Director of Global Talent Management - Leadership Development and Talent Management.Responsible for performance management, talent management, the development of leaders and employees, employee engagement, inclusion & diversity, online & face-to-face training, and corporate communications support. Stakeholders include CEO, company board, HRVP, Regional Heads, Functional Heads, Human Resources Managers, and all levels of Employees worldwide.Global group owner and leader of the following selected initiatives, processes, programs, projects:-Established and conducted local regional/functional talent reviews and rollup Global CEO and Board talent review. -Revamped and reintroduced a new performance management process, system, process, and training.-Launched an online learning platform and continue to leverage focused and targeted training on the platform to augment ongoing hybrid and/or face-to-face training – intentionally supporting and reinforcing leader and manager training.-Introduced inclusion and diversity strategy, key employee culture and inclusion initiatives for action, unconscious bias training, and benchmarks and approaches for increasing female representation.-Researched, designed, and developed a Global Leadership Development program for nominated high-potential leaders.-Continue to teach change management and team effectiveness using best-practice and industry standards to regional and functional executive and manager teams across the company including assisting the HRVP and CEO to support the company C-Suite. -Selected and conducted development opportunities for Global Human Resources Business Partners.

Partner with leaders, employees, and clients on improving efficiency, managing change, and resolving problems leveraging experience, expertise, and knowledge in corporate and nonprofit sectors. Research, develop, and deliver best-in-class performance management system, accompanying training guides, and user materials for Tranter Corporation for launch in four global regions.-Launched company as a sole proprietor, evolving into Human Citizen Consulting and Human Citizen Workplace, collaborating with associate partners and contractors to develop comprehensive solutions for medium to large-scope corporate and enterprise leadership initiatives and projects.-Lectured on Persuasive Selling at Hudl Corporation as part of an executive coaching team, 4 classes of 25 sales leaders each, as the core of their annual flagship learning and development initiatives for 2019.-Created and taught a customized 3-part leadership series for a cohort of 27 employees at Salesforce, Chicago HQ, featuring content on communications styles, assessment of leadership competencies, and professional branding, resulting in positive feedback.-Coached 4 executives for 6-week, career readiness and transition engagements, executives from Abbott Laboratories, Crate and Barrel, Honeywell, and Salesforce – completed a series of career/skills assessments and created concrete individual development plans - achieved intended goals, significant career milestones, and attainment of new or higher-positioned roles.-Collaborated directly with business partners on specific projects to evaluate business processes/systems and produce train-the-trainer guides to support their businesses.-Conceptualized/facilitated 12+ events, ranging from senior leadership retreats to large-scale, in-service meetings, bringing together 300 educational staff members for experiential learning, identifying client needs, proposing, planning, and implementing desired impact against timeline of objectives, milestones, and outcomes.

Recruited as Talent Expert for North America Gum and Confections Enterprise, identifying and driving core strategies to attract, select, retain, and develop exceptional talent. Managed a team of associates, including talent acquisition and management experts. Utilized Talent Management trends to create and implement targeted leadership development interventions. Ensured effective associate onboarding and integration. Partnered with Wrigley global centers of excellence to support the integration of best practices throughout North American organizations.-Enhanced quality outcomes by partnering with Human Resources business partners and organization leaders to determine strategic talent moves for high potential associates, determining and managing approach to talent, i.e., process and system adoption.-Improved, implemented, and managed core talent acquisition processes and tools in collaboration with the Global Talent Management team related to the North America selection process, candidate assessment tools, including testing/interviews, and interviewer education.-Championed the development of programs to attract diverse candidate pools and work cross-functionally with business units to achieve diversity goals set annually.-Turned around performance by managing the customization and implementation of centrally created Talent Management programs, including educating associates and managers on best-of-class programs and tools.

Guided HR and senior leaders to design and deliver an integrated approach, ensuring continuity for 100 critical roles in the high-potential talent pipeline, coordinating annual talent and performance management processes, constructing, and implementing a comprehensive learning and development curriculum at all organizational levels.-Handpicked based on stellar reputation to collaborate with the CEO and Board of Directors to recruit candidates to replace the CEO and COO within 10 years.-Impacted driving force behind the organization of 36 interactive Chairman’s Retreats in 6 years to connect 300 senior leaders in 90+ international markets, contributing to significant growth, $1.2 billion in 2004 to $2.4 billion in 2010 by implementing consistent business strategies.-Headed the development of a new supply-chain organization, hiring 30 staff members, designing work structure, and leading employee training/integration to accelerate product-to-market time while reducing overhead costs with the expansion of third-party sources throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America.

Steered the implementation of domestic and global multiple diversity strategies by defining business cases, gaining buy-ins from executives, and increasing employee investment. Exceeded benchmarks for awareness and inclusion, specifically raising the profile of minorities/women in key roles.-Earned the privilege of managing worldwide skills training programs, including topics like communications, conflict resolution, cross-cultural competencies, leadership, negotiations, project management, as well as team development.-Designed and executed talent management strategies to achieve a 70% success rate in preparing over 100 individuals for transitions into top leadership roles.-Conceived, actualized, and facilitated Worldwide Plant Managers Forum with SVP of Operations and 13 Plant Managers from different countries to integrate tactical measures in compliance with corporate focus and growth model.

Established an Integrated People Strategy, utilizing it to streamline processes and automated systems when necessary. Conducted succession-planning reviews to locate and prepare successors for 400 high-level roles. Researched and implemented new diversity and inclusion strategy for global execution, gaining Board/CEO approval.-Aligned the organization by accelerating product-to-market time while reducing overhead costs, in addition to leading the expansion of third-party sources throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America.-Laid groundwork for creating 4 distinct workstreams for organizational development, influence, and impact on engagement, leadership development, performance management, as well as talent management.-Pioneered the implementation of leadership development programs, including 5-day Global Leadership Forums for high-potential VPs, 4-day program for Management Effectiveness, and 2-day Change Leadership program.