Louie V. Larimer - President/CEO    

Focused Strategies, Inc.

Louie V. Larimer 

Significant Accomplishments

• Bridgestone/Freestone Tires
  Developed and delivered an ethics program for the national sales management team.
  
  
• Blue Cross - Blue Shield of Georgia
  Developed and delivered an ethics- training program for the associate broker sales division.
  
  
• The Aleut Corporation 
  Conducted a comprehensive strategic business, managerial, and financial assessment of an Alaskan Native Corporation and its subsidiaries.  Facilitated and developed a comprehensive strategic plan, trained the board of directors in corporate governance, provided technical assistance and guided the search for a new CEO.
  
  
• Space Mark International
  Designed and delivered a management assessment program, provided board governance training, facilitated the annual CEO evaluation, and developed corporate performance measures in a balanced scorecard format. 
  
  
• TAC Services, Inc.
  Conducted board governance training and provided technical assistance in CEO evaluation process.
  
  
• The Executive Committee
  Provided monthly one to one executive coaching to a group of CEO entrepreneurs.
  
  
• Honolulu Police Department  
  Developed and conducted a leadership development program for mid-level police commanders.
  
  
• United States Office of Personnel Management
  Designed ethics, leadership, and communication modules of instruction that are delivered to federal executives from across the United States in a two week residential leadership program.  Currently engaged as adjunct faculty teaching emotional intelligence, ethics, strategic planning and management, and executive communications.
  
  
• Iuliuliluk Health Care System
  Facilitated the development of a comprehensive strategic plan, designed and facilitated a board self-assessment process and conducted board leadership and corporate governance training for a rural health care delivery system in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
  
  
• City of Peoria, Arizona 
  Facilitated the design of a comprehensive organizational ethics and compliance initiative.
  
  
• SE Group
  Facilitated and developed a strategic business plan for an international engineering firm specializing in resort development projects.
  
  
• Colorado Technical University
  Conducted an organizational assessment and developed a five year strategic business plan of operation.
  Developed a faculty certification program and student/customer service training program for faculty.
  
  
• City of Colorado Springs, Colorado
  Provided ethics and leadership training for the city's senior management team. Facilitated the development of the city’s first comprehensive leadership development program.
  
  
• Colorado Springs Police Department
  Developed and conducted ethics training program for direct line supervisors and command staff.
  
  
• Pikes Peak Mental Health Center  
  Designed and delivered a comprehensive one-year leadership development program for 25 senior level behavioral health care executives that included assessment and one to one executive coaching for the CEO and his direct reports. Assisted the CEO in succession planning and leadership transition. Designed and facilitated a board self-assessment process and conducted corporate governance training for the board. Facilitated and developed a strategic business plan of operation for the organization and each of its subsidiary companies.
  
  
• Overhead Door Company
  Facilitated the development of a strategic business plan for a $12 million sales company. Developed and implemented a customer service training program that allowed Overhead Door to win the Better Business Bureau’s Award of Excellence for 2003.
  
  
• Pikes Peak Community College
  Facilitated the development of a comprehensive strategic business plan for a regionally accredited community college.
  
  
• The Resource Exchange, Inc.
  Developed and conducted an accountability training program for senior managers of a community centered board providing funding and quality assurance for El Paso County, State of Colorado. Facilitated and developed a comprehensive five strategic plan.
  
  
• State of Hawaii, Department of Human Resources
  Developed and delivered leadership training to a group of senior level state agency department heads in the areas of strategic planning, accountability, performance management, conflict resolution, and emotional intelligence.
  
  
• State of Hawaii, Department of Health
  Facilitated the development of a statewide comprehensive strategic plan for the State of Hawaii Division of Developmental Disabilities.
  
  
• Western Area Power Administration, United States Department of Energy
  Developed and conducted a leadership development program for mid-level executives. Provided training in the areas of negotiations, strategic planning, emotional intelligence, personal influence and conflict resolution. Facilitated and conducted team development training for the Denver Regional Field Office. 
  
  
• Internal Revenue Service, United States Government
  Served as ethics faculty for 10 years in the IRS’ Senior Management Readiness Program.
  
  
• State of Colorado, Department of Corrections
  Provided ethics training for the senior leadership, wardens and department heads.
  
  
• Peak Vista Community Health Center
  Conducted board governance training and facilitated annual business planning process for a medical and dental service delivery care system. Facilitated development of a comprehensive five year strategic plan.
  
  
• Colorado River Storage Project, U.S. Department of Energy
  Facilitated initial organizational assessment with senior management team and provided best practices information and training.
  
  
• Pikes Peak Leadership
  Conducted board governance training for the Colorado Springs Community Leadership Program. Provided ethics training for annual leadership development program.
  
  
• ReMax Properties, Inc.
  Conducted accountability training for senior management staff.  Facilitated development of five year strategic plan. Engaged to provide organizational development strategies for a 250 agent real estate firm.
  
  
• Spectrum Health Care
  Provided executive leadership training for the senior leadership group.
  
  
• United States Figure Skating Association
  Provided ethics training for the board of governors.
  
  
• Rocky Mountain Materials and Excavating Company, Inc.
  Conducted an organizational assessment and strategic planning initiative for a regional concrete and asphalt production and excavating company.
  
  
• United States Food Safety Inspection, Department of Agriculture
  Provided ethics training for the Department’s leader development program.
  
  
• Colorado Springs Police Department
  Served as consultant for organizational change and leadership development initiative.
  
  
• United States Department of Homeland Security
  Developed and conducted ethics training for a national leader development program.
  
  
• U. S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections
  Conducted ethics and leadership training for Nebraska Department of Corrections, Missouri Department of Corrections, Florence, Arizona Probation and Parole Department, and the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department.  Currently retained to provide a series of ethics and leadership training modules for the National Institute of Corrections.
  
  
• U. S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons
  Conducted ethics training for the Bureau of Prisons Western Area Training Academy.
  
  
• Western Area Power Administration
  Conducted a team assessment and development initiative for the cyber defense team.
  
  
• Tire Kingdom
  Developed and conducted an executive coaching training module for the regional directors and regional managers of a nationally prominent retail auto maintenance and tire sales company.  
  
  
• State of Colorado, Department of Labor and Employment
  Developed and conducted a senior management leadership development program.
  
  
• University of Colorado – Denver, Rocky Mountain Leadership Program
  Retained since 1997 to provide annual ethics training for both the winter and summer leadership development program.
  
  
• Luke Center, Pacific Leadership Program
  Retained since 1999 to provide annual ethics training for selected elected officials and public administrators who serve in the State of Oregon.
  
  
• State of Oregon, Department of Human Services
  Provided ethics training for the Department’s leadership development program.
  
  
• United States Indian Health Services
  Developed and managed a two week leadership development program for a variety of health care executives serving Native American populations across the United States.
  
  
• Hoff and Leigh Real Estate Company
  Conducted negotiations training for the largest commercial real estate brokerage firm in Southern Colorado.
  
  
• Bemidji Area Indian Health Service
  Facilitated and implemented a regional strategic plan and balanced organizational scorecard.
  
  
• Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service
  Facilitated and implemented a corporate governing body structure and provided board training. Currently retained to facilitate and develop a regional strategic plan and balanced organizational scorecard.
  
  
• Peak Vista Community Health and Pikes Peak Mental Health
  Facilitated a series of joint agency discussions leading to the development of a cooperative agency working agreement between two community providers.
  
  
• Timberline Landscaping, Inc.
  Developed and conducted leadership development program for the senior management staff of a regional landscaping engineering firm.
  
  
• DVERT Program
  Facilitated strategic review and plan for the Domestic Violence Early Response Team - a consortium of community providers concerned with the prevention of domestic violence.
  
  
• Chinook Leadership Institute
  Retained since 2010 to provide ethics and leadership training in its annual “Catalytic Leadership” program and its “Emerging Leaders” program.
  
  
• Louisiana Realtors Association
  Retained since 2006 to provide ethics training in its annual Leader Development Program.
  
  
• Junior Achievement of Southern Colorado
  Facilitated board strategic planning activities and retreat.
  
  
• El Paso County Board of Health
  Designed, conducted and facilitated board member training on governance.
  
  
• United States Army - Aberdeen Army Proving Grounds
  Retained since 2011 to deliver annual ethics training to developing leaders program.
  
  
• United States Army - Environmental Chemical and Biological Center
  Presented ethics training and strategic thinking training to senior executive staff.
  
  
• United States National Security Agency
  Retained since 2012 to provide ethics training for the Director’s leader developer program.
  
  
• Hawaii Federal Executive Board, Pacific Leadership Program
  Retained as faculty since 1997 and as Visiting Program Director for Emerging Leader Program since 2013.
  
  
• Biological Advanced Research Department - United States Department of Health and Human Services
  Delivered ethics training in the agency’s leadership development program.
  
  
• Rocky Mountain Healthcare
  Provided board governance training and facilitated annual retreat.
  
  
• United States Office of Personnel Management
  Served as Program Director for the Indian Health Service Leadership Development Program and as faculty for three years teaching ethics, leadership, negotiations, and strategy. Served as Assistant Program Director for Leadership Skills for Non-supervisors in Shepardstown, West Virginia. Since 1997 has served as ethics faculty for Western Management Development Center programs.
  
  
• National Conference Presentations
  
  Mr. Larimer has spoken and presented at numerous national conferences and prominent leadership programs including:
  
  The National Conference On Applied Ethics; American Society For Training And Development; American Management Association; International Society For Performance Improvement; American Society of Association Executives; The United Way; The University of Denver School of Law, Graduate Tax Program; Southwestern Law Foundation Law Enforcement Ethics Conference; Amateur Athletic Union  Leadership Conference; United States Racquetball Association; The National League Of Cities; United States Olympic Leadership Congress; The National Council of State Governments; The United States Figure Skating Association; The Rocky Mountain Police Leadership Institute; The Medical Group Management Association; The Conference Board of Canada; Florida Department of Law Enforcement Criminal Justice Executive Leadership Program; National Association of Realtors; and The National School Boards Association.