Lia Garvin Consulting partners with companies to build leaders people want to work for.

As organizations scale, strategy gets clearer but execution gets harder. Managers are promoted without training, accountability blurs, and founders and executives become decision hubs.

Drawing on experience leading team operations at Google, Microsoft, and Apple, we help companies develop strong managers who drive clarity, ownership, and execution across their teams.

WHAT WE DO

Manager Development Programs

Live and digital manager training built around The New Manager Playbook. We equip managers with practical tools for setting expectations, tracking work, making decisions, and leading with trust and accountability.

Keynotes and Executive Offsites

High impact sessions for leadership teams and company wide events focused on manager effectiveness, clarity, and leading through change.

Leadership Advisory and Fractional COO Support

We partner with executives and founders to strengthen operating rhythms, decision making, and team structure so leaders can step out of the day to day.

RESULTS

Our work has supported leaders across global organizations, helping companies improve retention, reduce burnout, and build teams that execute consistently during growth and change.

Selected Clients

Google • FIFA • Bank of America • DoorDash • Argonne National Laboratory • Marshall and Sterling

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Advisor to female founders about topics including:

• Business Planning

• Leadership Development

• Organizational Culture

• People & Talent Management

• Thought Leadership

• Scaling Teams & Businesses

Real Talk: Leading Small Teams is a weekly podcast for founders, business owners, and people managers who want to lead high-performing teams, without falling back into doing all the work themselves.

Each week, I break down the real, everyday challenges of leading teams: accountability, delegation, communication, culture, performance, and everything in between. No corporate jargon. No beating around the bush. Just practical strategies you can use immediately.

If you're asking questions like:

How do I get my team to actually take ownership?

Why do I have to repeat myself constantly?

How do I delegate without things falling apart?

How do I give feedback that actually moves the needle?

How do I lead through change without losing people?

What actually motivates employees today?

You're in the right place.

Real Talk is for:

✔ Founders & business owners scaling teams without burning people out

✔ Entrepreneurs balancing business strategy and people leadership

✔ Managers navigating constant change and wanting better results

New episodes drop every Tuesday.

Featured in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, and Fortune. Ranked in the top 2% of podcasts globally.

Learn more at liagarvin.com/podcast

📩 For guest inquiries, email hello@liagarvin.com with the subject line: Podcast Pitch

Developed operational effectiveness strategy and drove team operations for Health@Google team.

• Defined team operations strategy centered around clarity, transparency, and rigor to ensure people on the team understand what is expected of them and how to get things done. Included defining and driving the planning process & OKR tracking, QBRs, and progress tracking across initiatives

• Develop and drive cross-team initiatives to remove silos and get program management team operating more cohesively and through a streamlined set of org-wide processes

• Designed operating model for how the Health@Google team thinks about AI and partners with engineering & research product teams, defining operating principles & strategic review process

Drove design operations and management program management across YouTube Shorts, Live, TV and Community, including:

• Managing overarching design process and operation across YouTube's most rapidly changing and highest profile verticals

• Designing and facilitating custom workshops to drive higher performance on the team, including: onboarding, giving and receiving feedback, demystifying performance reviews, and manager trainings

• Coach & advisor to design leads, ensuring they're showing up best as leaders to support the demands of high profile teams

• Developed team-level processes to support specific cross functional needs; removing steps and simplifying processes so things could run more smoothly

• Managed a team of 5 program managers, overseeing their work and career development