Deborah Murphy, Phd Email & Phone Number

United States

Greater Chicago Area

Advise leaders on setting direction, developing tactical project plans and personal brand positioning.

I conduct fixed-term projects for multiple clients providing expertise in HR leadership, leadership development and training such as:• I advise leaders on setting direction, developing tactical project plans and personal brand positioning.• Recruiting to stabilize and then transform talent and compliance functions of a private equity portfolio company; requiring strong leadership to create and improve processes, train and coach leaders, represent the company to regulatory agencies, develop vendor partnerships, and to develop analytics and reporting.• Directing the Consulting services of a University, supervising three Master's level I/O Psychology students consulting on Leadership Development Training, Process Consultation and Customer Focus Group Facilitation for the Chicago Bulls. • Developing Certification Program and Curriculum for Regional Maintenance Managers for transportation company.• Lead HR Functions for local facility of 560 employees• Re engineering processes, implementing Lean practices resulting in reduced turnover (by 30%), reduced days-to-hire (reduced aged reqs by 50%), reduced out-of-cycle payroll checks (by 90%), increased “Day 1 Wins” on-boarding readiness;• Consulting to executives of $65M agency for development and implementation of leadership curriculum, presented to 14 cohorts of leaders representing programs from seven facilities.• Sourcing Multiple Technical roles for Chemical Manufacturer

Full-time Faculty, Organization Leadership & Learning• Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty member for working adult students in:o Instructional Strategies & Facilitation Skillso Coaching Skills and Talent Developmento Workplace Health, Safety and Security (Workplace Wellbeing)o Leadership and Management• Lead Faculty for assigned courses providing:o Instructional Designo Technology Deploymento Support to Partner Faculty/Instructors• Serve the University and Professional Communityo Develop Leadership Development Curriculum for Community Partner CEO Councilo Provide Professional Development Sessions for University staff in Change Management and Workplace Wellnesso Provide Leadership to the Student OD Network professional association

• I led the HR functions for 3 related corporations, in 3 facilities and a field organization• Achieved recognition in world class HR Development practices from international panel of expert TQM examiners (Japanese Union of Scientist and Engineers)• Successfully implemented HR–related functions of divestiture of 2 related corporations• Established foundation of corporate culture change through reengineering entire Associate Value Proposition including benefits, wellness and compensation• Achieved Employee Engagement scores above Gallup’s norm (35% Engaged vs. 32% in Gallup’s database) by implementation of companywide and departmental action plans.• Acted as fiduciary and administrator for 9 benefit programs, including plan design, broker and and carrier contract negotiation, administration, regulatory filings and audits. • Developed company leaders by implementing High Potential Leadership Development process, with defined Leadership Competencies, assessments, development activities and assignments• Lead the development of a professional HRIS and related processes including change of payroll frequency, elimination of paper checks and employee self-service. (UltiPro).• Trained Managers to provide feedback, coaching and development • Managed Employee Relations including policy management, training, discipline, coaching and negotiating settlements at State Human Rights Commissions and EEOC. • Managed compensation treatment including job evaluation, surveys, wage structure dev. and merit and variable pay treatments.• Managed Workers’ Compensation program including negotiating returns to work, and settlements at Illinois Commission.• Successfully represented company’s human resources development function in annual audits to ISO13485 and FDA’s CFR 21-820.25

• Coached President and senior executives on communication strategies for organizational change announcements and performance discussions.• Managed downsizing and multiple, major restructuring events integrating divisions within acquired and parent companies• Facilitated employee focus groups to surface issues impacting morale and performance resulting in employees’ improved sense of fairness and improved sales performance levels.• Developed performance management and development program unique to each function supporting different competencies required.• Completed comprehensive sales incentive compensation survey.• Restructured Service and Technical Support functions to ensure correct leveling, job benchmarking, FLSA statuses, and compensation treatment.• Implemented new benefits program, payroll cycle, and payroll system and a physical move to new building.• Represented the company at IDOL, IDES and EEOC hearings

• Consulted with business leaders to map and improve all processes for system conversion.• Drove the design and implementation of Product/Channel Management business planning initiative.• Implemented performance appraisal program for management team new to this discipline.• Designed and implemented Career Development and Coaching process.• Coached managers in The Gallup Organization’s Strengthsfinder model.• Developed and facilitated Talent Review and Succession Planning process for Senior Executive Team.• Trained managers to provide feedback, to coach & conduct career discussions, and remain union-free. • Managed 4 employees’ contributions to new-hire/benefits orientations, compliance training, learning management system administration, health & safety promotions and product training.

• Managed projects to achieve certification to ISO 14001 (Corporate Project Management Team Member and Leader of Training, Communication and Change Management projects).• Designed and implemented corporate communication campaigns for change to self-service HRIS on web-enabled Oracle application.• Trained managers to provide feedback & coaching and to interview. • Improved web-based, product training development process (Dreamweaver and HTML tools used by developers on my team)• Managed 5 employees, and their 7 divisional employees, who monitor plant employees’ job certifications, readiness for job grade promotions, and adherence to quality, safety and management priorities.• Created Safety Month promotion to “package” security, workplace violence, and other safety initiatives.

• Created and implemented strategic HR planning process integrating information on performance, potential, career and competency development, future staffing requirements, diversity & retention goals, and compensation for 800 people in 6 sites.• Guided the development and execution of organizational climate/employee opinion survey and consulted with department representatives on resulting positive-employee-relations plans such as mentoring programs and communication goals.• Facilitated training on Leadership Skills, Managing Change, Giving Feedback, Managerial Ethical Business Standards and Avoiding Sexual Harassment for union and non-union plant management and corporate staff.• Convened multiple action-teams during leadership transition to diagnose and solve morale and retention issues.• Refined annual performance appraisal and trained managers to utilize “360 degree” feedback.• Hired diverse MBAs from top-tier universities for a General Management rotation program I designed.• Developed succession and development plans for President level successors and functional leadership.• Sponsored Union-Avoidance training as prevention measure when union threatened a campaign.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Organizational Leadership

Research Topic: "Developing New Models of Leadership in the Gig Economy: Movement Capital as a Key Personal Resource for Engagement.

Med., Education, Human Resources Development

Ba, Education