Karin Albert Email & Phone Number

Monterey County, California, United States

Salinas, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for the training and development of employees and providers, for the design, implementation and evaluation of training, and for updating or creating policies and procedures. Conduct functional, process and performance assessments; develop recommendations. Train trainers.

San Francisco Bay Area

Provide proactive, positive, life affirming grief education and support for family members of Hospice clients. Counsel individuals, facilitate support groups, conduct professional in-service and community education programs.

Coach leaders and managers on personal and professional development. Design and facilitate appreciative interventions to enable building on the strengths of existing organization cultures. Facilitate experiential exercises using visual imagery and touchstones. Conduct Creativity in Business courses for individuals and groups. Design and deliver classroom and online training programs.

Internal Organization Development researcher and consultant. Instrumental in the design of the Employee Development Initiative, which pulls operations people from the field and gave them skills to be "Employee Development Leaders." Focus of the initiative is improving our ability to attract, retain, and develop people.Technology evangelist and strategist. Developed highly innovative online training and performance support solution to facilitate the implementation of a new HTML-based ERP interface. Designed overall system architecture, wrote instructional content for all elements of blended learning, designed and conducted web meetings to introduce employees to the new learning infrastructure, planned and executed communications strategy.

Internal quality consultant and trainer. Designed and implemented train-the-trainer programs resulting in 50% improvement in freight handling and 33% improvement in billing accuracy. Conducted training programs for process improvement team leaders, coached and supported teams. ISO 9000 auditor; conducted internal audits at various facilities. Wrote and published the "Almost Quarterly Quality Newsletter."

Working collaboratively, designed, developed, and delivered organization change workshops. Performed organization assessments; presented findings to senior management. Used my writing skills to turn others' ideas into articles, book chapters, and workshop materials. Co-founder of the International Center for Organization Design. Researched "state of the art" of organization transformation; presented findings at ASTD and Ecology of Work conferences. Worked with Frito-Lay, Quaker Oats, Alcoa, Esso Petroleum, and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Master Of Practical Theology, Theology/Theological Studies

Mba, General Management

Activities and Societies: Regent's Fellow

Ba, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappagraduated with distinction