Cara Meyer Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

• Full cycle team dynamics assessments and development using the NeuroLeadership Insititute's SCARF assessment. • Team cohesion workshops. • Assistant coaching. • Leadership development. • Team values mapping and culture building.• Individual player development coaching.

• Collaborated on teams with other consultants on a range of strategy and organization development projects across multiple industry sectors.• Contributed to the development of in-depth organizational assessments as well as the development and execution of client strategy and operational improvements.• Led the project management on each assigned engagement, anticipating future workstreams and client needs.• Utilized core practices, frameworks, methodologies and approaches to client work (strategic planning, facilitation, change leadership and executive counsel.)• Contributed to firm-building activities such as representation at conferences and articles for publication.• Supported Coraggio’s business development efforts for example identifying additional opportunities within client projects, brokering introductions, and helping to develop proposals.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon Area

• Operated as an internal consultant, leadership coach, and change manager • Developed and rolled out an internal coaching program in the Americas resulting in 70% participation rate.• Founded a diversity and inclusion working group, and collaborated with TUSK Consulting to roll out a region-wide assessment, goal-setting, and improvement process. • Co-designed and co-facilitated new ways of working leadership training based on Frederick Laloux's Reinventing Organizations teachings. Pulse surveys showed a 40% improvement in motivation around the concepts by the end of the series. • Designed a leadership development curriculum. • Compiled and presented employee engagement and psychological safety survey data, and led region-wide annual workshops.• Developed and led the global rollout of a career development framework, leading to 90% of employees creating individual career growth plans.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Developed and facilitated values and culture definition workshops for a national LGBTQ+ rights nonprofit organization.• Designed and led workshops for employees to co-design company emergency and anti-harassment policies for a local sex-positive retail franchise in Portland, OR. • Provided leadership and employee development coaching.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Organizational assessments: employee engagement surveys, focus groups, observations, and interviews for small businesses and cause-based organizations. • Diagnosis process: collecting and presenting data, creating reports, facilitating discussions. • Change implementation: visioning process design and implementation, one-on-one leadership coaching, project management, ongoing support.• Special events: women’s empowered leadership workshops. 100% participant satisfaction rate.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Produced a three day, three location photoshoot with 15 working physicians and 10 volunteer models at medical facilities during business hours.• Managed the development and deployment of a new talent acquisition website: nwpermanente.com• Developed a collection of print materials and banners to support new branding for the talent acquisition and recruitment team.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Planning & facilitation of peer feedback implementation workshops• Design & implementation of peer review surveys• Managing evaluation process• Executing data analysis, compilation & distribution• Reducing participant resistance through relationship development and communication

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Managed web development and social media projects with budgets exceeding $150,000 for clients such as John Frieda, Transit Authority of River City, Jacuzzi, Sun Tan City, and Texas Roadhouse using Agile and waterfall techniques.• Designed an employee interview and onboarding process and assisted in planning biannual company-wide professional development workshops. • Created weekly production schedules for the entire 60 employee agency.• Analyzed all project productivity, budget and efficiency reports on a monthly basis with the CFO.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Designed culture definition process for nonprofit dedicated to local family farms. • Managed public relations and media strategy for legislative advocacy related to Kentucky agriculture issues. • Implemented new brand standards, social media, and communication plan for the organization to more effectively communicate with stakeholders. Increased Facebook shares by 25% in 3 months.• Redesigned and built new website using Wordpress.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Developed print and digital promotional materials for national water protection nonprofit to increase communications with donors and partners• Managed video campaigns for annual conference and fundraising.• Increased partnership retention rate by 30% in 2 years by increasing quantity and quality of partner communications. • Managed video campaigns for annual conference and fundraising.• Increased monthly donations 15% by setting up online recurring donation system integrated with Salesforce• Served on Staff Executive Committee, supervised interns and volunteers.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Managed and coordinated ~250 web content update projects per year.• Edited copy and formatted graphics using Adobe Creative Suite.• Increased usability by assisting with a complete website redesign

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Expanded international systems implementation by assisting in the development of a sustainability rating system for colleges and universities. • Solidified relationships with colleges and universities by coordinating new memberships and renewals.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Organizational Psychology

Bachelor’S Degree, Organizational Communication

Activities and Societies: Multicultural, Class and Gender Studies. Murray Environmental Student Society. Ultimate Frisbee.