At Adair Partners, we believe each of us has unique gifts and talents. We help you discover and unleash yours. As a team of certified executive and leadership coaches, consultants, and facilitators, we focus on working with our clients to uncover their values, gifts, and talents. We collaborate to design a plan to maximize their impact in this world. We are relentlessly optimistic about who our clients are and what they can accomplish. We often find we're their biggest and most vocal cheerleaders. But we're not just about "happy talk." We also guide our clients in developing and practicing the key skills and behaviors they need to excel. We start with identifying their values and priorities. We develop their emotional intelligence. We show them ways to build trust and psychological safety – self-trust as well as trust within their teams and broader organizations. And we teach them how to overcome any immunity to change they might be facing. On those foundational blocks we then help our clients develop those keys skills and behaviors needed to thrive in the workplace. Adopting new mindsets by minimizing unconscious biases, limiting beliefs, and other barriers to growth. Becoming effective communicators by making clear requests, articulating performance expectations, creating commitments, and identifying mechanisms for accountability. Enhancing individual and team effectiveness and a wide variety of other leadership and managerial skills and behaviors.

Connecting with MBA candidates at Wharton to explore the path to their next role is at the heart of my work at Wharton. Resumes. Networking. Industry knowledge. These are the tools they'll utilize along the way, and introducing students to the wide array of resources and opportunities for learning at Wharton is key to their success in the next step in their career journey.

Creativity. Collaboration. Connecting. These have been my themes during my term as Director. Thinking outside of the box, and like so many, we pivoted to largely virtual interactions, as required by the pandemic. These innovations included a skill-building program to replace the internship experiences so many of our students lost during the summers of 2020 and 2021. Increased collaboration with faculty, deans, student activities, athletics, and residence life, resulted in connections with students who are not typical consumers of career centers. From internship presentations to varsity athletic teams to Strengths presentations with RAs and student government leaders, the CVC is an integral part of the life of the College for many organizations. Connecting students to alumni was a major focus. During Careeer Communities, career exploration events, and Externship Day our students learned the value of talking to those who have gone before them. These connections benefit the College in terms of student outcomes and also engagement of alumni. Using a wealth of data, we looked at the reach to students and identified students who need more specialized outreach. The result: Career Communities and a Faculty Fellows program. Three of the Carer Communities focused specifically on the unique experience of BIPOC students in the workplace. The Faculty Fellows program equipped faculty to talk with students in all of their classes on a weekly basis on the topic of career. In addition, they created assignments that would helps students develope career-readiness skills. Early changes included the creation of a five-part series, Canvas: Framing Your Vocation and Career, designed just for sophomores, a critical year in the journey toward life after college. With 42% of sophomore students participating in the events during the inaugural year, the series generated enthusiasm and engagement with our team.

Coached students on the decision-making and implementation process as they prepare to enter the job market, striving to develop in them the skills and confidence to achieve their goals. As part of this coaching, created an interactive tool to guide students through a structured process of self-awareness, career exploration, professional document preparation, networking, and career launch. To facilitate self-awareness, advised students on how their Gallup Strengths would be beneficial in particular work environments and assisted them in better understanding how those attributes would translate into the workplace. Helped students translate their experiences into language that would help a prospective employer understand the transferable skills they had developed. Prepared students to tell their stories through mock interviews and preparation of well-written, comprehensive, and persuasive written documents through large group presentations and one-on-one coaching sessions.

Collaborated with church administration and lay leaders to develop and executive communication strategies during a time of major transition. Led the effort to draft the mission and vision statement which was adopted by the congregation and shaped future activities of the organization. Increased the use of technology to achieve communication goals.

Led efforts to identify prospective clients, their needs, and how firm could address the problems they were facing. This included research, writing, preparing presentations, and coaching partners and managers on presentation skills. Interacted with partners and senior managers to achieve goals of growing practice. Supervised a staff of five in the document production department, including identifying work process improvements, managing personnel issues, and ensuring high quality service to the client service professionals.

Oversaw all legislative activity for committees on Energy and Environment; Agriculture and Natural Resources; and State Government Committees for the Republican members of the Ohio House. Advised members on possible amendments, content of legislation before the chamber, and issues to be considered based on interests' of various districts.

Supervised administrative and personnel matters in the office, including communication, payroll, and scheduling staff. Coordinated testimony of the Director and Deputy Director before Congress. Responded to Congressional inquiries, briefed Senior White House officials, and prepared report on daily legislative activities for White House and OMB staff.

Provided administrative support to the Ambassador. Oversaw office operations and managed communication for the Ambassador with other State Department, White House, and private sector officials. Assisted with speech preparation for Ambassador and Secretary of State.

Prepared memoranda for the President and Chief of Staff recommending appointments for high-level political positions in the national security agencies. Oversaw all details of planning and coordinating White House seminars for Senate-confirmation level Presidential appointees, including scheduling facilities, obtaining security clearances for all guests and speakers, ensuring all speakers arrived on time and were prepared for their presentations, interacting with senior White House staff to identify speakers, guests, and topics to be covered.