Dr Janet Lapp, Inc. and The Center for Leadership Development were founded by Janet Lapp in 1982 as international organizations that grew from Janet's clinical experiences as a registered nurse and psychologist, hospital manager, university professor, and consultant with Fortune 500 companies. Their purpose is to guide and coach leaders who are in the throes of fast change, and who are seeking to create a climate of value-focused leadership, accountability and high productivity.

Janet has attracted a group of professionals who have formed The FastChange Group, a virtual global consulting organization.

We believe that

• employees must be respected and valued in action, not only word.
  
• this respect must translate throughout the organization.
  
• fast, healthy change is possible only through the telling of the truth, whether it is to stop wasting time in ego-driven meetings, or to call time on a project headed for disaster, or to hold one's supervisor accountable.
  
• those who choose not to ascribe to the values and perform the behaviours must not be shuffled or tip-toed around, but told the truth and made to choose between leaving and making a 100% commitment.
  
• under fast change, the best and the worst of people emerge. We find and spotlight the best, and then dig out the worst, confront it and get rid of it. And we teach your people to do the same. We cannot be easily manipulated.
  
• under fast change, people begin to think small and hide. Instead, we want your people to think big, and get front and center. It is not a time for hiding - it is a time for moving out.