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{{infobox person
| image=Lauren Handel Zander Biography Photo.jpg
| name=Lauren Zander
| birth_date=February 3, 1970
| occupation=Life coach, author, co-founder and chairperson of Handel Group
| website=[http://handelgroup.com handelgroup.com], [http://maybeitsyou.com maybeitsyou.com]
}}

'''Lauren Handel Zander''' was born on February 3, 1970. She is a life coach and is the author of ''Maybe It's You: Cut the Crap. Face Your Fears. Love Your Life.''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lauren-handel-zander/maybe-its-you/9780316318662/|title=Maybe It's You|website=www.hachettebookgroup.com|access-date=2017-03-06}}</ref>

In the early 2000s, Zander created The Handel Method,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://studylib.net/doc/8746693/designing-your-life|title=Design Your Life: An Evaluation of Participants' Experiences and Perspectives|last=Baptiste|first=Donna|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> a coaching methodology that has been taught in over 35 major universities and institutes of learning including [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]], [[Stanford Medical School]], [[New York University]], [[Columbia University]], [[Yale School of Drama]], [[Wesleyan University]], [[Fordham University]], [[Rutgers University]], [[Middlebury College]], [[Scripps Research Institute]], and in the [[New York City public school system]].{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Zander is the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group, an international corporate consulting and private coaching company based in [[New York City]].

== Education ==
Zander graduated from [[George Washington University]] in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in environmental studies.

== Career ==
Zander co-founded Handel Group in 2004 with her sister, Beth Weissenberger.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyabenedicto/2012/01/30/the-new-era-of-the-six-figure-woman/#6a3640a012c1|title=Secrets from Six-Figure Women|last=Benedicto|first=Tanya|newspaper=Forbes|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref> In 2006, Zander began teaching a course based on The Handel Method to students, staff, and alumni<ref name=":1" /> at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].

In 2010, Zander starred in a television special ''Celebrity Life Coach''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uptownmagazine.com/2010/12/celebrity-life-coach-lauren-zander/|title=Celebrity Life Coach: Lauren Zander|access-date=2017-03-06|language=en-US}}</ref> on [[A&E Biography]] with actress [[Sean Young]].

In 2011, Zander presented her coaching methodology at the TEDx Women’s Conference in Amsterdam<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ntKfkGnvMA|title=Lauren Zander at Tedx Amsterdam 2011|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> and was a moderator running the roundtable for the White House's [[Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation]] at Stanford University.

In 2014, Zander appeared on the ''Dr. Oz'' show to discuss sustainable weight loss and how women can achieve their goals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/banish-fat-fast?video_id=3543784527001|title=Dr. Oz's Fat-Busters Pt 1|access-date=2017-03-06}}</ref>

Internationally, the Handel Method was taught for the first time in October 2015 in the CEMS Program at [[Vienna University of Economics and Business]].{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Zander's first book, ''Maybe It's You: Cut the Crap, Face your Fears, Love Your Life'' was published by [[Hachette Book Group]] in 2017.

== Contributions ==
Zander is a regular contributor to media outlets, including ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/jobs/30career.html|title=Turning an Evaluation Into More Pay|last=Zimmerman|first=Eilene|date=2007-12-30|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2017-02-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Forbes<ref name=":0" /> ''Self'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.self.com/story/real-advice-from-a-celebrity-l|title=Real Advice From a Celebrity Life Coach|last=Everett|first=Jenny|newspaper=SELF|access-date=2017-02-10|language=en}}</ref> ''Women’s Health'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.womenshealthmag.com/author/lauren-zander|title=Lauren Zander|newspaper=Women's Health|access-date=2017-02-10|language=en}}</ref> ''Business Insider'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/life-coach-lauren-zander-2014-8|title=This Life Coach Will Solve All Your Problems For $500 An Hour|newspaper=Business Insider|access-date=2017-02-10|language=en}}</ref> ''Mind Body Green'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mindbodygreen.com/wc/lauren-handel-zander|title=mindbodygreen|website=mindbodygreen|language=en|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref> and ''The Huffington Post''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/lauren-zander|title=Lauren Zander {{!}} The Huffington Post|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref>

In 2011, Zander co-authored an article in the ''[[Harvard Business Review]]'' with [[Deborah H. Gruenfeld]] titled "Authentic Leadership Can Be Bad Leadership".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hbr.org/2011/02/authentic-leadership-can-be-ba|title=Authentic Leadership Can Be Bad Leadership|access-date=2017-02-10|newspaper=Harvard Business Review}}</ref>

In 2017, Zander participated as a contributor to a piece on work-life balance for working mothers in ''Self''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.self.com/story/tess-holliday-motherhood-instagram|title=Tess Holliday's Emotional Instagram Post Shows the Realities of Motherhood|last=Miller|first=Korin|work=SELF|access-date=2017-03-06|language=en}}</ref>

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