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Greater Milwaukee Area

Provide performance improvement, outplacement, business and organization development consulting.Developed talent management plan for Milwaukee-based manufacturer that included succession and development plan for key executives, employee communication plan and competency-based employee selection process.Certified instructors from private career college system to deliver internationally known management development products

Greater Milwaukee Area

Provide career transition advice to employees at all levels of organizations. Help individuals and organizations successfully manage the change that workforce redeployment necessitates.Enabled local branch to achieve corporate candidate satisfaction top box score goal by facilitating branch employee process improvement team. Reduced career transition period for job seekers an average of 25% by training and coaching individuals on highly effective job search strategies and tactics.Led cross-functional team that successfully redesigned outmoded two-day career transition class under tight timelines and severe budget constraints.Successfully partnered with major southeastern Wisconsin industrial cleaning products company in planning and executing a transition plan for 120 salaried and hourly employees losing their jobs through outsourcing

Wisconsin

Managed performance bonus process for 15 General Motors automobile dealerships in southeast Wisconsin. Increased dealership profitability and exceeded customer expectations through the use of continuous improvement teams, market research and organization development activities.Enabled seven of thirteen dealerships to earn over $430K in bonuses in a two quarter period in part through implementation of quality improvement processReduced major Cadillac dealership excess, scrapped and non-returnable parts inventory $50,000 per year by leading service and parts department process improvement team.Maximized training return on investment by designing and implementing follow-up activities for key dealership leaders who attended Disney Institute quality service program. Maximized training return on investment by designing and implementing follow-up activities for key dealership leaders who attended Disney Institute quality service program.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Managed the hiring and development process for a staff of 210 employees. Key accomplishments include reducing recruiting expenses, developing a 20-hour leadership and supvervisory skills program and a unique learner-centered new employee on-boarding process.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Supplied unique, cost effective learning and organization development solutions to meet individual, team and organization business challenges. Supported 130 nation-wide offices, six factories and corporate staff.Designed and managed executive development program with VP of Operations for 15 high potential candidates. Ten of 15 candidates promoted to VP or Area General Manager positions within 16 months of entering program.Reduced days sales outstanding by 15 – 20% by leading cross-department team that redesigned service repair billing process. Process facilitated cross-functional group that successfully re-engineered sales process for $350M Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) service and retro-fit market.Played lead role in changing sales management culture of $350M HVAC service and retro-fit market through the design and implementation of 360 degree sales coaching assessment and delivery of sales coaching workshop to 130 sales managers.

Appleton, Wi

Provided HR generalist services at unionized tissue mill for 400 hourly and 75 salaried employees that were transitioning from traditional work design to high-involvement work teams. Designed and delivered leadership/management skill courses and organization development interventions. This included: training over 200 mid-level managers and process facilitating start-up team’s establishment of mission statement, group norms, and organization design for $350 million tissue mill using self-directed work teams.

Sumatra, Indonesia And Chicago, Il

Ma, Teaching English As A Second Language

Ba, Speech And Dramatic Art

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