Lach Training & Consulting

Facilitation and organizational development for nonprofits and professional firms

Lach Training & Consulting is an independent consulting practice in Massachusetts that works with leaders, teams, organizations and coalitions on their next stage of growth. Its site says the practice uses organizational development methods to create experiences that bring about change, with an emphasis on inclusive work cultures built on respect, trust and dedication. Diversity, equity and inclusion principles are said to be built into every project. The business is certified in Massachusetts as a minority and woman-owned enterprise, and offers all of its programs and services in Spanish as well as English.

Coaching and team work

Leadership coaching gives individual leaders a place to examine their goals and challenges. Team building focuses on helping groups collaborate more effectively, and the practice says its approach is built on respect, trust and dedication within the team. The practice describes its engagements as playful and enjoyable while remaining accountable for results.

Organizational development

For organizations, the practice designs customized initiatives and training. The firm believes face-to-face programs matter most when a change effort involves human relations and culture, since people are often taught technical skills but not the social skills and attitudes new arrangements require. Its programs are designed to be experiential and interactive, tailored to each client and mindful of the needs of adult learners. Logic model and theory of change development also appears among its services.

Meetings and retreats

Meeting and retreat facilitation covers small and large groups. The work includes structuring an agenda, helping groups reach consensus and agreeing on a direction, and designing and running retreats. Its client base is mainly nonprofits, boards and professional firms, and the site describes work as varied as developing an organization's internal values and supporting a board through the hiring of a new executive director. Past clients include organizations focused on hunger relief, civil rights law, youth services and neighborhood organizing.

Claudia Lach leads Lach Training & Consulting, an independent consulting practice. She works with leaders, teams and organisations to identify and reach their developmental goals, using organisational development methods to bring about change.

Products and services

• Leadership coaching: one-to-one support for leaders.
• Team building: work to help groups collaborate.
• Organisational development: customised initiatives and training.
• Meeting and retreat facilitation: small and large group sessions, including help reaching consensus and agreeing direction.

Who it serves

Nonprofits, boards and professional firms. Testimonials on the site come from a food bank, a civil rights legal group, a law firm and community organisations, and include board work on hiring an executive director.

Key facts

• Led by: Claudia Lach
• Type: independent consulting practice