Lawrence Peers, D.Min. Ed.D., PCC is dedicated to serving and coaching leaders and organizations from a comprehensive and integral perspective. He has coached dozens of leaders and consulted with local, regional and national organizations for over 25 years. He brings an interdisciplinary approach that draws on his experience as a therapist, organizational development consultant, clergy leader, graduate school professor and director of not-for-profit organizations and programs.

Larry has extensive experience designing coaching and learning experiences for leaders across many faith traditions and not-for-profit settings, and in teaching adaptive leadership and conflict transformation as an adjunct faculty member in graduate school programs. In addition, he has served as Manager of Organizational Learning for a not-for-profit management service organization and most recently as a director of the national Pastoral Excellence Program.

Larry conducts a vibrant leadership coaching practice, retreats for people through different “seasons” of their life and work, incorporating his specialized training in organizational change, leadership coaching, narrative therapy, somatic coaching,  psychotherapy, attention/mindfulness training, family systems theory, and spiritual psychology. He is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC),  certified Leadership Circle ® coach and Immunity to Change® and Conflict Dynamics Profile® facilitator. In addition to his master’s degrees in Developmental Clinical Psychology, in Theology and a post-master’s certificate in Counseling Psychology, Larry has doctorate degrees in Congregational Studies (Hartford Seminary) and in Organizational Change (Pepperdine University). Larry is a Strozzi Institute Associate. His clients have included clergy and not-for-profit leaders and organizations including Cigna, Oxfam, Florida United Methodist Foundation and numerous congregations and faith-based organizations and their leaders.

Testimonials

“Larry’s agility when leading is admirable. He brings flexibility, creativity, humor, high energy, all in the service of facilitating learning and transforming. He has a well-honed gift for inviting others to own and participate in their own professional and personal development. He is also very skilled at hearing needs and teaching to those needs. ” – A colleague who is has observed my work for a number of years

“Larry is engaging, personable, authentic, funny/witty and a great communicator. He is visionary and brilliant strategist, able to see patterns and opportunities in organizations and address them. He is not shy, and can get at the point and the heart of the matter with pinpoint accuracy. He is equally adept on a personal, one-to-one level. He is an excellent coach, and brings his heart to relationships. When I am with him, I feel I am experiencing an expanded worldview. He is inspirational, creative, strategic and practical.” -Long-term leadership coaching client

“Working with Larry has been one of the most important investments I’ve ever made. His deep listening, compassion and wisdom helped me develop as a leader, partner, father and friend.” -Clergy coaching client

“I have been a congregational rabbi for over 18 years. Larry Peers in particular has a wealth of knowledge and experience with congregations of all kinds and has a real sense of Jewish life and teachings in particular. I was constantly amazed at his comfort with Jewish traditions and the vocabulary of Jewish life. I trusted his advice completely and have often shared it with my congregation, who in turn were very appreciative.” — Rabbi clergy coaching client

“Through coaching, Larry Peers guided my thoughts and understanding from confusion to clarity. At the end, it was not his point of view that I could see clearly, but my own.” — Clergy coaching client