In my twenty plus years of experience in executive search, I have not seen more evidence of a close, trusting, and productive consultant/client relationship than in the two companies I am personally familiar that use Lori for high level strategic consulting. There is a warmth, energy and common sense about her that allow people to be comfortable confiding in her and give them confidence in her counsel.

Doug Andrews,
Partner Clarey & Andrews

Lori Pedelty of Capstone Consulting is a joy to work with.  Her energy and professionalism inspire the trust that is needed when governance issues and leaders need to reshape their organization for the future.  She is diligent, timely, and tremendously skillful.  She also has a great ability to grasp the big picture as well as the details of an organization, and to keep her clients focused on the essential ideas.  Organizational change is hard work; Lori helped us to do what was necessary to get the process going in the right direction. 

I have known Lori for over ten years. She is one of just a handful of Women I have known throughout my career who has what it takes to succeed at a high level in a male-dominated, highly political business environment like that of Arthur Andersen where we worked together. In the eighties this work environment was far from "female-friendly" with a thriving old-boys-network, yet Lori was able to quickly gain the respect and trust of the partners. She was involved with issues of the utmost confidentiality and proved herself to be completely trustworthy. She brings terrific insight into what a woman is facing in this type of a setting and how, not only to be effective, but to thrive.

Mark Nachbar, Partner-In-Charge, Multistate Tax Services, Midwest Region Deloitte & Touche, LLP

As my coach and mentor I have known Lori to be a good listener with an uncanny ability to hear between the lines. She is pragmatic in her approach, cutting through the extraneous items to get at the core of an issue. I like and respect that she has been where I am at and I trust her judgment with issues that are sensitive in nature and that are critical to the future of our organization.

Mary Lynn Fayoumi, Vice President of Operations The Management Association of Illinois

Lori is a smart and savvy business consultant. I have found her to be both sensitive to the needs of our Company and tough in making sure we look at the facts. She has the unique ability to be a consultant to consultants. I consider Lori to be an integral part of our future success.

Maureen Taylor, President
SNP Network

I knew where I wanted to take our Company, but I needed help in gaining the commitment of the rest of our management team to reaching this goal. Lori has helped us become a team with a shared vision. She has directed our planning efforts, helping us to determine how to make the transition from what we are today to what we want to be. She's played a vital role in the change process, skillfully guiding our planning sessions with a gavel in one hand and a compass in the other. Her sense of humor and strategic planning expertise don't hurt, either. I feel very fortunate to have access to her talent and help in what we are doing.

Mark Palmer, President & CEO
TRiMARK Technologies, Inc.

My attorney referred me to Lori, and it was some of the best advice I ever received. As my company grew, so also did the issues we faced and I needed someone to help guide me. Lori has been that person. She is a great listener, and is quick to synthesize all of the issues and offer viable solutions. Lori has worked with us on a myriad of projects including the development of our first strategic plan. We now are in our fourth year of working with Lori and the growth of our company has definitely benefited as we have now more than doubled in size.

She has also been especially helpful in guiding us through a challenging reorganization. With her assistance ILC has also improved in the all important bottom line. I am glad she has been there to help us meet our challenges.

Scott Falbe, President
Intelligent Lighting Creations, Inc.

A simple definition for empowerment is to "act as an adult." Lori has helped us to learn what it means to be an adult in our organization. She expects us to be adults, to treat others as adults and to expect others to act in a similar way towards us. Beyond this, I trust Lori's business instincts about sensitive issues we face as an organization if we wish to achieve our goals. I work with many advisors, formally and informally, but Lori is the only one who we have invited to be an integral part of our management team to help guide us toward achievement of our vision.

Joe McLennan, President & CEO
The Management Association of Illinois

Lori brings enormous insights to the types of issues faced on a daily basis by leaders in business. She has strong professional experience seasoned with years of being in the trenches herself. I have also observed Lori to be tremendously creative when addressing a variety of business issues. I am happy to have her as a key business advisor.

Rick Haskins, President & CEO
Jet Support Services, Inc.

I have known Lori for fourteen years. Initially, she was a formidable, yet fair competitor, for whom I had great respect. Later, serving on the same committee, I observed first-hand Lori's creativity and her ability to sell people on her ideas and see them implemented. Today, in a business alliance, I know Lori to be a strong consultant. People have a high degree of confidence in her advice. Again, I see people buy her ideas and more importantly, commit to them. For years she has worked with people at the highest levels within an organization. Lori's personal success is evidence of her effectiveness as a business coach and advisor. She brings meaning to the expression "walk the talk."

Dick Jensen, Director Career Planning and Development PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Thanks to Lori's exceptional skills, our planning team has achieved more in less time than ever before. Lori knows how to keep a discussion on track, how to draw out constructive opinion, and how to prevent personal agendas or biases from undermining our productivity. Lori provides an objective, yet very committed, perspective. We may be exhausted by the end of our discussion, but we come out of the planning session with a great feeling of accomplishment.

Rich Houle, Executive Vice President of Operations TRiMARK Technologies, Inc.

Special thanks also to Lori Pedelty, a dynamic and incredibly accomplished consultant who was and still is my mentor and coach.

From the acknowledgments by the author of the book "Make Your Connections Count!"

Melissa Giovagnoli, Author & President ~ Service Showcase, Inc. National Spokesperson for AT&T's Community Program

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