Kojo Kandi Email & Phone Number

Columbus, OH, US

Effectively lead a dynamic team of eight Learning and Development stars by creating department vision, professional development opportunities, and oversight of the needs assessment for all aspects of clinical training and staff development. The departing structure is unique within the industry and my leadership has enhanced the effectiveness of employee.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Responsible for all training aspects of hospital relations management, strategic partnerships, and performance improvement. Collaborating within multidisciplinary teams to address performance and quality improvement initiatives. Subject matter expert in identifying, improving, and documenting process changes that lead to training/performance improvement.

• Created and facilitated training modules that support corporate diversity and nurture spaces of belonging. Content areas included conflict resolution through cultural sensitivity, and an introduction to cultural.
• Created and facilitated workforce development programming to non-certified staff for the largest school district in Ohio. Topics included professional use of self, resume development, interpersonal communications, and.
• Created the re-branding and standardization of presentation assets for training department of the district to improve internal communications and brand consistency.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• As an adjunct professor, developed courses (Personal Finance and Interpersonal Skills) based on student suggestions, for the business management certificate program, that consistently rate in the top five (5) courses.
• Facilitated a broad range of business courses, including Personal Finance, Business Law, Interpersonal Skills, and Marketing by creating a syllabus and lesson plans that reflected the objectives and outcomes of the.
• Increased student retention and overall success rate by implementing team projects to navigate group dynamics using interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.
• Achieved a 97% passing rate with 65% of students achieving A grades in courses by utilizing a Student-Centered approach to teaching program courses with 25 student capacity.

• Spearheaded grant management cycle, including solicitation, selection, review, and compliance. Planned and executed all aspects of highly complex programs valued at $1,750,000.
• Presented MBK’s initiatives to stakeholders and city leaders, including City Council, Administration (Department Director and Mayor), community groups, and civic organizations; led a group of stakeholders to review and.
• Developed and implemented community-based strategies aimed to address systemic barriers in order to reduce youth violence, improve academic enrichment, and empower disparately impacted youth.
• Managed a city-wide summer employment program for youth by working collaboratively with 20 organizations to place 218 students in summer jobs, including mentorship and leadership training.

Central Crossing High School

• Improved student performance in business classes by integrating technology into the curriculum, teaching Personal Finance, Business Law, Career and College Readiness, Intro to Business, and counseling students from a.
• Developed and presented a curriculum that ensured compliance with Ohio Department of Education Career-Tech goals by collaborating within a professional learning community.
• Improved family engagement and inclusivity in school, and district diversity equity and inclusion strategies by devising and implementing a cross-departmental plan. Resulted in a 10% increase of family engagement as.
• Designed and implemented district-wide community engagement model for families of first-time students and New Americans, resulting in exceeding participation by 200%.

• As President of a non-profit organization, directed all aspects of local non-profit extension of a national organization with 90 full members, 200 associate members, and an annual program budget of $150K. Supported.
• Implemented a large-scale social services program that raised $100,000 and provided health, mentoring, and food services to over 5,000 family units by working with a team of volunteers in the community.
• Increased programming from 4 to 20 chapters in 2 years by deploying a national model for national programming and earning recognition by The Mentoring Center of Columbus as partner of the year in 2017.

• Created a new loan product to meet customer requirement of leveraging assets to improve practice cash flow, which generated an additional $38 million of sales in the first year, by analyzing and defining data to create.
• Devised action plan aimed at developing commercial real estate financing opportunities for physicians from nationwide referral network by keeping abreast of market developments and initiating communication with the.
• Identified sales training gaps by monitoring metrics, created and led product awareness training sessions for new hires, and averaged $4M in closed business per month.

• Managed a team of six (6) who were responsible for growing a network of referral sources and developing strategic alliances that resulted in a 300% sales growth over two years.
• Managed regional lending portfolio, including relationships with local and regional businesses, and a team of six (6) sales associates, increased lending sales from $1M to $6M over 2 years.
• Developed and implemented a relationship with PNC bank’s loss mitigation department that increased the percentage of loans saved from liquidation from 23% to 50%, exceeding goal by 27%. Met with PNC bank's loss.

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