Cynthia Barnes Slater Email & Phone Number

My skills and experience:• Highly experienced human resources leader: strategic thinker, pro-active self-starter in talent management (acquisition, development and retention), organizational effectiveness, managing human capital investment – total compensation,• Trusted, confidential executive coach, innovative problem solver – currently coaching fundraising, operations and finance executives (who in 2013 moved UC Berkeley to 8th place from 19th place in institutional giving in US higher education); able to demonstrate effective influencing and negotiation skills to support executives in effectively leveraging staff resources, aligning their professional teams with business needs,• Emotionally intelligent, resilient business partner, able to apply current HR data analysis in measuring turnover, planning total compensation, recruitment investments; to assess employee engagement; able to quickly understand operational priorities, to propose alternatives, to establish rapport at all levels and effectively lead a HR professional team, • Skilled in implementing complex, highly confidential, controversial workforce planning, labor relations initiatives, compliance investigations, and able to obtain end decisions with integrity and professionalism,• Trained, experienced group facilitator in improving work teams’ effectiveness at all organizational levels,• Excellent oral presentation, business writing skills; effective project manager using time management, problem-solving skills; able to build productive working relationships with diverse colleagues from varying professional disciplines, • Advanced experience with Microsoft Office Suite and database management programs,• Fluent in French: speaking and writing,• Conversational SpanishSpecialties: Organizational effectiveness (workforce planning, restructuring), talent management, leadership coaching, conflict resolution.

Listed skills include Executive Coaching, Organizational Effectiveness, Employee Relations, Strategic Planning, and 46 others.