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Lanier Leadership utilizes a scientific, data-drivenapproach to leadership selection and development.
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CUSTOM SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES
Leveraging the latest scientific research and organizational best practices to meet unique business needs
ASSESSMENTS
We utilize personality assessments, cognitive ability assessments, 360-degree feedback, and behavioral interviews conducted by a Industrial Organizational Psychologist to provide in-depth and accurate insight into a person’s capabilities.
- Personality
- Cognitive Ability
- Behavioral Interview
- Culture Fit
SELECTING LEADERS
We provide a comprehensive and accurate view of a person’s strengths, development opportunities, and potential derailers, in order to help companies make informed hiring, promotion, and succession planning decisions.
- Executive Assessment
- Managerial Assessment
- High Potential Assessment
DEVELOPING LEADERS
We help leaders deepen their self-awareness, minimize undesirable tendencies, and accelerate performance aligned with personal and business objectives through feedback and coaching with an Industrial Organizational Psychologist.
- Leadership Coaching
- Succession Planning
- 360° Feedback
- Team Development
AN IN-DEPTH SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP SELECTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Lanier Leadership combines science and research to provide the precise insights companies need to make critical selection decisions, develop their leaders, and build successful teams. Our approach is tailored to meet the unique needs of each client’s business to ensure they are hiring and developing people who will succeed in their business context and promote their company culture.
LEADERSHIP SOLUTIONS
Hiring, promoting, and developing the right people for specific jobs represent some of the most important decisions that companies make. Our primary focus is helping our clients make such decisions by conducting in-depth psychological assessments to provide critical insight into how well a person is likely to perform in a particular position and how they may derail under stress or pressure.
Following the assessment process, we often work with clients to help them develop new hires and strengthen existing talent through assessment feedback and coaching. Development is key to maximizing and retaining leadership talent. Through our assessment processes and coaching sessions, we help individuals build a clear awareness of their strengths, development areas, and their overall impact on others.
JACLYN LANIER, PH.D.
Industrial Organizational Psychologist
Jaclyn Lanier, Ph.D. is an Industrial Organizational Psychologist with more than 20 years of experience evaluating leaders for future roles and to guide development initiatives. She conducts individual psychological assessments to support client companies in making strategic hiring, promotion, and succession planning decisions. She leverages science to provide the precise insights companies need to make critical selection decisions, develop their leaders, and build successful teams.
In addition to her selection work, Dr. Lanier provides coaching to experienced leaders and high potential employees. She conducts developmental assessments, including verbal 360 feedback assessments, to provide individuals with a well-rounded view of their assets and opportunities. She works closely with leaders to help them enhance their strengths and minimize potential derailers.
Prior to private practice, Dr. Lanier served as a Senior IO Psychologist at Wells Fargo, where she led enterprise-wide selection initiatives, and provided ongoing selection and assessment support to business lines. Earlier in her career, she held consulting positions at two global assessment firms.
Dr. Lanier earned a doctorate in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Florida Institute of Technology. She is an active member of The Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology. She presents her research on leadership and personality at national conferences. Most recently she presented “The Challenges & Successes with C-Level Assessment” at the 2019 SIOP Conference in National Harbor, Maryland and “Who Needs a Coach? Everyone.” at the 2023 SIOP Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
Amanda Saurin, M.S.
Affiliate Coach
Amanda Saurin is a strategic leadership development and coaching partner. Over the past 15 years, she has worked internally (Amazon, Home Depot, Personnel Board of Jefferson County) and in consulting (KPMG, Gallup, I/O Solutions). She also currently serves on the advisory board for Honest Culture, an employee engagement company striving to create inclusive workplaces.
Amanda’s subject matter expertise is in executive coaching, leadership development, talent management, employee engagement, assessments, and selection. She specializes in executive-level development strategy and coaching and has spent most of her career focusing on senior leaders (Directors, VPs, C-suite).
Amanda holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Florida Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Psychology from Georgia Southern University. Amanda was trained as an executive coach by Hudson Institute of Coaching and is ICF certified. She resides in Tampa, FL, where you can find her most weekends enjoying the local beaches or playing volleyball.
Christine Fernandez, Ph.D.
Affiliate Consultant
Dr. Fernandez’s career began as an internal consultant, rapidly advancing to become a member of the global HR leadership team, reporting to the CHRO for a Fortune 500 company. She oversaw global Leadership Assessment and Selection, Performance Management, Employee Engagement surveys, 360-degree feedback and talent analytics. For the last decade, she has focused primarily on executive assessment, selection, and coaching, mainly for senior leader to the c-suite level. Her diverse industry experience spans finance, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail, manufacturing, and hospitality. With her global leadership experience and passion for travel, she continues to work internationally. She appreciates learning the context and culture of each of her clients, to help tailor her feedback and recommendations.
Dr. Fernandez’s expertise in leadership is multifaceted. She led the redesign of an enterprise-wide competency model, and subsequently aligned core people processes such a 360-degree feedback process and behavioral interviewing. Also, with her focus on talent management, she oversaw the validation of leadership assessment tools for a variety of roles. Most recently she has partnered with dozens of organizations assessing and developing leaders at the director to c-suite level. She is passionate about diversity, going back to some of her doctoral research, and is proud of recent recommendations for minimizing subtle bias in selection processes. These diverse experiences help her take a holistic and strategic view around leadership and talent pipelines.
Dr. Fernandez received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the City University of New York, Baruch College and her B.S. in Psychology from Union College. She is a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and past president of The Metropolitan New York Association for Applied Psychology (METRO), the nation’s oldest applied psychology club. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring new places and collecting Japanese maples.
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