Kit Shelton Email & Phone Number

Minnesota, United States

My work with the State of Minnesota at the Department of Human Services is in service of modernizing our state's human services system and shifting from a siloed, policy-centric administrative approach to an integrated, person-centered service model. We imagine a world in which the human service system helps people, in their own language and on their own.

Minneapolis, MN

I use the principles of non-violent communication, compassionate inquiry, and conscious leadership to provide relational or personal training and support for individuals, pairs, and groups. I've mediated challenging conversations, facilitated workshops, and coached people in conscious leadership and personal development professionally since 2011 and.

Global Support

• As a Senior Business Analyst, I worked on the internal consulting arm of the Global Operational Finance team as a trusted strategic advisor to executive leaders and coordinators. I consulted with executives, product.
• Developed communication and workflow systems for our consulting team following a total organizational restructure
• Led the creation and implementation of a blueprint for under-performing business units
• Created and facilitated leadership development sessions for senior and executive leaders
• Mapped, diagnosed, and architected changes to complex business systems
• Designed and improved scorecards and dashboards to create performance transparency across multiple stakeholder groups

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• From 2012-2016 I worked as a leadership coach and operations manager, building a reputation for excellence in store leadership at three separate Whole Foods Market locations in the Twin Cities metro.
• Led twelve direct reports and between 130-180 indirect reports; received 90th percentile results in upwards feedback from direct and indirect reports in a survey covering areas such as efficacy, trustworthiness.
• Created and facilitated leadership development trainings for leadership and support teams in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska
• Developed and facilitated periodic operational finance trainings for buyer group, creating a pipeline for talent and improving store’s financial performance
• Mentored direct and indirect reports into successful promotions
• Provided strategic financial planning for store facility

• In 2015, I was sought out by the Midwest regional finance team to fill an interim financial analysis and business consulting role in addition to my regular duties. Based on my success in the role, I was recruited for a.
• Identified areas of opportunity in stores with losses
• Determined plans of action to increase profitability to target levels
• Created process to identify and communicate failure of existing labor control systems by developing metrics and expectations
• Developed resources and training to educate store and team leadership at stores with losses
• Facilitated training with store and team leadership at stores with losses

Minneapolis, MN

Walking Shadow Theatre Company is a Minneapolis-based company with a reputation for producing well-staged and carefully researched work. We are drawn to shows that are smart, exciting, savvy—and often a little quirky or subversive. Walking Shadow has been called “a company that deserves attention” by the Star Tribune and praised by Minnesota Monthly for.

Chicago, Illinois

• After starting with Whole Foods Market as a buyer in 2007, I worked my way up through several positions rapidly. In 2009 I became a Team Leader and quickly turned around the finances of a team that was recovering from.
• Reduced inflated inventory by 500% over two quarters
• Met gross margin, sales, and labor targets consistently
• Held the Midwest record for best comparative grocery team sales vs. store and best grocery team % of store sales
• Set multiple sales and profitability records on all sub-teams
• Cultivated excellent customer service through coaching and leading by example

Ba, Studio Art

Activities and Societies: Outdoors Club, Improv TroupeClimbing Instructor certification, 2003.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Debate Team2002 qualifier for the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence

Certificate In Business Architecture, Enterprise Architecture