Lou Chrostowski

For over 30 years, Lou’s passion has been to work with leaders, senior executives and high potentials to improve individual performance and organizational effectiveness. Lou focuses on working with organizations and individuals to develop inspiring visions, build collaborative relationships, lead high performing teams, and to develop, execute and achieve business objectives aligned with organizational strategy.

Prior to founding Bresnahan, Chrostowski & Associates, Lou was a senior executive in HR at Old Mutual Asset Management, Putnam Investments and Litton Industries. In these roles Lou was responsible for developing and implementing Human Resource strategy, with an emphasis on talent management and development. Lou developed a holistic approach to executive development, considering the importance of culture, corporate values, succession planning and business strategy to executives’ success. Lou has been described as “an organizational savvy, empathetic and values-driven individual, who rapidly establishes trust and confidence in order to focus on the client’s agenda”.

A life-long learner, Lou has been certified as an Executive Coach by Columbia University at the International Coach Federation's Professional Certified Coach (PCC) level; attended London Business School’s Centre for Management Development’s “Leading International Talent”; studied organizational design and development at Babson College’s F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business; received his BA from Boston College; and has attended numerous professional conferences and symposiums on talent management and executive development. He is also a member of the International Coach Federation and the International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations.

Certifications & Affiliations

• Genos Emotional Intelligence
• DiSC
• Thomas-Kilman Conflict Mode Instrument
• The International Coach Federation
• The International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations
• Columbia University Coaching Certification Program Alumni Association (Co-chair)

Industry Experience

• Financial Services
• High Tech
• Non-profits

Areas of Expertise

• Executive Coaching and Assessment
• Team Coaching
• Coaching Program Design
• Organizational Design, Talent Management and Succession Planning