ABOUT THE IMPACT LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
Meet Launa Lawhorn
Founder & CEO | Executive Leader | Certified Coach |
Transformational Speaker | Transformation Strategist
With more than 30 years of executive leadership experience, Launa Lawhorn has built a career
transforming organizations, developing high-performing leaders, and delivering measurable
business results.
Today, as Founder and CEO of The Impact Leadership Institute, she brings that experience and a
passion for empowering others to help individuals, professionals, entrepreneurs, and
organizations unlock their potential, overcome barriers, and achieve meaningful, lasting success.
HER STORY
A Journey of Leadership, Resilience, and Lasting Impact
Launa's journey is a testament to the power of mindset, determination, and believing in what's possible.
From humble beginnings in Clairton, Pennsylvania, to becoming a successful corporate
executive, Launa learned early that circumstances do not have to define your future. Through faith, perseverance, education, and the support of mentors who recognized her potential, she overcame obstacles, challenged limiting beliefs, and created opportunities for growth and achievement.
Throughout her distinguished corporate career, Launa led complex, multimillion-dollar
transformation initiatives, built and guided high-performing global teams, and helped
organizations navigate change, strengthen operational effectiveness, and achieve strategic business objectives.
Her expertise spans executive leadership, organizational transformation, technology, strategic planning, talent development, and change management.
But beyond her professional accomplishments, Launa discovered something equally powerful: True leadership is not only about the results you achieve, but also about the people you empower and the impact you leave behind.
That belief inspired her to establish The Impact Leadership Institute—a platform dedicated to equipping others with the mindset, tools, strategies, and confidence to achieve their own breakthroughs.
Today, Launa combines her executive experience, transformational coaching, and inspirational speaking to help others move beyond limitations and turn their potential into purposeful action and measurable results.
HER APPROACH
From Experience to Empowerment
Launa believes that meaningful transformation begins with three essential elements:
MINDSET. CLARITY. PLAN.
Her approach combines real-world executive leadership experience with transformational coaching and practical, results-driven strategies.
She understands that achieving the next level of success requires more than motivation. It takes the right mindset to overcome barriers, the clarity to define meaningful goals, and a purposeful plan to turn those goals into action.
The goal is not simply to inspire change—but to equip people with the tools and strategies to make change happen.
Through coaching, speaking, leadership development, and consulting, Launa equips those she serves to:
INDIVIDUALS & PROFESSIONALS
Break through limiting beliefs, build confidence, gain clarity, and take intentional steps toward personal and professional growth.
LEADERS & ENTREPRENEURS
Strengthen leadership capabilities, navigate challenges, make strategic decisions, and accelerate performance and growth.
ORGANIZATIONS
Develop high-performing teams, lead transformational change, improve organizational effectiveness, and achieve sustainable business results.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
A Foundation of Knowledge,
Experience, and Excellence
Launa's leadership expertise is supported by a strong academic foundation, professional certifications, and decades of hands-on executive experience.
She holds an MBA in Business from Baylor University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from LeTourneau University.
Master of Business Administration
Baylor University
Bachelor of Science in Business
Management
LeTourneau University
John Maxwell Team
Certified Speaker,
Trainer, and Coach
Prosci® Certified
Change Management
Practitioner
ITSMF
Executive Academy Graduate
Combining academic knowledge, professional development, and practical leadership experience, Launa brings a unique perspective to helping individuals and organizations achieve transformational growth.
HER MISSION
Tapping Into Your Unlimited Potential
Launa believes that every individual has the capacity to achieve extraordinary things when equipped with the right mindset, clarity, support, and plan.
Grounded in faith, purpose, and a commitment to serving others, her mission is to empower people to move beyond perceived limitations, discover new possibilities, and take meaningful action toward the lives, careers, businesses, and futures they envision.
Through The Impact Leadership Institute, she is committed to helping individuals, leaders, entrepreneurs, and organizations turn potential into performance, aspirations into achievements, and success into lasting impact.
Because your past does not define your potential, and your next breakthrough begins with the decision to move forward.
We help individuals, leaders, and organizations move from potential to performance through a proven framework. Turning mindset, clarity, and purposeful action into a measurable results.
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