Culture. Leadership. Change.
Work doesn't have to feel like a four letter word.
Culture. Leadership. Change.
Work doesn't have to feel like a four letter word.
Four Letter Consulting
Whether it’s the health and effectiveness of your senior team, working with the unforeseen forces that influence your culture, or engaging your workforce, we are committed to work being a place where everyone wins – the business thrives and employees are at their best.
What We Do
What We Do
Culture
Listen.Engage.Evolve
Culture isn't ping pong tables and free food. It is reflected in the actions, words and attitudes of every employee. We help you be deliberate about defining and creating the culture you want. When culture works, it can be your biggest asset.
Leadership
Vision.Practice.Perform
The qualities of a great leader differ in each organization. Using a combination of coaching and facilitation, we help you identify what leadership means for you and your organization and work with you to develop great leadership at every level.
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Change
Anticipate.Manage.Thrive
Organizations continue to evolve and grow at a rapid rate, and change is inevitable. We work with you and your people to manage change and ease your workforce through it so you can move forward stronger and more resilient.
Who We Are
Who We Are
Our team
Through a strengths based approach, we help leaders, teams and organizations harness the power of their people.
Laurel Smylie
Laurel believes that work can be a wonderful part of our lives, a place where we develop intellectually and emotionally, build lasting relationships and make meaningful contributions to the world around us. And all that can be done while we work hard and our businesses thrive.
With deep experience in coaching and facilitation, Laurel enjoys partnering with leaders to design and implement strategic plans that result in a thriving, goal-achieving, trust-based workplace. Whether working with individual managers, functional teams, leadership teams or entire organizations, she can help your team be honest about what’s real, define a clear and inspiring vision and support you in bringing that vision to fruition.
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Janelle Coleman
Janelle has over 10 years of leadership coaching and culture design experience with a specialty in strategizing dynamic change to deliver high impact results. An authentic approach with emphasis on the importance of the human component, Janelle has successfully led private, government and public service organizations through change initiatives. Her strength in communication and ability to draw unseen connections have made her an architect of strategic systems.
Janelle has a unique perspective built on the understanding that one change has a ripple effect throughout an entire organization, no matter what size or kind. As a co-founder and managing partner of Four Letter Consulting, Janelle optimizes workplaces by offering leadership and executive development coaching for all levels, builds organizations' ideal cultures and executes change tactics to align teams and resources to make it a reality. Bottomline, she knows that change is hard, but her positive approach builds on teams and leaders' strengths so organizations can confront issues and overcome obstacles.
For more about Janelle, click here.
Four Letter Words
Four Letter Words
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