Leadership coaching helps build current leaders' skills along with identifying and developing future leaders.

Between February 2020 and February 2021, a net 2.4 million women and 1.8 million men left the U.S. labor force, according to Pew Research Center. During this time frame, employment dropped by 8.5 million, a loss that Pew says could take more than three years to recoup. Some call it the 'great resignation,' but others call it what it really is…. a wake-up call to do something to engage and retain employees before they even think about exiting the door of the company.

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Lori Mazan is the co-founder, president and chief coaching officer of Sounding Board, the preeminent global leadership development enterprise platform changing the face of leadership development through innovative technology for leaders at all levels of an organization. Lori is a seasoned executive coach who has guided hundreds of corporate executives through 1:1 coaching focused on business outcomes and developing critical leadership skills.

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