Meet the Team

Our team of highly qualified and experienced consultants will work with you to customize a program to meet your specific needs. Our consultants often incorporate a wide-range of assessment tools including Hogan, The Leadership Circle, MBTI, DiSC, and 360 Leadership tools to enhance self-awareness and provide an overarching framework for leadership and team development. 

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Laura Mendelow,  MAOD

Owner

"A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader; a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves."
Eleanor Roosevelt 

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• MA Organization Development, BS Psychology, ICF Certified Leadership Coach
• 20 years of experience as an OD Consultant, facilitator, coach, and trainer
• Guest Instructor at GMU for Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance 
• Managed Executive Coaching Program internally to the top 3000 execs at Booz Allen
• Facilitated over 100 customized leadership and team development workshops
• International Coaching Federation, Honorable Mention for PRISM Award (2012)
• American Society for Training & Development, Excellence in Practice Award for Employee Development (2005)  
• American Society for Training & Development, Citation for Excellence in Practice Award for Career Planning (2005)

Let's Connect:

• Email: Laura.Mendelow@MendelowConsulting.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauramendelow/
• Twitter: @LauraMendelow

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Janet Goodman, Ph.D.

Psychologist & Coach

"What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.”
Hermann Hesse
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• PhD, Psychologist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, ICF Certified Business & Life Coach, Certificates in Elementary Teaching, three years post-graduate training at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland with a specialty in working with groups
• For over 20 years, Dr. Goodman has worked with adults and couples on topics such as parenting issues, relationship issues, communication, anxiety, retirement, and improving relationships with adult children
• Offers a high-impact, high-energy, 9-week seminar for small business owners that focuses on Business Growth and Development
• Taught graduate level classes in Human Growth and Development at John Carroll University
• Beachwood Chamber of Commerce, Bright Star Annual Award for outstanding contribution (2009)
• Supervise Master’s level counselors and counselor-trainees 
• Presenter for American Psychological Association Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality (2003)

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Carla Dancy Smith, MSOD

Facilitator & COACH

​​“There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.”
Mohandas Gandhi​
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• Master of Science in Organization Development (MSOD), Bachelor of Science in Business Management (BSBA), ICF Certified Co-Active Leadership Coach
• Areas of expertise includes managing change in complex organizations, working with multidisciplinary teams in the healthcare sector, and inclusion and diversity training
• Active in several professional organizations including the National Training Institute (NTL), Applied Behavioral Sciences; Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM); American University Alumni Association; American Society for Training and Development; and  Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Assumed many roles including Project Manager, Lead Instructor, Lead Facilitator, Expatriate Human Resources Manager and Consultant Team Member in international, national and field offices across the United States and overseas

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Clara Marcel,
​MSHD

TRAINER & FACILITATOR

​"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
 Plato​

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• MS in Human Development and Education, BA in Psychology
• Creative, and highly competent leadership development consultant, executive training facilitator, and coach with over 15 years of experience
• Combines corporate and public sector experience with extensive studies change to work abroad to bring a unique and world-centric perspective to facilitating change and active learning to maximize results
• Building and Sustaining Teams / Critical Thinking for Problem Solving / Creativity and Innovation  / Emotional Intelligence / From Strategic Plans to Tactical Execution / Increasing Individual Productivity/Interpersonal Skills / Influencing Skills / Leadership Skills and Techniques / Professional Supervisor Program
• Past clients include Disney World, Nike, L’Oreal, JPMorgan, MetLife and Exxon, as well as various agencies of the federal government, HHS, DHS, NRC, GSA, DOJ, NASA, and DOC

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Jun de Andres

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one"
Marcus Aurelius

• Organizational Guru; manages day to day operations to ensure excellent service
• Trained in excellent customer service and customer relations
• Experienced in handling a team, coordinates, resolve, managing and oversees the CRM  to track all the projects and request. 
• Born and raised  in the Philippines.
• A musician, photographer, videographer, capturing exceptional moments during her free time​​ 

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THE BACKSTORY:
Laura Mendelow, owner and founder of Mendelow Consulting Group, has been formally applying leadership, team dynamics, and organization effectiveness strategies since 1994. However, it wasn't until 2004, when her first child was born, that she actually began to fully embody leadership. As a desperate parent of a "highly spirited" child, Laura tried anything that might work. She turned to her toolkit of resources and began experimenting with leadership concepts at home. Over the years (and yes, it was years, not months) with patience and perseverance, she began to see transformational results. The key was an intentional focus on her goals using a non-judgmental, solution-focused, dynamic approach. Laura recognized that as her relationship with her child improved, her leadership skills in the workplace also improved. This eventually led to her underlying philosophy of being a leader in life. And, on April 1 2012, she launched the Mendelow Consulting Group who's mission is to develop dynamic leaders, both at work and at home. 

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