Lauren Friedman Stat
Palantir Board Leader, Strategic Advisor
About
Lauren is a trusted advisor to leaders at fortune 100 and startup companies. As one of the youngest Managing Directors in the history of Accenture, Lauren led global teams, P&Ls, and transformational change. She now is an independent advisor and board member to several companies and leaders, including Palantir. Come to her for help navigating board and leadership politics, setting vision and strategy, and managing change.
Experience
Proud Palantirian
I joined the Palantir board of directors shortly after going public through an unconventional direct listing approach. I love that there is an eccentric culture that is hyper-focused on solving the world’s toughest problems. From a business perspective, the board makes strategic and unorthodox decisions. In this last year, we purchased gold bars and invested in SPACs and start-ups. While we grow the business (here we come moon!) there will be countless new challenges and contrarian ideas.
One Company, Many Career Journeys
I joined Accenture Management Consulting straight out of Stanford because I had bills to pay and liked the idea of traveling and learning on the job. My plan was to stay for two or three years and then go to business school. Instead, I left almost 16 years later to join the board of Palantir and strike out on my own as an independent coach and advisor. While at Accenture, I had the incredible opportunity to learn and do many things, including technology and digital transformation consulting, "high-brow" strategy consulting, in-the-weeds operational management of internal operations, sales, and P&L management. I managed global teams of >5,000, built sales pipelines and closed deals that were several hundred million dollars in value, and managed client relationships at the operational management level all the way up to the C-suite and the board. My favorite and most rewarding part of all of my experiences was when I managed a global team - although not the most exciting of the work, (the strategy stuff was super cool!) I loved having direct responsibility to develop culture, build teams, and inspire/produce exceptional outcomes.
Links from Lauren
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Eric B
Lauren was curious, thoughtful, and helpful. Her analysis and breakdown of our pitch deck was to-the-point and incisive.
Kenny H
Lauren understands the consulting world as well as anyone. She provided really helpful guidance!
Simon P
Asked the right questions Determined the focus points Brilliant result 🔥