Curt Grayson, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

I provide thought leadership in the design and implementation of talent management solutions that align talent management practices with organizational strategy and accelerate sustainable results. SENIOR TEAM ALIGNMENT / LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ✦ Led in the design and facilitation of a two-day Senior Leadership Team Development Program for a leading global automotive supplier that focused on understanding individual leadership behavior in a highly matrixed and decentralized environment. ✦ Facilitated strategic planning process that aligned high performing team components with individual performance, improving levels of trust, collaboration, and communication among team members.CHANGE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS ✦ Sold, designed and facilitated “Leading through Transformation” program to critical operational teams in Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, enabling senior team to meet strategic goal of decreasing time-to-market for new products. ✦ Engaged leadership team to explore personal response to change, uncovering concerns and resistance. Developed action plans for cascading messages that significantly improved clarity and buy-in by providing clear roles, responsibilities, and milestones that engaged employees in emerging strategic direction. SENIOR LEADER TALENT ASSESSMENT / SELECTION✦ Led a Talent Assessment process used in the selection of senior leaders to fill critical strategic roles for a nationally well-known chain of family dining restaurants, dramatically improving the overall selection process and assisting with successful on-boarding of several key leaders in the organization. ✦ Created reports that integrated findings and recommendations based on core leadership competencies that helped to identify the best fit for each candidate to the role.

Partnered with internal and external faculty, executive coaches and staff in the initial sale, design and implementation of custom leadership and organizational development solutions. Specialized in leadership and team assessments and development, executive coaching, and influential leadership and organizational transformation. Organizational Culture Assessment / Executive Leadership Development• Launched 4-month initiative for global provider of mobile phone services that improved leadership performance, organizational communication and employee engagement by aligning the senior team with the needs of organization.• Designed and delivered executive training program that included individual and leadership development, 360 feedback, personality assessments, influence and coaching skills, and organizational change leadership. Advanced Leadership Program for High Potential Leaders • Part of team that sold, designed and delivered series of 4-day custom Advanced Leadership programs to a Fortune 50 company that provides information solutions to businesses and consumers. • Co-designed and led organizational simulation for 100 leaders that created opportunity to gain self-awareness, practice tactical and strategic thinking, improve influence and communication skills, and enhance talent management processes.• Post-program survey that revealed that leaders had improved their individual effectiveness as well as the ability to influence in a complex global organization and develop talent pipelines for future growth.Highlighted Engagements and Projects Include:• Cricket Communications: Organizational Culture Assessment and Executive Leadership program design and delivery. • Citadel Investment Group: “Leading Teams Effectively” Program for team leaders.• Experian: Development and delivery of a customized four day Advanced Leadership Program for over 100 Leaders.

Led team of 12 consultants in the design, delivery and implementation of OD and leadership training interventions. • Designed and delivered a 1-day “Effective Influence” program to 800 Sales and Engineering leaders and individual contributors at a global technology company. Provided intensive influence skill practice including role play with executives portraying key clients. Program achieved excellent ratings, and follow-up calls with team sponsors at 3 and 6 months confirmed the program had led to increased sales and service satisfaction. • Co-facilitated one and two day programs for major technology and business solutions provider that enabled leaders and their teams to apply systems thinking and achieve needed innovations in the organization. • Facilitated strategic planning sessions for multiple clients that clarified the team’s mission and vision, established clear business objectives and assisted with tactical implementation.Highlighted Engagements and Projects Include:• Cisco Systems: Design and Delivery of Effective Influence Programs• Xerox: Delivery of Customized Systemic Leadership Programs• Provision Ministries: Developed and delivered a customized Executive Coaching and Teambuilding intervention• Verizon and IBM: Diversity Training and Facilitation• Fluor Daniels: Delivered customer service training

Responsible for selling and designing custom organizational development and leadership solutions. Highlighted Engagements and Projects Include:• Quaker Oats: Organizational Change Management• United States Postal Service: Leadership Competency Assessment and Facilitated a large scale Leadership Training Initiative• Saint Mary’s Medical Center: Total Quality Management (TQM) Team Facilitator Training• U. S. Department of Energy: Strategic Planning Facilitation• Honeywell Inc: Conducted Organization Culture Assessment

Ph.D., Organizational Psychology

Doctoral Dissertation Title: "An Exploratory Study Of The Relative Impact Of Organizational Contextual Factors On Individual Decisions.

Masters, Rosemead School Of Psychology

Bachelors, Arts And Psychology