
Lauren Ziade
Talent Strategist and Culture Consultant with Element of Change
Coaching Experience
Lauren is an equity-focused People Leader who is dedicated to helping organizations transform their cultures. She brings with her nearly 20 years of experience in HR in the finance, nonprofit and talent sectors. As a consultant, she enjoys working with clients who are committed to meaningful change and growth to help them build high-performing teams, enhance their leadership capabilities or advance their diversity and inclusion efforts. Lauren’s goal is to deliver practical, human-centric solutions that inspire transformational growth and lasting impact. She creates tailored strategies to address an organization’s unique challenges and needs and help them to reach their goals.
As a Coach, Lauren focuses on creating and fostering inclusive and equitable work environments where team members feel seen, valued and empowered.

Lauren Ziade
Talent Strategist and Culture Consultant with Element of Change
Coaching Experience
Lauren is an equity-focused People Leader who is dedicated to helping organizations transform their cultures. She brings with her nearly 20 years of experience in HR in the finance, nonprofit and talent sectors. As a consultant, she enjoys working with clients who are committed to meaningful change and growth to help them build high-performing teams, enhance their leadership capabilities or advance their diversity and inclusion efforts. Lauren’s goal is to deliver practical, human-centric solutions that inspire transformational growth and lasting impact. She creates tailored strategies to address an organization’s unique challenges and needs and help them to reach their goals.
As a Coach, Lauren focuses on creating and fostering inclusive and equitable work environments where team members feel seen, valued and empowered.

Business/Organizational Leadership Experience
Lauren is a proven change agent in the spaces of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging; talent; and HR. Her knowledge, warmth and experience make her a valued member of the EOC team. She specializes in building high-performance teams, identifying teams’ dysfunction, strategic goal-setting, inclusive leadership, allyship, building and sustaining employee resource groups, engagement and retention strategies, new manager training and conflict resolution.
Case study results include:
Launched a quarterly 'Women and Wealth' webinar series featuring influential thought leaders to discuss financial growth, stability, and empowerment, achieving a 33% increase in attendee engagement and a 72% post-event engagement rate.
Developed and executed Women’s and Multicultural programs that strengthened organizational inclusivity, driving a 10% improvement in employee engagement scores.
Promoted a culture of inclusion by designing and delivering unconscious bias training to over 150 senior executives.
Education and Training
Lauren has a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a Master’s in Human Resources and Organizational Development from Manhattanville University.
Business/Organizational Leadership Experience
Lauren is a proven change agent in the spaces of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging; talent; and HR. Her knowledge, warmth and experience make her a valued member of the EOC team. She specializes in building high-performance teams, identifying teams’ dysfunction, strategic goal-setting, inclusive leadership, allyship, building and sustaining employee resource groups, engagement and retention strategies, new manager training and conflict resolution.
Case study results include:
Launched a quarterly 'Women and Wealth' webinar series featuring influential thought leaders to discuss financial growth, stability, and empowerment, achieving a 33% increase in attendee engagement and a 72% post-event engagement rate.
Developed and executed Women’s and Multicultural programs that strengthened organizational inclusivity, driving a 10% improvement in employee engagement scores.
Promoted a culture of inclusion by designing and delivering unconscious bias training to over 150 senior executives.
Education and Training
Lauren has a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a Master’s in Human Resources and Organizational Development from Manhattanville University.