Since 1984 has been helping owners, managers and hiring professionals select ideal candidates.

Lawrence Coons', President and Founder of WLA Consulting Group, career started with fifteen years in a small business human resource consulting firm, assisting in the establishment of HR functions and selection testing while completing an M.S. in Psychology. In early 1982, he began WLA and completed the development of the Personametrics Assessment . For over three decades, Larry Coons and WLA have worked directly with Partners, Owners, Senior Managers and Human Resource Professionals all over the U.S. - assisting them in making well-informed hiring decisions and providing Managers a means of pinpointing new hire and incumbent strengths, as well as areas for development.

While serving a wide range of clients in Public Accounting, Commercial Insurance, Banking, Retail, Franchise Management, Manufacturing and General/ Mechanical Construction, WLA also provides web-based coaching with the PERSONAMETRICS Profile to generate a high level of organizational self-awareness.  This same approach has proven to be very effective with Teams learning how they impact the organization.