About the Firm

In 1950, Tom Lawrence founded one of the first Management Consulting firms in the Nation. Over 5 decades the firm has established a reputation for integrity and skill in helping smaller firms and not-for-profit organizations improve their management and achieve success. Trade Associations and Professional Societies have been important clients throughout our history. Through them the firm has also served literally thousands of businesses around the world. Lawrence-Leiter and Company continues to serve Trade Associations, Professional Societies, small and medium sized businesses, addressing the Big Questions organizations face in a rapidly changing world.

Located in suburban Kansas City, the firm conducts an international practice centered on organization strategy. Key services supporting solid strategy development and execution include people selection and development, a wide variety of research, organization design and futures studies.

Our Commitment

To an ethical consultant, the client's interests always come first. A desire to improve professionalism in consulting led Tom Lawrence to help found the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC). The firm's current President, David Bywaters, has also served on IMC's Board and has earned IMC's CMC designation.

Lawrence-Leiter and Company pledges to live by the spirit, not just the letter, of the IMC Code of Ethics. That code is reproduced below.

CODE OF ETHICS

Clients

1. We will serve our clients with integrity, competence, and objectivity.

2. We will keep client information and records of client engagements confidential and will use proprietary client information only with the clients permission.

3. We will not take advantage of confidential client information for ourselves or our firms.

4. We will not allow conflicts of interest which provide a competitive advantage to one client through our use of confidential information from another client who is a direct competitor without that competitors permission.

Engagements

5. We will accept only engagements for which we are qualified by our experience and competence.

6. We will assign staff to client engagements in accord with their experience, knowledge, and expertise.

7. We will immediately acknowledge any influences on our objectivity to our clients and will offer to withdraw from a consulting engagement when our objectivity or integrity may be impaired.

Fees

8. We will agree independently and in advance on the basis for our fees and expenses and will charge fees and expenses that are reasonable, legitimate, and commensurate with the services we deliver and the responsibility we accept.

9. We will disclose to our clients in advance any fees or commissions that we will receive for equipment, supplies or services we recommend to our clients.

Profession

10. We will respect the intellectual property rights of our clients, other consulting firms, and sole practitioners and will not use proprietary information or methodologies without permission.

11. We will not advertise our services in a deceptive manner and will not mis-represent the consulting profession, consulting firms, or sole practitioners.

12. We will report violations of this Code of Ethics.