The Ermi Group

08/04/2025

When leadership, ethics, and social media collide, the consequences can be swift and seismic. The Coldplaygate controversy—sparked by a viral moment on the jumbotron—has become more than just office gossip; it’s a real-time case study in leadership accountability and organizational culture.
This is a wake-up call for leaders everywhere. LRI's Lori Evans Ermi shared her perspective on the key leadership lessons—and why character, not just competence, must define today’s leadership.

This article is written by Lori Evans Ermi, PCC, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, a Principal at the Leadership Research Institute. She has 30+ years of corporate, executive leadership and senior consulting experience.

05/15/2025

05/12/2025

The Leadership Research Institute is passionate about supporting leaders in times of abundance as well as times of ambiguity. Check out this article.

In our latest article, our own Lori Evans Ermi discusses evidence-based strategies for leaders and organizations to focus on wellbeing and reinvention in times of ambiguity and change, while asking: What can you reinvent for yourself in the remainder of 2025? ...

08/13/2024

🎶🎤Tremendous shout out to Mr. Andrew Baughman & Mrs. Melissa Baughman for an outstanding opportunity for Kate and troupe to perform at Disney through the Virtual Academy Summer Program. Memorable on many levels. Incredible talent, performances were fantastic, and new friends were made!

📍 I asked Kate and Melissa to pick out Disney pins, something special about the trip they want me to remember, to go on my new backpack Daniela found while meandering with our new friend Evie Beall.

💧🍷 Neighbor Sue Friedhoff Zaeh gets a call out for being there to support Kate and making memories together.

💚🎤Melissa picked out Tiana in remembrance of Kate’s rendition of “Almost There,” and the fabulous new Tiana’s Bayou Adventure that was simply delightful. Thank you Sister-friend for all your help, the therapy sessions, and our decades of Disney fun together.

🏰Kate picked “out of order” from Tower of Terror to commemorate being in the drop zone stopped for an unknown malady for nearly 30 minutes. While it presented itself a briefly entertaining op to bond with our fellow elevator mates from Pennsylvania and Utah, it was starting not to be fun. But all is well and we’ll remember that ride and day forevermore. 🖤

🍊I picked out Soarin’ because it dazzles my senses and makes my soul smile.

✅The bonus pin for all the parks is self-explanatory.

💜And Kate gifted me the top one from her collection of pins. They are my first pins since visiting Disney Parks Coast to Coast my entire life. A blessing. I was nourishing my inner child and my sentimental heart and it was an infusion of delightful dopamine.

🙏🏼And I had two very promising biz dev calls out of nowhere while in the parks! And over 60,000 steps for 3 days! My bones were feeling it! But a good pain! 🤣

What a summer! God is good. My soul is full. Pinch me!

05/02/2024

Had to share the actual reveal now that learned how to edit.🤷🏻‍♀️ Enormous thanks to Lexie Howe my talented managing editor, and foremost my daughter for decades. You know you got us over the finish line and how grateful I am. And Kate Ermi my soul mate Adoption mate, artist and the bonus track in the book!

01/02/2024

Practice 6 of my 10 part series of The Inner Edge: 10 Practices of Personal Leadership discusses Maximize Your Time ⏲ . I've also included a short recap of the first 5 inner edge practices, and if you are following along, it is a great opportunity to reflect on how you want to Get Clarity in 2024.