Brian Blake Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

London, Gb

New York, New York, Us

Build a more robust, inclusive employee engagement strategy across the NHL and lead efforts in advising NHL Clubs on best practices in recruitment, culture and growth strategies with diverse audiences.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Primary point of contact for learning and organizational development solutions and support across a number of businesses within this premier media giant, including Advertising Sales, CNN, TruTV and Bleacher Report, among others. Working with the senior most leaders, I provide a consultative approach and thought partnership across an array of learning and organizational development practice areas, including organizational transformation/change management, team effectiveness, leadership/management development, cultural strategy development, and diversity and inclusion.

Provide internal Organizational Development consulting to lines of business, creating and sourcing development solutions for people agenda. Design organizational effectiveness and professional development programs as well as facilitate training and coaching around said topics. Build HR capabilities and provide ongoing support for enterprise-wide development goals.

Founder of Achieve Peak Performance, LLC, a provider of learning & development/performance excellence training and coaching across various industries, including Investment Banking and Asset Management, among others.• Provide high impact, customized learning and training solutions to organizations, maximizing performance potential of participating employees.• Implement professional development strategies that align to an organization’s culture and development needs, creating lasting behavioral change.• Deliver coaching/advisement to wide ranging populations (analysts up to executive director, IT professionals) across multiple types of businesses (Investment Bank, Asset Management, Business Banking, Technology, Finance, Legal & Compliance), focusing on issues including skills enhancement, adding value through initiative, communication capabilities, team building and leadership.• Work with individual clients on such workplace issues as: career action planning, developing innovative solutions, personal branding techniques, strategic networking, communication effectiveness and leadership.

New York, Ny, Us

Program Design & Implementation• Designed and facilitated professional development, performance enhancement, and career advancement training programs/sessions, including Performance Effectiveness, Strategic Networking, Presentation Skills, Negotiation/Conflict Resolution, Personal Branding, Taking Initiative, Managing Working Relationships, and numerous others for JP Morgan Chase’s Career Advancement Program.• Managed/cultivated relationships with lines of business (including Investment Bank, Asset Management, Private Bank, Retail Financial Services) on a global scale and Employee Networking Groups (Diversity/Industry Specific), assessing their needs and providing tailored career advancement services, resulting in increased business opportunities and exposure.• Worked with management team to develop business strategy and initiatives that included determining cost structure & marketing for services.Learning & Coaching Solutions• Advised all levels of employees (analyst to executive director) on how to maximize performance in conjunction with their line of business objectives (issues included initiative taking, identifying unmet business needs, enhancing strategic vision).• Engaged in multiple training delivery methods (classroom, virtual, e-learning), conserving organizational resources.• Provided career advancement services for an entire class of analysts in the Finance Analyst Program, including individualized advisement and training and development seminars, in order to effectively manage, evaluate, and improve their performance. 85% of participants received the highest achievable year-end rating by the end of the program.• Advised top selling Business Bankers at the VP level in various regions that were participating in a Leadership Development Program, extending their business platform through value-based initiatives. Each participant was promoted and received the highest year-end rating.

Jd, Law, Conflict Management

Ba, Political Science And Philosophy