Damian Hanft Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Leads enterprise talent experience function, with COE capabilities in talent strategy, talent review & succession planning, enterprise learning, leadership development, performance management, career development, change management, workforce listening & engagement, and team effectiveness.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Partnered with senior leadership to build upon the positive, engaged culture to assimilate the interests, talents, and contributions of team members in a high-performing and inclusive workplace. Proactively built and executed a culture and labor relations strategy utilizing the People First pillars.

Westfield, New Jersey, United States

Westfield, New Jersey, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Engaged team members through learning and development, with a core mission to scale the brand while improving the culture, employee experience, and talent bar. This included creating and driving cultural initiatives that promoted consistent and effective values driven behaviors fulfilling the brand promise.This was accomplished through leading a multi-disciplinary team (25+) made up of curriculum professionals, learning technologists and field trainers to create and maintain innovative and compelling training and development for the brand and franchisee system.

Greater Atlanta Area

Led and supported the learning strategy for a high caliber global Learning & Development (L&D) team. This was accomplished by directing Learning and Organizational Development (LOD) philosophy, strategies, and tools to provide high quality, relevant, and impactful learning experiences for all team members and by driving forward-thinking internal and external partnerships to create effective organizational development.

Greater Atlanta Area

Developed and drove organization-wide talent management initiatives with a team of professionals. Led the design, development and implementation of team member, leadership and organizational development initiatives in a wide variety of areas including, but not limited to: talent acquisition, team member onboarding; performance management; succession planning; leadership development; management development; engagement surveys; coaching and mentoring programs. Contributed significantly in a change management leadership role that led to cultural transformation for the brand.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for learning facilitations and consultations with operators and franchise owners, representing 600+ restaurants. This role used assessments, needs analysis and other talent data to design and provide delivery of professional and leadership development programs and initiatives.

Taught courses including Organization Management and Employee and Labor Relations. Developed and taught Hospitality Diversity Management, a University of Wisconsin Racial and Ethnic Studies course.

Executed learning delivery methods that emphasized quality, innovation, affordability and the integration of technology in multiple undergraduate classes that were taught.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

The UW System’s Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars (WTFS) Program is designed to provide time (one year) to systematically reflect with peers in a supportive and open-minded community and, ultimately, to move from “scholarly teaching” to the “scholarship of teaching.”

Master Of Science (M.S.), Hospitality And Tourism With A Focus On Adult Education

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Hotel, Restaurant And Tourism Management With A Minor In Business