meet the Founder & chief executive officeR
Laura London
I describe myself as a recovering McKinsey leader and city girl who has always been fascinated by people and change. Decades of experience working with leading companies and learning at top institutions taught me that high performance is only sustainable when we build the individual and organizational capacity for it and leaders model it. My fascination with sustainable leadership led me to pursue advanced degrees and certifications in Executive Coaching and Forest Therapy.
In 2024 I launched Calocedrus and our Sierra Nevada retreat. There’s nothing I love more than getting into nature with my family, friends, and clients. My approach blends performance improvement and nervous system science to strengthen people’s lives and leadership. Across every chapter of my work, from building a process improvement team to leading a Leadership Academy and consulting Fortune 100s, the through line has been helping people thrive in a world designed to deplete them.
My purpose is simple: help people access their best leadership more consistently so they can create greater impact in the world.
Meet the team
Caroline Starner Dadras
ADVISOR
Caroline is a recognized innovator and visionary in organizational effectiveness and talent strategy, with over 30 years of executive leadership experience in both global blue-chip corporations and mid-cap private companies across multiple industries. A three-time CHRO, she brings forward-thinking, future-focused insight to complex business challenges, combining strategic leadership with a deep understanding of people and culture.
As President of Starner 2.0 Inc., Caroline advises CEOs on aligning talent strategy with business priorities to drive value. By surfacing and simplifying complex issues, she facilitates transformative conversations about what truly matters, enabling the creation of high-impact and loving cultures.
Louise Hansell
COACH
Louise is an executive leadership coach and facilitator with over 25 years of experience in leadership and human transformation. She partners with individuals and teams across multiple industries, countries, and cultures, integrating her leadership experience, mastery in facilitation and coaching, and a lived path of personal transformation into every engagement, which creates space for profound growth and new possibilities.
As Founder and President of Flourish Group, Louise helps leaders and change makers live and lead from their highest potential. She is known for leading with love and creating safe spaces that empower leaders to bring their full selves, step into authentic power, and realize their highest possibility.
our approach
Big Love Partnerships
Our partnership philosophy can best be summarized by the term “leading from behind” where we support turning vision into reality by coming to terms with the issues, challenges, and opportunities that clients want to address.
Consulting serves as a “strategy partnership” to achieve organizational goals by empowering leaders and teams to boost both human potential and performance.
Coaching serves as an "accountability partnership" to sharpen vision and overcome obstacles, limiting beliefs, blind spots, and triggers, achieving developmental goals.
Calocedrus is the scientific name for the incense-cedar tree that flourishes at Cedar Camp & Sanctuary, our private property. It is an important tree dating back to indigenous tribes whose distinct aroma from the wood is believed to dispel negative energies, cleanse spaces, and shield individuals.
Calocedrus are also known to provide high levels of phytoncides that boost the human immune system, reduce stress, and improve mood and sleep. As a plant that has ensured the survival of people for thousands of years, it’s a powerful symbol of wisdom, connectedness, and revitalization.
Why Calocedrus?
Let’s rise together.
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