About Lamson Consulting, LLC
Lamson Consulting is a consulting company specializing in cultural transformation. Since 1995, Lamson Consulting has led cultural transformation projects in more than thirty countries, working with Fortune Global 500 companies, governments, non-profits, small and medium enterprises, venture capital organizations and C-level executives.
Our services include cultural agility assessments, strategic consulting, mentoring and workshops for individuals, governmental organizations and companies around the globe. We help individuals and organizations respond rapidly to new situations and leverage innovation to outpace the competition. Our methodologies transform communication styles and behaviors to enable smooth operations between multiple cultures and locations. We create agile company cultures that integrate diverse perspectives, increase transparency and reward performance.
Lamson Consulting clients include: 3M, Bayer, Commerzbank, Cisco, L’Oreal, Lufthansa, MTV, Porsche, SAP, and Siemens. We have also advised the German and U.S. governments as well as the embassies of France, Luxembourg and South Africa.
About Melissa Lamson, President & CEO
Melissa Lamson is a pioneer in the fields of cultural transformation and global business development. As a cultural transformation expert, she has developed a proprietary methodology called Agility, Communication and Transformation, or ACT™. ACT helps organizations around the globe create the common values, businesses practices, and behaviors that are hallmarks of productive and innovative company cultures.
Melissa is the author of the recent book, No Such Thing As Small Talk: 7 Keys to Understanding German Business Culture, published in November 2011. She has authored books and articles on cross cultural communication, global talent management, global expansion, and managing cultural diversity worldwide. Melissa has also authored “Developing Intercultural Competence in Management Consultancies,” for the book, Empowering Cultural Minorities.
Melissa has lived in France, Germany, Mexico, Spain and the United States. In 2008, Melissa was named one of the top 25 female entrepreneurs in Europe and received an award for her work in Diversity from the German Ministry of Cultural Affairs. Melissa is regularly invited to speak about cultural transformation to corporations and also teaches courses for executive MBA programs globally. Melissa holds an M.A. in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. She is fluent in English and German and is conversational in French and Spanish.
To find out how Melissa can help transform your company culture to achieve greater productivity and innovation, contact her at: melissa.lamson@lamsonconsulting.com
