A catalyst for transformational change
Even talented leaders and accomplished career professionals need support to reach their goals. At Perceptive, we guide professionals to discover their untapped potential. Whether you represent an organization aspiring to develop its senior leaders and leadership teams or are an individual navigating a critical transition in your professional life, our expert guidance, research and experience-backed methodology, and proven process is the key to achieving your goals. Since 2005, we’ve helped over a thousand talented professionals grow and excel in their leadership, careers, and life.
Leadership Development Solutions
Expanding Leadership Capabilities and Leadership Team Effectiveness
We understand the challenges that senior leaders face because we’ve been in their shoes. As leaders who have worked in large complex organizations, we understand what it takes to be successful in demanding leadership roles. We help leaders expand their leadership abilities and avert blind spots to leverage their unique strengths and lead more effectively. We partner with CEOs, senior leaders, and leadership teams to address critical challenges, lead transformational change, and create sustainable results for organizations.
Executive Coaching
Accelerate Executive Performance
One-on-one personalized and targeted executive coaching services for senior leaders focused on enhancing leadership capabilities and effectiveness. Designed for a single leader, multiple leaders throughout the organization, or an entire leadership team.
Leadership Teams
Align Senior Leadership
Leadership development coaching designed for executive and senior leadership teams. Our customized facilitated leadership development offsite sessions focus on enhancing team alignment and dynamics, for overall effectiveness.
Leadership Programs
Advance Organizational Leadership
Customized leadership development programs for groups of leaders. Designed to help senior leaders lead across the organization, these facilitated group leadership development programs focus on enhancing individual leader and organizational effectiveness across the enterprise.
Leader Transitions
Guiding Shifts in Leadership
Professional transition programs for individuals and groups of leaders. These programs are focused on later-career development and supporting successful retirement transitions for individual leaders, groups of leaders, and the organization.
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Professional Transitions
Navigating Career Transitions
We understand the challenges that career professionals face later in their career. We have spent two decades helping accomplished career professionals navigate the professional transitions that are unique to this time in life. We work with individuals across diverse occupations – including organizational leaders, lawyers, accountants, teachers, doctors, nurses, engineers, business owners, and entrepreneurs, just to name a few – to navigate mid-to-later career and retirement transitions. Perceptive offers both small group instructor-led online courses as well as individual personalized one-on-one career and retirement transition coaching.
Lori Zahn has been a great partner and trusted advisor over the years, helping us to raise our game as a leadership team through team building and leadership coaching. Lori’s thoughtful and professional approach along with her cogent, honest insights are highly valued. She has a knack for bringing the right tools and approach to each situation, and she effectively draws wisdom from a wealth of real-world experience.
Andy Grolnick, President & CEO, LogRhythm
Meet the Founder
My passion is helping people learn and develop as both individuals and leaders. Using Perceptive as your guide, we promise to be a catalyst for profound personal and professional growth. Together, let’s discover your untapped potential.
The Perceptive Story
Our story as a firm began in 2005. After a successful career as a senior level executive working inside large complex organizations, Lori founded Perceptive Leaders with a vision …
The Perceptive Difference
We offer the advantages of a large consulting firm with proven methodologies, frameworks, and tools alongside the personalized service and customized solutions found only in a boutique firm.
Advocates for Personal and Professional Growth
Every person, team, and organization is constantly evolving. We’re devoted to helping you navigate these changes and reaching your full potential.
A Catalyst for Transformational Change
We get to the heart of the matter quickly. Our straight-talking approach will challenge your thinking. Moving you forward and supporting you every step of the way.
Goal Oriented, Results Focused
We listen carefully to truly understand your goals, then develop the strategy to achieve them. Depend on us remain diligent and focused to help you succeed.
Real-world Experience and Perspective
We’ve previously held senior leadership roles inside complex organizations. We can appreciate where you want to go and know how to get you there.
Proven Frameworks and Process
Anchored by over 20 years of research and experience, we provide expert guidance using proven methodologies, frameworks, and tools rooted in best practices.
Tailored and Customizable Solutions
No two people, teams, or organizations are alike. That’s why we customize our solutions and tailor everything we do to meet your individual needs.
A Few of Our Clients
Leadership Case Studies
CEO and Founder Accelerate Their Leadership to Scale the Company
Challenge: A mid-market company had experienced rapid growth since ... READ MORE