Lori Tompos

Lori’s purpose is to inspire, engage, and empower leaders.  Best known for thinking strategically, Lori sees fresh perspectives and potential when helping to drive high performance for leaders and teams.  Lori is the Founder and Principle of Avail Consulting, an Academy Leadership Affiliate, a Consultant at the Team Clock Institute, and an Adjunct Professor at Elmhurst University.  Lori has experience with and passion for developing impactful leaders of character and collaborative teams by focusing on positive strengths, strategic insights, and innovative solutions.   

Lori is a West Point graduate from the US Military Academy, one of the first women, and a combat veteran from the Gulf War.  Lori has 20+ years of experience successfully developing leaders and teams to optimal levels, initially in the US Army and now in Higher Education and Corporate America.  Lori’s career began in the US Army, where she identified and embraced a personal mission to develop and pursue positive and impactful leadership.    

Lori applies a combination of proven military, business, and higher education training methods.  She has designed, developed, and delivered Master of Business Administration (MBA) level and undergraduate courses, in Leadership, Leading Change, Managing Organizations, Management Theory and Practice, Business Communications, and Professional Foundations of Career Development.  She served as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for several “Leading & Managing” Suite Courses and she was a Change Management Consultant and Master Learning and Process Coach for premier Strategy and Business courses at Accenture.   

Lori currently leverages her deep and diverse experience to equip exceptional leaders and admirable teams to increase their impact by building on each person’s unique strengths and capabilities through facilitating innovative leadership development programs, keynote speaking, and providing executive leadership coaching.   

Topic: Leadership is a Relationship!

PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (1 PDU)

Abstract: The way we think about managing people is dead wrong. Because no-one should be managed. Projects should be managed. People should be led. Even if you are a manager, you should lead from wherever you are, and be the leader you were meant to be! 

Learning Objectives:

• Lead by example - be prepared by being competent and confident. 
• Ask for and accept help and get coaching and training. 
• Keep learning and getting better.     

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