Lauren Zander

Lauren Handel Zander was born on February 3, 1970. She is a life coach and is the author of Maybe It's You: Cut the Crap. Face Your Fears. Love Your Life..[1]

Lauren Zander
BornFebruary 3, 1970
OccupationLife coach, author, co-founder and chairperson of Handel Group
Websitehandelgroup.com, maybeitsyou.com

In the early 2000s, Zander created The Handel Method,[2] a coaching methodology that has been taught in over 35 major universities and institutes of learning including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Medical School, New York University, Columbia University, Yale School of Drama, Wesleyan University, Fordham University, Rutgers University, Middlebury College, Scripps Research Institute, and in the New York City public school system.

Zander is the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group, an international corporate consulting and private coaching company based in New York City.

Education

Zander graduated from George Washington University in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in environmental studies.

Career

Zander co-founded Handel Group in 2004 with her sister, Beth Weissenberger.[3] In 2006, Zander began teaching a course based on The Handel Method to students, staff, and alumni[2] at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In 2010, Zander starred in a television special Celebrity Life Coach[4] on A&E Biography with actress Sean Young.

In 2011, Zander presented her coaching methodology at the TEDx Women’s Conference in Amsterdam[5] and was a moderator running the roundtable for the White House's Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation at Stanford University.

In 2014, Zander appeared on the Dr. Oz show to discuss sustainable weight loss and how women can achieve their goals.[6]

Internationally, the Handel Method was taught for the first time in October 2015 in the CEMS Program at Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Zander's first book, Maybe It's You: Cut the Crap, Face your Fears, Love Your Life was published by Hachette Book Group in 2017.

Contributions

Zander is a regular contributor to media outlets, including The New York Times,[7] Forbes[3] Self,[8] Women’s Health,[9] Business Insider,[10] Mind Body Green,[11] and The Huffington Post.[12]

In 2011, Zander co-authored an article in the Harvard Business Review with Deborah H. Gruenfeld titled "Authentic Leadership Can Be Bad Leadership".[13] That same year, she was featured in a documentary 'How to Succeed in Business Draper Style' that looked at the effective creative and leadership qualities of the character, Donald Draper in the television series, Mad Men

In 2017, Zander participated as a contributor to a piece on work-life balance for working mothers in Self.[14]

References
  1. "Maybe It's You". www.hachettebookgroup.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  2. Baptiste, Donna. "Design Your Life: An Evaluation of Participants' Experiences and Perspectives".
  3. Benedicto, Tanya. "Secrets from Six-Figure Women". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  4. "Celebrity Life Coach: Lauren Zander". Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  5. "Lauren Zander at Tedx Amsterdam 2011".
  6. "Dr. Oz's Fat-Busters Pt 1". Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  7. Zimmerman, Eilene (2007-12-30). "Turning an Evaluation Into More Pay". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  8. Everett, Jenny. "Real Advice From a Celebrity Life Coach". SELF. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  9. "Lauren Zander". Women's Health. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  10. "This Life Coach Will Solve All Your Problems For $500 An Hour". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  11. "mindbodygreen". mindbodygreen. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  12. "Lauren Zander | The Huffington Post". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  13. "Authentic Leadership Can Be Bad Leadership". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  14. Miller, Korin. "Tess Holliday's Emotional Instagram Post Shows the Realities of Motherhood". SELF. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
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