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Seattle Area, Wa, Us

Learning Design and Delivery: Design, develop, and deliver world-class management development programs to clients worldwide via in-person, hybrid, and remote formats. Created a customized program for Workiva that has become their flagship internal leadership development program. Programs are highly interactive and focused on outcomes that can be immediately applied to the job.L&D Strategy Consulting: Partner with clients to create learning strategies that ensured their new managers transformed from high-performing individual contributors to outstanding people managers. People Management: Manage a team of 5 independent contractors by effectively delegating key tasks and providing high-quality coaching and feedback. Provide the team with autonomy, mastery, and purpose in order to empower the team to do their best work.Leadership: Lead all aspects of a successful small business, including entity formation, finances, marketing, sales, legal, strategy, and cultivating client relationships. Clients were extremely satisfied and brought me back for repeat events.THOUGHT LEADERSHIPPlease see Publications section.

Management Development Unlocked is a Global Top 10% podcast that helps new managers transform from high-performing individual contributors to outstanding people managers.

Author of the Amazon #1 Best Seller, Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers.

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San Jose, California, Us

Designed, developed, and delivered custom learning programs to managers and employees worldwide.Manager Development: Conducted management workshops for hundreds of participants in locations across the US and internationally, as well as via webinar on topics such as basic management skills and presentation skills for people leaders. Excellent evaluation and NPS scores. Participants reported being able to apply what they learned immediately on the job. Program Management: Managed multiple high-profile programs for thousands of leaders, managers, and employees. Programs such as LinkedIn Learning reached over 4700 participants and enabled employees to learn and apply a wide variety of skills on and off the job. Guest Speaker Collaboration: Managed leadership programs for thousands of attendees that hosted guest speakers including Brené Brown, James Clear, Dr. Robert Gates, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Bob Meyers, and Chris Yeh. Participants were inspired and engaged and able to apply what they learned immediately. Hybrid Learning Management: Advocated for 100 virtual participants at a hybrid conference by monitoring chat and relaying their questions to the speaker live.

Cupertino, California, Us

Created management training programs to ensure customers had world-class experiences when they contacted Apple for support. Conducted workshops worldwide in-person and via WebEx. Program Management: Created and managed innovative, cutting-edge management and leadership development programs for approximately 500 senior managers worldwide.Facilitation: Maintained a 4.8/5.0 course evaluation rating through an engaging, interactive delivery style including utilizing effective icebreakers, facilitating small group discussion and large group debrief, and leveraging polls.Train-the-Trainer: Facilitated train-the-trainer programs for a wide variety of trainer styles and experience levels. Tailored the learning experience by applying a coaching approach, asking and listening vs. telling participants how to train others.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Ensured that the people in Applied Material's global functions had world-class learning and development opportunities in order to perform at their best.Program Leadership: Led a team to design and deliver an applied learning program with a $250K budget, resulting in innovative product enhancements and four awarded patents.

Seattle Area, Wa, Us

Delivered leadership and management development training, consulting, and coaching onsite globally. Clients represented a range of industries including high-tech, marketing and education.

San Jose, California, Us

San Jose, California, Us

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