Cindy Schaefer-Padilla Email & Phone Number

Take 10 is a "listening" project that promotes wellness at work. Kind of like workplace chair massages, a 10 minute confidential listening sessions on whatever employees want to say when they need to release stress or connect with a compassionate ear. Done remotely (phone or video chat), this service is in compliance with COVID practices and offered around the clock. Contact Cindy for more information.

Marshall Goldsmith, world's #1 leadership thinker and #7 business thinker (by Harvard Business Review and Thinkers 50) developed Stakeholder Centered Coaching, an established methodology that increases the likelihood of success for all leaders, regardless of position or situation, in improving any behavioral aspect of their leadership.

Principal of this Human Resources Consulting Firm. Selected clients: ThermoFisher, Mandalay Bay Casinos, Village of Maywood, IL Police Department, Village of Grayslake, IL

Madison, Wisconsin

Oversaw Organization Development interventions in Dean Clinics, St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital, St. Mary’s Care Center, and the Dean Health Plan (insurance); provided full-range of services from training and consulting to leadership coaching and development. Delivered proactive employee relations and corrective action, implemented HR policies, organizational development, and employee engagement as trusted leadership coach.♦ Partnered with senior leadership to design and implement new care delivery model for hospital and clinic leaders, employees, and diversity and inclusion curriculum.♦ Directed employee engagement process from annual employee surveys, including coaching, action planning, organizational change interventions, and team building.♦ Developed, delivered, and analyzed solutions for retention of first-year employees, onboarding new employees, leadership rounding, inclusion and diversity issues, and regulatory/compliance education.♦ Championed employee engagement and patient satisfaction by creating and facilitating a two-day retreat resulting in launch of practice model “Relationship Based Care” at St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital.♦ Maximized team performance and minimized turnover by driving team process focused on collaboration.

Facilitated management development, business literacy, onboarding programs and special projects, learning management systems, tracking, and compliance.♦ Introduced enterprise-wide learning framework, identified knowledge and skill gaps, performed strategic analysis, and targeted resources to ensure business, leadership, and staff success.♦ Contributed to system-wide education initiatives, including improving patient experience and increasing employee engagement; collaborated with senior leadership.♦ Secured financial savings and unified training delivery by merging multiple training programs into one platform.

Cook County, Il

Consulted with non-profit organizations in at-risk and underserved communities across Chicago and Cook County on organizational development. Effective board governance. Talent pipelines through mentoring and success planning.♦ Designed capacity building and sustainability initiative for Cook County’s non-profit organizations.⎯ Improved organizational performance, strengthened staff and volunteer engagement, and enhanced client programs, systems, and processes.♦ Created organizational assessment and development process for start-up organizations that identified risks, generated improvement strategies, and increased the likelihood of success.

Courses: Principles of Management, Systems Change

Chicago, Il

Collaborated with senior leadership to create and deliver entire management development curriculum, including leadership development, mentoring, succession planning, performance management initiatives, team building, process improvements, and cultural competence.♦ Boosted employee satisfaction from below 50th to 95th percentile and slashed voluntary turnover from 29% to 13% by leading management development team in “employer of choice” branding strategy.♦ Coached 180 managers, conducted change management and team interventions, identified priorities and produced action plans to address employee engagement and service issues.♦ On-boarded 4,000+ new hospital research center employees and interns.

World-wide manufacturer of electrical distribution and control equipment; 31,200 employees in North America

Municipal Government with 500+ employees, represented by 13 unions.

Responsible for all management development training for this international corporate travel company.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Organizational Leadership

B.S, Social Work