Larry devotes his consulting practice to building bridges between:

• senior officers, middle managers, line staff and everyone in-between
• people of differing races, genders, cultures, ages and experiences,

and to developing individual and corporate resourcefulness in coping with today's business and social challenges. He provides unique consulting contacts, offering training and educational experiences that make possible new bonds and exchanges to develop.

Growing up in New York City, Larry developed the inner strength and external skills to function easily, intelligently and confidently with people from every stratum of life. He believes these are the very skills needed in business today to deal with a variety of people and great uncertainties in the global marketplace.

Larry began his career in community and social services, encouraging and guiding young people toward being excellent in their jobs, careers and communities. He did this formally as Director of Counseling at Boy's Harbor in Manhattan, and as Supervisor of Training for the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice.

He changed his focus to corporate work to explore these issues from another perspective, as Manager of Corporate Training and Development for National Westminster Bank in New York City. Joining the external consulting world in October 1990, he co-founded SCG, Inc. of New York City. In 1996, with Robyn Brown-Manning, Larry co-established and became vice-president of Kriya Associates, Inc., an organization and human resource development firm.

As a consultant, Larry has diverse organization development experience, including: workload and workflow analysis; leadership development; coaching and counseling; team building; cultural diversity projects.

Larry holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Education and a Master's degree in Industrial and Clinical Counseling. He received his organization development training through the National Training Laboratories (NTL Institute).

Larry was born in New York City, lives there now, and is not afraid to admit it.