Allen Karlin Email & Phone Number

United States

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve joined Innovation Park as a Senior Consultant specializing in enterprise coaching solutions, leadership development, talent management and organizational change and effectiveness.

Kirkwood, Missouri

Talent Management and Organizational Development Consulting - helping organizations identify and develop leaders to meet business needs and leaders' developmental opportunities. Organizational change and transformation - assisting organizations in identifying and adapting to business opportunities and challenges in a rapidly changing environment. - Facilitating Board of Directors meeting for multi-state not for profit; strategic assessment and next steps (April 2018)- Teaching MBA course in Organizational Behavior at St Louis University (Spring 2018)

St Louis Corporate Headquarters

Responsible for design, development and implementation of Senior Leadership Development programs for Home Office leaders. Collaborated with teams in Human Resources and Talent Management - as well as firm leaders - to identify firm needs. Also developed a Leadership Development Framework, a five-year strategy to develop leaders and firm capabilities to achieve business objectives by meeting the needs of our clients.Program owner for Leading Larger, an eight month development program for senior leaders with an integrated action-learning component that allowed participants to apply program concepts and skills to a project of importance to the firm. Program owner for onboarding Principals of the firm. Was responsible for design, development and implementation of several other senior leader programs which expanded leaders' capabilities to assume expanded responsibilities and scope of work in current or future roles. Subjects included strategy analysis, strategy development and execution, systems, and leading and sponsoring change.

Bjc Health Care

Managing BJC’s annual Talent Management Assessment cycle, which includes over 1200 supervisors to executives, succession planning, creation of talent slates, and analysis of talent pools and current/future talent needs.Leading the design, development and implementation team for BJC’s Leadership Acceleration Program, a 13 month learning and development process for high performing managers which includes personal leadership insights, 5 cohort learning events, and on-the-job applications of learning to projects and on-going operational leadership. Participants’ managers are asked to participate in the development process by observing, reinforcing and redirecting leadership behaviors of those in the program.The Leadership Development Manager provides expertise and direction on talent management practices and initiatives, as well as leadership development to groups and individuals at all levels. This position is responsible for:• Developing and implementing development, talent management and employee engagement programs • Identifying, engaging, and responding to key stakeholders to build acceptance of leadership development initiatives • Developing common frameworks, models and standards • Promoting and establishing best practices to help achieve specific operational and functional goals that develop strong leaders and improve organizational effectiveness • Making recommendations on feasibility and internal applicability of leadership development-related processes and opportunities • Partnering with hospital and functional leadership teams to define and assess outcomes and measures used to identify opportunities resulting from improved leadership development, talent management. and employee engagement programs.. Coaching and supporting executives in transition into new business units

We provide tailored management consultation and learning and development programs in: Change and Knowledge Management;  All areas of Executive, Leadership and Managerial Development;  Executive Coaching  Performance Management;  Talent Development, Team Building/Performance Enhancement Organizational Design Strategic Planning, and  Business Process ImprovementClients include Pharmaceutical, High Tech and County of St. Louis Courts

Succession planning and talent development for first line managers through executive level; Leadership and Managerial Development; Business process improvement and team improvement workshops; Post merger integration; Innovation and Collaboration thought leader and facilitator; Special projects for reorganizations, roles and responsibilities, and business transaformation; Executive coaching; Support numberous company-wide surveys;MBTI certified

Assess and improve career and talent development programs, succession planning, team work, service and operational performance through change management. • Acted as advisor to an internal team that assessed a Fortune 50 bank’s branch system and found that staffing,scheduling and service goals conflicted with sales goals.• Designed training and reward systems for retail and financial services companies, ensuring increased focus on business results.• Created professional development and business process improvement initiatives for entrepreneurs and small to mid-sized companies.

Post merger integration of 5 individual companies to create Seminis, a global brand of agriculture/biotechnology now owned by Monsanto. Co-developed and co-leader for global integration strategy, reducing costs by over 20% by elininating duplication of services/functions. Head of 65 person IT department; reduced costs 12% while stablezing SAP implementation environment and instituting project management standards which helped meet business unit objectives.

Global consultant: assessment, development, and implementation of learning strategies, training, and employee development programs. Broad experience designing and executing staffing and communications strategies, identifying and develop high potential personnel, linking development and performance to succession planning. Proven proficiency in executive coaching and in linking developmental goals to strategy, training programs, and HR practices. A team-oriented leader, pro-actively anticipates business needs and diagnoses emerging issues and opportunities; has led and consulted with management teams responsible for meeting business objectives. Effectively develops and implements pragmatic solutions, collaborating with colleagues and key employee groups. Experience: high-tech; manufacturing; telecom; health care; bio-tech agriculture; professional and financial services; retail; beauty; and government. Locations: North & South America; Europe; Pacific Rim; Mid-east, and Africa.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Organizational Communication, General

Masters, Communication Theory

Bachelors, Communications & Political Science