Cory Cooper Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Miami, Florida, US

• Lead the Talent Development function for a $26B (10th largest privately owned company in the US) organization with 25,000 employees across the United States, Canada, and the CaribbeanKey Accomplishments:
• Developed strategic training programs in collaboration with functional leaders to drive business results. This included leadership, sales, technical, legal/compliance, and other ad-hoc training and upskilling programs.
• Restructured the Talent Development team to effectively support the organization with a team of 26 Talent Development professionals; utilized self-paced learning, classroom instruction, and live online training.
• Provided leadership training to more than 1,000 leaders per year, to include new leaders, mid-career leaders, and executives.
• Embedded a culture of self-paced learning via LinkedIN Learning, increasing utilization to 84% of available licenses in 12 months.
• Built a culture of coaching, with a network of 60 internal, ICF trained coaches to support our leaders and drive business results. Upskilled leaders in coaching fundamentals in our leadership programs. Provided 1:1.

Miami, Florida, US

• Lead a team of 35 human resources professionals in supporting the East region of the company. This encompasses approximately 6,000 employees across 9 divisions.Accomplishments:
• Transformed the HR team to a more consultative organization by upgrading talent, moving tactical work to a shared services model, and building capabilities around strategy and a true business partner model.
• Executive sponsor of CHEERS to Diversity, a business resources group created to explore inclusive growth and development opportunities for all employees.
• Successfully launched VolunCheers Online, a web-based platform to support our employees’ charitable giving, tracking hours volunteered, as well as financial donations.
• Coached business leaders on leadership behaviors and practices, employee communication, development and performance management strategies to promote engagement and a culture of continuous growth and development.
• Developed partnerships with divisions across the organization through effective relationship building and gaining a solid understanding of each division’s operation, ensuring maximum utilization of people resources.

Miami, Florida, US

US

• Responsible for the Human Resources function for the Philadelphia station, Northeast and Central regions, and European stations supporting over 10,000 employees.Significant Accomplishments
• Planned, developed, and executed a training program to assist managers in effective leadership skills. The training includes effective documentation, coaching in the moment, managing in a labor environment, avoiding.
• Partnered with the senior operations leadership team to reorganize the leadership team, which lead to significant performance improvements in the overall operation.
• Created a successful workforce and succession planning strategy, resulting in several internal promotions within 6 months of inception.

Houston, Texas, US

• Responsible for the overall Human Resources function for 7 plants in 4 states, supporting approximately 600 employees ($45 million dollar labor budget). Significant Accomplishments
• Implemented a recruitment program and reduced open positions from 75 to 10; created better avenues for recruiting, resulting in cost savings of over $200,000 to the organization.
• Implemented best practices relating to employee and labor relations, encouraging 2-way communication. This included the implementation of Individual Development Plans as a part of the annual review process.
• Organized round table meetings with a cross-section of employees to discuss the results of the employee opinion survey and; developed action items for the management team from the feedback provided at this meeting..
• Created an attendance policy to address attendance issues and reward excellent attendance.
• Coached managers at all levels on effective management skills/style to ensure maximum performance and high employee morale.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Managed the day to day human resources function and operation of the Inflight Department (Flight Attendant work group). Oversaw team of approximately 1,000 employees with 11 direct reports. Responsible for a.
• Promoted teamwork between Supervisor group and flight attendant group, increasing employee morale.
• Successfully resolve approximately 85% of the grievances filed during the 1st step in the grievance process. This resulted in saving the Company thousands of dollars, as legal representation was unnecessary in the.
• Strengthened relationships with other Company divisions by using effective communication skills.
• Improved working relationship with Union by holding monthly meetings to discuss issues of concern and promoting honest and open communication.
• Created human resources programs, such as recruitment and workforce planning strategies that were previously non-existent in the department.