Laura LeGrande

I build the programs and systems that get sales and field teams productive faster. For 14+ years I’ve designed role-based onboarding, manager coaching, and leadership development for financial advisors and field leaders, most recently as a Senior Program Manager at Thrivent and before that as Chief Development Officer and Director at Northwestern Mutual. Two results I’m proud of: I rebuilt onboarding into role-based pathways with 0-30-60-90 milestones, cutting time to productivity from 18 months to 6 and expanding the model from 8 to 20 geographic areas. I also designed and owned a leadership development program that advanced 11 advisors into leadership roles in 2025 against a goal of 5. I use data, field feedback, and AI-enabled coaching practice to find what’s working and fix what isn’t, and I’m at my best partnering with Sales, Technology, and Operations leaders to turn priorities into programs people actually use. Next, I want a remote, US-based role leading sales or field enablement: owning onboarding and ramp, sales methodology adoption, and manager coaching programs at a company that values enablement as a business driver. MBA, CLF®, BFA®.