I'm Lawrence Andre and am passionate about Teams, Leadership, and Business Models.

I was born in 1972 in Kansas City, raised on Midwestern values of hard work.  I learned to set goals, follow through with to-do lists, and collect certificates of success.  People praised me for what I was doing.  They asked how I kept it in balance. 

But I had a problem.  What people were congratulating me for didn’t fulfill me inside.  I wasn’t making the progress I desired.  And I realized…Success had turned into a form of procrastination in my life.

I sought out others and asked them about their approach.  People pointed to their successes as evidence that they were living into their dreams.  I found that most people sensed another chapter in their lives waiting to be written, one of significance and impact.  It was a familiar story.

In my life, I was protecting what success brought.  This held me back from pursuing of what I really wanted.

	I had a wife and two kids, but what I wanted was a dynamic, growing family.
	I had an IT Consulting career, but what I wanted was to be a catalyst for growing companies.
	I had a history of investing in myself, but what I wanted was a growth environment where I wasn’t growing alone.

When I came to the realization that my existing learning model wasn’t getting me to where I wanted to go, I built a new model for my life.  Along the way, I found a new freedom that I never knew existed. It flipped a switch and shed light on a different path.

What matters most to me is JOY.  Joy was missing in my life, and as a result, I substituted happiness instead.  But the blanket of happiness was never big enough to make up for the missing joy. 

This hit me full force when I was failing as a father… because I didn’t have joy.  I went off and found that critical missing ingredient through a lot of soul-searching (and a helpful coach!).  Today, it takes discipline for me to keep joy in my life.  Some days, weeks, and seasons I’m better at it than others.  But I know what it feels like, and it is there more often than not.

I've learned to do several things in this profession.  I can speak into people's lives.  I can coach people through confusion and into their emerging future.  I can facilitate group learning and support teams as they tackle new challenges.  I can focus small companies on business models that drive growth.

Yet, more than anything else, I come alive when I create programs that change people's lives. My approach is simple.  I'm a life-long learner who is always seeking expansion and fuller expression in my life.  After living it, I turn what works into a program. And I share it with you through the Leadership Gym.

Contact me to learn more about myself and my work.