I am an experienced consultant, teacher, and trainer with over twenty years of experience working with individuals, teams, and executives to support organizational development. I thrive on opportunities to share knowledge, problem-solve, and facilitate the sustained growth and success of my clients, partners, and students.
I was first established in 1995, and have continued to grow and adapt every year since, now with major clientele all over the world. My professional experience has provided me opportunities to work with diverse organizations including non-profits, government agencies, and companies ranging from start-up to Fortune 100.
Credentials
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20+ years of experience as a manager, mentor, analyst, trainer, and coach.
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M.A. Business Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
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Facilitator of DiSC Behavioral Profile and Situational Leadership II.
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Certified in Conflict Management and Change Management through Kilmann Diagnostics.
Areas of Expertise
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Manager and Supervisor Development
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DISC Assessment and Training
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Situational Leadership
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Career Anchors
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Employee Motivation
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Approaches to Handling Conflict
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Emotional Intelligence Training
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Organizational Development
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Professional Coaching
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Entrepreneurial Support and Mentorship
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Performance Management
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Survey Research and Design
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Needs Assessment
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Change management
Publications
Advances in Career Assessment and the 1994 Strong Interest Inventory, Journal of Career Assessment, 1996, Co-authored with L.W. Harmon, et al.
A Sociobiological Analysis of Namesaking Patterns in 322 American Families, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2002, Co-authored with F. McAndrew and L. R. Honoroff
Recent Projects
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Marketing & Analytics)
As member of executive team participated in or led a variety of strategic initiatives.
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New hire mentorship system, which addressed integration concerns for new employees joining a tight-knit, internally focused organization.
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Professional development program that successfully addressed emerging, individual growth needs of experienced staff in small, flat organization.
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Organizational restructuring, which streamlined existing services while creating dedicated business development teams.
SURVEY DEVELOPMENT + ANALYSIS (Innovation Firm)
Develop quantitative research approaches to complement ethnographic, consumer-centric research.
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Consumer research survey design, project/vendor management, and analysis of results for publishing, technology, and retail clients.
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Work closely with qualitative research teams and clients to develop approaches that answer key business questions and integrate with other research methods.
SUPERVISOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (Fortune 500 Utility Company)
Co-facilitator of multi-faceted professional development program for front-line supervisors.
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Deliver content and facilitate learning throughout a 3-4 week program focused on developing and understanding self, managing and developing others, and increasing business acumen.
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Experiential program with high levels of participant engagement in topics such as emotional intelligence, personality assessment, situational leadership, giving and receiving feedback, conflict handling, groups and teams, decision making, and self-management.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (Marketing Technology Firm)
Delivered a skills-based program focused on fundamentals of leadership and management.
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Developed and delivered a series of training modules in a cohort model for first line managers addressing such topics as behavioral styles, communication, feedback, emotional intelligence, situational leadership, conflict handling, performance evaluation, and team development.
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Design features to deliver maximum benefit under time and geography constraints include participant self-assessment, between session application assignments, development partner for accountability and support, one on one coaching sessions for on-site attendees, and executive engagement during kick off and graduation.