Our Coaching & Facilitation Team

Our Feedback Collection Team

Our Leadership and Administrative Team

Our Academic Advisory Board

  • Charles Behling

    Charles Behling

    University of Michigan

  • Debra Meyerson

    Debra Meyerson

    Stanford University

  • Jennifer Crocker

    Jennifer Crocker

    Ohio State University

  • Lisa Lahey

    Lisa Lahey

    Harvard University

  • Martin Davidson

    Martin Davidson

    University of Virginia

  • Robert Kegan

    Robert Kegan

    Harvard University

  • Robin Ely

    Robin Ely

    Harvard University

  • Susan Ashford

    Susan Ashford

    University of Michigan

Founders and Mentors

Clair Nuer

Claire Nuer
Co-Founder of LaL

A highly acclaimed facilitator, Claire Nuer pioneered with her husband a powerful set of conceptual and practical tools for both work and personal life that benefited many American and international business, medical, and academic leaders, as well as families and young people. She profoundly touched the lives of so many people through the work she did and the legacy she left when she passed away on March 26, 1999. She continues to be a source of inspiration to many people on the LaL staff up to this day. (full description here)

Dr. Maxie Maultsby

Dr. Maxie Maultsby, MD
Howard University

Meeting Dr. Maxie Maultsby had a profound effect on the founders of the LaL methodology, who decided to invite him to intervene in a number of their workshops and to train their coaching team. Later, Maxie was invited to sit on the Learning as Leadership Academic Advisory Board until he passed away on August 28, 2016. His contribution to the field through his Rational Behavior Therapy was significant, but it is also the caring, dedicated, and witty man who will be missed. (full description here)

Lewis (Harry) Spence
Harvard University

Lewis Harry Spence was an accomplished public servant and Harvard professor. After experiencing the impact of the LaL work for himself, both personally and professionally, Harry joined the LaL Academic Advisory Board, where he served until his passing in 2021. Harry was a wise and caring mentor to countless people, including the LaL leadership team. He started as a client, stepped in as a collaborator, and became family. He is dearly missed. (full description here)

Sami Cohen
Co-Founder of LaL

Sami Cohen co-founded Learning as Leadership (LaL) and originated the LaL methodology with his late wife, Claire Nuer, over 30 years ago. Sami designs and facilitates LaL’s public programs, and has taught thousands of people around the world how to shift mental models, behaviors, and stereotypes to build healthy and productive personal lives and professional organizations. This is Sami’s life passion and he still works in the field, mostly in Europe.
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