Co-authored "The Pit of Success: How Leaders Adapt, Succeed, & Repeat" to help leaders, teams, and organizations be more resilient and deliver greater results.Provide keynotes to help leaders and teams face challenges beyond their experience.

Executive Coaching | Retreats | TrainingBusiness Acumen is a leadership development company that focuses on Leadership, Strategy, Organizational Change, Communication, and Resilience. We provide retreats, coaching, and training. My role includes facilitating focus groups, retreats, and trainings; developing customized leadership training programs; helping companies, including those that focus on a triple bottom line, to develop their people to create lasting impact; and facilitating women's leadership trainings and off-site retreats.Currently co-authoring upcoming book on leadership and resilience – “The Pit of Success.”

Cicero Group is a medium-sized management consulting firm with expertise in a variety of industries and functional areas. We transform the performance of client organizations by informing, creating, and implementing data-driven strategies. We work with clients to relentlessly focus on needs and to understand how to best deliver value and solve problems.Led teams of analysts in designing and executing projects to deliver projects including customer segmentation, new offering evaluation, brand and product awareness, genealogy, and venue experienceConducted and analyzed quantitative and qualitative market research on 6 continents for brand, product, and messaging including 124 focus groups to define needs to define needs of end-usersIdentified market needs through international year-long project for large multi-national health and human services organization, with on-the-ground work in 11 countries Handled client teams, managing logistics, building relationships, and helping clients continuously refine thinking to deliver solutions for inter-departmental working groupsOversaw design and execution of 2019 Philanthropy Day – organizing more than 50 Cicero employees to deliver coaching to more than 100 Odyssey House clients in addiction recovery to improve job skills including resume preparation, interview skills, and job searchingDesigned and facilitated revised onboarding process for largest incoming cohorts for more than 30 new hires preparing new employees to succeed in roles that require a variety of skills and quick adaptation

• Presented at International Conference of Small Businesses “Women innovators: Why shame and guilt matter”

• Consulted with Cotopaxi CEO and COO to identify key problems and recommend strategic solutions• Analyzed purchasing data to track trends and make strategic recommendations for event marketing • Recommended rebranding customer acquisition strategy by re-aligning message to customer experience • Recognized by CEO as the #1 college consulting team for delivering the best and most implementable solutions

• Supported CEO and marketing team in developing and revising collateral material, training documents, and articles• Analyzed and coded client data from more than 2,000 surveys to drive consultant recommendations for strategic change • Translated customer feedback from Spanish to English• Identified by CEO as high performing candidate for future job prospects

• Managed Jr. High as acting director and program manager through fundraising, training, and crisis management• Achieved #1 fundraiser event in three years by changing communication system to more easily reach and track donors• Designed, marketed, and managed events for up to 900 people, as often as 4 times a week• Supervised 22 co-workers in implementation of Covey’s “The Leader In Me” program • Resolved interpersonal and organizational crises on a daily basis with parents, staff, and students from Mexico, Vietnam, Myamnar, and Chad• Developed “Be the Change” train-the-trainer program for 7 faculty members to deliver to 150 students; conducted needs assessment, designed and developed materials, and supervised implementation

• Conducted data analysis for the world’s largest database on the global situation of women • Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data to create and publish geographical maps to describe discrepancies between laws, practice, and safety throughout the world

• Co-authored published chapter on confirmation bias, included in psychology textbook used throughout the country• “Surprisability and Practical Rationality; Knowledge Advancement through Explication of Interpretation”

• Mentored more than 200 adults to transform their earning potential by facilitating the “Career Workshop” in 5 different cities throughout Ecuador • Mentored individuals one-on-one to find employment, fine-tune resumes, and develop job skills• Effectively taught classes in Spanish without previous experience outside the US