Coaching Programs and the External Mentor Coach Program at the Hudson Institute of Coaching. Lori is passionate about community involvement and has served in senior board positions with United Way of Central Ohio, Franklin Park Conservatory, Project InVEST, and the Bowling Green State University Business Advisory Board. She was named by Woman for Economic and Leadership Development as “One of Twelve Women You Should Know”.  Lori has traveled extensively across the globe and particularly enjoys visiting her family in Europe.  She is based in Columbus, Ohio.