LOUIS L. MARINES
President

Visioning
Coaching
Mentoring

Lou in his own words:

I am passionate about living my life compassionately for myself and for others. I want to touch people with grace and integrity and to thereby encourage their same stance in the world. My life is about more than work, though much of it is leadership development for A/E's, because it’s important to me that they’re empowered to create our better world. My life is also about more than knowledge, because I equally value imagination and fierce compassion. Expression of those values is my mission, and I am accountable for the generous use of the gifts I've been given. Our lives and times require extraordinary toughness and courage: to defend our boundaries, to make and implement unpopular decisions we believe in, to live guided by our moral compasses, and to express integrity in the totality of our lives, so that our deeds are in accordance with our words, and aligned with our hopes for, and our expectations of, others. Vaçlav Havel speaks of Optimism as sophomoric and naïve, and I embrace his alternative call to Hopefulness, to do something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. That pursuit affords my life meaning, and I live to encourage others in the pursuit of their own meaning, their reason for being alive and gifted and on our planet at this moment. So we can, each and every one, affirm Thoreau's encouragement that when we die we feel we've left no lives unlived.

Lou's clients say:

"Lou is unique among management consultants. He brings a broad vision to any issue, a holistic view, an approach that addresses the specific issue and at the same time addresses its interconnectedness with all other organizational elements, especially people. Lou adds the people element to management consulting better than anyone I know. He is alert to the needs and roles of clients, employees and managers. He enables communications, trust, and collaboration to grow and flourish. He identified training, mentoring, and successor development as key organizational functions. He opens doors to create exciting and successful organizations with motivated, fulfilled employees. With Lou’s unique ability to listen, understand and develop contextual issues, to put his finger on both the problem and potential solutions – which he explains in a way that can be understood and accepted – his work results in a process and approach that assures a successful solution and a stronger organization."

     ~ Harry W. “Hal” Lochner, H.W. Lochner, Inc., Chicago

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Professional Expertise:

• Visioning
• Coaching
• Mentoring

Public Speaking:

• Courageous Leadership
• Living the Authentic Leader’s Life

Publications:

The Language of Leadership now available!


• The Language of Leadership: Stories and studies in courage, wisdom and sacrifice
  Professional practice leadership for the 21st century — this is Lou Marines' passion and his expertise. In The Language of Leadership, Marines brings to bear years of experience working with architecture, engineering, and construction firm leaders as he helps them better serve their organizations, their professions, and their society. He shares his wisdom candidly and with compassion through a series of insightful essays. Click here to order now.

• “Managing Uncertainty Through Strategic Thinking” by Louis L. Marines and Karen Newcombe, FMI Quarterly, Issue 1, 2009.

• “The Power of Adaptive Leadership” by Louis L. Marines and Cheryl May, PE Magazine, July 2008.

• Co-author: State of the Profession (PSMA, 1998), a survey of top industry CEO’s supplemented by observations and commentary.

• His writing also appears in Building Your Learning Organization: Competitive Advantage for the 21st Century, 1997, Advanced Management Institute and the American Council of Engineering Companies.

Contact information:
Louis L. Marines
President, AIA
1370 Trancas Street, #178
Napa, CA 94558
Phone: 707.252.2054
Fax: 707.252.4793
E-mail: lmarines@ami-institute.com