From having all the answers
to building people who do.
I started Great Leaders Do because I kept seeing the same problem inside organizations: companies would invest enormous amounts of money, time, and energy into smart strategies and important changes, but underestimate the leaders responsible for bringing those plans to life.
Many of those leaders had been promoted because they were exceptional technical performers. Then, almost overnight, they were expected to communicate through uncertainty, build trust, delegate effectively, address difficult behavior, develop their people, and lead change — often without ever being taught how.
I watched capable, committed people struggle — not because they did not care, but because traditional leadership development gave them concepts without enough practical application. They knew what good leadership was supposed to look like. They needed help turning that knowledge into what they actually did each day.
That gap became the foundation for Great Leaders Do.
Our mission is to turn leadership from an idea into action — giving leaders practical behaviors and tools they can use in the real world.
Through keynotes, interactive workshops, leadership programs, and accessible digital resources, we help leaders create clarity, build capable teams, communicate through complexity, and make change last.
Lauren Montgomery is a leadership and transformation strategist, speaker, and founder of Great Leaders Do, who believes great strategies don't transform organizations — great leaders do. With more than a decade of experience in change, training, and leadership development, Lauren has led complex transformations and equipped hundreds of leaders to turn leadership concepts into practical behaviors.
She holds a master's degree in Organizational Change Leadership and is Prosci-certified. A national conference speaker, Lauren brings practical, real-world experience to conversations about leadership and change.
Effective leadership development should not be reserved for senior executives or organizations with enormous training budgets. Frontline and emerging leaders have an extraordinary impact on whether people feel supported, whether teams grow stronger, and whether organizational strategies succeed. They deserve development that respects the complexity of their jobs and gives them something useful to do differently tomorrow.
Great leadership is not defined by what someone knows or the title they hold. It is revealed in what they consistently do — and in what their people become capable of doing because of them.
— Lauren Montgomery, Founder