"Since 1999, Laird McLean has worked with us on divisional and corporate level projects to drive top performance into New Product Development. He has helped us grow and strengthened our organizations by evaluating different groups needs, designing and developing solutions, implementing training and assessing the results of that training. His highly valued work ethic and due diligence has built a strong, educational and team-based foundation for our engineers, managers and executive teams through his training programs and processes.

Laird's knowledge base of Lean Innovations, Six Sigma and divisional/corporate cultures allows him to be a business partner in our organization?s change initiatives, team building efforts, process consultation, meeting facilitation and conflict management.

Laird can operate in a large group environment and adjust seamlessly to help individuals through coaching, training and evaluating their training and organization development needs."

-- Brian Scovil, Sr. Vice President
Program Management, Research & Development Organization, Boston Scientific, Cardiovascular Division

"For the past seven years, Laird has provided me with practical, business-focused insight in how to improve talent and ensure people are prepared to drive business results. He has a unique ability to quickly assess what is needed, identify the major drivers for change, and deliver OD and learning solutions that bring tangible improvement.

Laird works effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization and can work the full cycle from strategy to design to implementation. He is a go-to person and someone I trust to help me bring the right solution at the right time."

--Brian Ferro, Former Vice President, Global Learning & Development, Boston Scientific

"Laird was a key leader in our Global Learning and Development organization. As we were chartered to craft development and change management solutions for both Executive and Functional Leaders on a global basis, Laird proved to be extraordinarily adept moving back and forth in both spaces. In partnership with Senior Management, he demonstrated an uncanny ability to understand the business issues at hand quickly, build consensus for plans of action, and then develop and deliver uniquely tailored learning and development solutions with and for his key stakeholders. By virtue of his expertise, his approachable style, and his track record of delivering high quality results, Laird had the ear of every executive with whom he came into contact and was a key “go to” person in our Learning and Development organization. Additionally, Laird's style and strong work ethic resulted in both line and HR people wanting to work with him to tackle their Learning and Development challenges.

Based on his track record and my personal interactions with Laird, I highly recommend him as a hands on leader and practitioner in the areas of learning and development, organizational change, and process improvement."

-- Bob MacLean, Former Sr. Vice President, HR, Boston Scientific