Kate Rash Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Tx, Us

I help small-yet-mighty HR and L&D teams create high-impact learning and development solutions by understanding their unique needs and delivering the optimal talent solutions to drive their growing business forward. Key focus areas include:+ Optimizing learning programs by deploying the best learning technology to accelerate performance and drive results+ Amplifying employee engagement and potential through content strategy, curation and custom learning paths that employees love+ Fostering a high-performing organization with high-impact learning and career development programs that elevate and attract talent, specifically new hire onboarding and leadership development+ Building a culture of learning and growth through strategies that embed learning in the everyday work and enable growth and innovation, including internal career mobility strategies

Creative strategist and instructional designer with a natural thirst to help clients solve complex challenges. I help teams integrate learning, employee experiences, and leadership development into a cohesive, diverse, and inclusive practice that translates into superior business results. Recent consulting initiatives include:+ Employee Engagement Strategies+ Learning Strategy & Content Design+ People Philosophies & Frameworks+ Leadership & New Manager Program Development+ Instructional Design & Content Creation+ New Hire Onboarding Program Design and Development+ Learning Management System (LMS) Solutions+ Learning Needs Analysis

New York, Ny, Us

Bend, Oregon, Us

Seattle, Washington, Us

+ Architected and managed the comprehensive reboot of the company's global employee onboarding 'Get Started' program across 25+ offices with an iterative approach to ensure the program aligned with the organization's strategic priorities, company culture, and blended learning best practices+ Designed global 'Lead Better' program roadmap and content assets, focused on meaningful, experiential learning opportunities that equipped people managers to practice their craft of leadership and management in their everyday work+ Directed team development of new manager learning series to coach employees on leading high-performing teams via an 8-week immersive blended learning program, including online workshops, reflection exercises, and online cohort communities+ Partnered with senior leaders across multiple functions to identify learning needs and create practical, relevant learning solutions to enhance team performance and increase employee engagement+ Created variety of online and workshop learning collateral and key global communications for talent and performance management processes+ Lead and supported variety of global employee software implementations, including the company's social intranet, learning management system, employee engagement survey tool, payroll system, and HRIS

Purchase, New York, Us

+ Managed organizational communication and training readiness work stream for two technology releases as part of a global SAP implementation.+ Designed presentation, quick reference and online materials for supply chain, sales, finance and other functions to concisely communicate business goals, performance best practices and training program requirements.+ Advised business leaders on strategic planning of SAP education approach and deployment that balances global learning best practices with local user needs and culture.+ Executed communication plans and audience-specific awareness campaigns across headquarters and field sites that generate initiative understanding and accelerate change adoption, ensuring alignment with concurrent communication events.

Santa Clara, California, Us

+ Managed training efforts including learning strategy development, course curriculum planning, training logistics management and trainer preparation for the implementation of a customer relationship management solution.+ Ensured unified internal communication messaging from executive management to impacted employees and customers by developing and executing communication plans that articulate business vision, project goals and impacts.+ Analyzed current organization and stakeholder groups to understand department operations and behaviors, identifying degree of job-specific impact in relation to future state designs of the business.

Master'S Degree, Management Information Systems

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting