Don Lang

As Principal of Talent Effects, Inc., Don Lang supports senior leadership teams who seek to increase their effectiveness in selecting, developing and advancing leadership talent to enhance organizational performance and growth.  He leverages a diverse background that spans human resources management, line operations and account management, as well as P&L responsibility, to bring practical solutions that fit the context, culture, and resources of the organization.

Don’s consulting experience includes:

o   Executive coaching

o   Assessments for staffing key jobs, for profiling talent in target acquisitions or in newly acquired businesses, for executive development and for driving succession planning processes

o   Leadership/high potential leader identification and development

o   Staffing/recruiting process design and support

o   Structured assessment interview skills training and coaching

He has over 15 years experience coaching professionals and executives from a variety of fields and industries in pivotal career situations including: assimilating quickly into a new leadership role, working through strengths and development needs in a current role as well as for future growth, and managing personal and organizational transitions.  For leaders and organizations operating across borders, Don contributes key insights and perspective from over 12 years of hands-on consulting assignments in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa.   

Prior Roles

Don’s prior roles include human resources management assignments in Fortune 500 information management and financial services firms at both the corporate and field levels.  Later, Don held several line operations management roles in health care services including customer service, medical review, and claims administration.  He also was Director of Healthcare Systems for a systems solutions firm where he worked with channel vendors and medical staffs on electronic data transfer solutions.  He then became a Principal in Mainstream Access, Inc., a global consulting firm focusing on talent assessment and development. More recently, he served as a Managing Director in the Human Capital Consulting Group of Spherion Corporation, a global outsourcing and consulting firm.

Don holds an MBA from Georgia State University and a Bachelors Degree in Economics from Lafayette College. He is an adjunct instructor of Talent Acquisition and Development for the Executive MBA Program at Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, where he also serves as Chair of the Coaching Advisory Board.