About Larry

Larry Venable is an accomplished speaker, trainer, coach who has spent the last forty years helping CEOs, and executives of all types improve their results, and grow their skills.  For ten years he was Chairman of a TEC/Vistage CEO group in Sarasota, FL.

COACHING

*Executive coach/confidant – I have logged over 2000 hours working 1/1 with CEOs and other senior executives, helping them to refine their skills, clarify their vision/objectives, and improve their ability to lead and develop people   I bring insights gleaned from working with a variety of industries, offer you the confidential ear of a trusted advisor when you “just need somebody to talk to,” and give you honest feedback and challenge regarding your leadership tendencies and characteristics.

*10 year Vistage Chair – Vistage is the world’s largest organization of CEOs, close to 30,000 members, who are in small groups of 12-15 in a local community, and who serve as each other’s board of advisors.  As Chair, I facilitated the monthly meetings and met each individual 1/1 as their personal coach. 

SPEAKING/TRAINING

As a speaker, I have conducted nearly 1500 seminars on a variety of leadership topics around the world.  Perhaps my most recognizable was being chosen by Tom Peters to present his “In Search of Excellence” seminars in 8 countries during the 90s.  I have done seminars with such titles as “Power of Purpose, Essentials of Leadership, , and Become Famous for Customer Service.   On a scale of 5-1, my average score from at least 1500 seminars was 4.6.   My evaluations contained such comments as:  captivating, stimulating, inspirational, humorous, highly informational, and most importantly, REAL.

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