LANCE M. GOULBOURNE

Lance M. Goulbourne is Co-Founder and Vice President of MRW Consulting Group International.  He has over 20 years of experience in executive recruitment, diversity recruitment, recruitment research, organizational assessments, diversity, equity and inclusion studies, competitive intelligence and business development in the United States and Australia.  

Prior to co-founding MRW Consulting Group International, Lance was both the Founder & the President of Milo Research, a retainer-based search firm. He has built his career working with organizations within the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, including consumer products, financial services, publishing and education. Additionally, he has provided management and career transition coaching to individuals and support to organizations during workforce restructurings.

Lance has a proven track record conducting retained searches, recruitment research, providing competitive intelligence and developing new business opportunities, working with organizations in various industries.  He has successfully placed candidates across a broad range of levels, from C-suite executives to middle management levels. Lance has conducted executive search and recruitment research for numerous organizations such as Consumer Reports, Time Inc., The New York Times Company, Colgate-Palmolive, Scholastic Inc., New York District Council of Carpenters and, Mystic Seaport Museum. 

Additionally, Lance has conducted numerous organizational assessments for clients. Most recently, he conducted an organizational assessment for a philanthropic organization focused on racial equity, as well as a diversity, equity and inclusion study for a private university. Previous engagements include working with a managed care organization dealing with significant industry transformation; conducted in-depth internal interviews and external benchmarking regarding organizational design and structure, reviewed job descriptions and functional interrelationships and interdependencies, developed a set of recommendations and an implementation plan for organizational changes. 

Lance is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He is certified to use the Neethling Brain Instrument™ assessment and uses it in one-on-one coaching with clients. He is certified to use the Team Diagnostic Survey and uses it in team effectiveness engagements.