Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes is a corporate consultant, mentor and confidante to leaders in business, government, education, sport and the arts. He is an internationally respected teacher of organisational change and learning, corporate leadership, and individual and team development.

Larry’s experience in the field of individual and organisational development spans 30 years and four continents. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan in psychology with postgraduate studies in group dynamics, sociology, urban studies and educational psychology.

He has given lectures at leading institutions throughout the world, including Harvard University, The University of California, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, and the Australian AcademyUSA, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and India. of Science, and has made guest appearances on radio and television through the

In the 1980’s Larry was a director and executive operations manager for an international personal development foundation, with prime responsibility for designing, conducting and supervising hundreds of personal growth and stress management programs and retreats, as well as coordinating the set-up and management of affiliated centres worldwide. During this time he also served as personal coach and mentor to individuals from many walks of life.

In 1985, Larry was invited to Australia to design and manage the major cultural change project of transforming Australia’s monopolistic telecommunications authority into an internationally competitive enterprise.

He was founder and managing director of Anderson Holmes, a corporate consultancy. He was also co-creator and co-owner of The Country Place, one of Australia’s premier conference venues. During that time, Larry managed leadership and change initiatives and facilitated successful training programs for a large number of organisations both in government and the private sector.

In 1991, after deciding that managing a consultancy was taking him too far from his passion of working with people, Larry went solo with Larry Holmes Pty. Ltd. Working mostly with high profile organisations in a wide range of corporate and government areas, Larry focuses on assisting these organisations to develop change management strategies that work, with an emphasis on leadership, peak performance and teamwork.

A former college basketball player, Larry has also developed a unique system of sports psychology and peak performance coaching, Mindsports, to assist in his work with professional sporting teams and individuals.

Larry is a personable and engaging communicator, known for his ability to make profound and complex issues crystal clear. He delights his audience with his dry sense of humour, and makes it easy for them to immediately grasp the relevance of his insights to their own lives.

Larry resides in Melbourne with Australian born wife Louanne, and their teenage son, Jalen and teenage daughter, Summer.

Radio Brisvaani will be interviewing Larry on Saturday 16th August 2008 @ 8am with Jatish and Khushboo.