Liz Evers Email & Phone Number

Asheville, Nc, Us

Available for freelance positions in learning and development.

Sarasota, Florida Area

• Oversaw company’s 8-month emerging leaders program, which resulted in a 40% promotion rate among participants.• Designed, delivered, implemented, and/or coordinated 80-100 L&D programs annually for 800 onsite and remote teammates. Made strategic decisions around use of internal vs. external resources for meeting training needs; vetted facilitators to ensure effectiveness and alignment with company culture. • Created website for company’s corporate university.• Developed successful business case for the company’s first-ever LMS. Created and launched the system, adding 100s of on-demand learning resources and designing need-specific e-learning content.

Sarasota, Florida Area

• Designed and implemented process and tools for identifying, assessing and developing high potential employees with goal to build leadership bench strength for the future. • Completed competency model for select leadership roles - used in recruiting, training, development planning, and identifying potential future leaders.• Conducted 360 assessments for leaders. Communicated results, provided coaching, and collaborated on development planning.• Conducted company-wide culture/engagement survey. Compiled analytics, communicated results, and led action planning efforts.• Redesigned orientation program to be more comprehensive, interactive and engaging.

• Managed training and development function for 2500 employees in two manufacturing facilities. Grew corporate university from ground up – starting with a T&D staff of one and peaking at 13 professionals. • Designed and delivered a wide variety of programs – from orientation, job skills training, and compliance training to teambuilding and leadership development. Implemented foundational skill-building program that reduced training costs by 50% and turnover by 30%. Led a key quality-related training initiative that improved employee skill assessment success rate from 40% to 93%.• Retooled performance management processes for greater impact, better streamlining and a stronger link between performance and results.

• Consulted with business leaders on OD and change management initiatives for six US sites. Managed all project phases from needs analysis to design, implementation, evaluation and follow up. • Led team focused on culture change initiative in sales division. Devised strategy for communication, training, recognition, and coaching. Reduced turnover by 60%, saving $1 million+ over life of project. • Designed and facilitated training and teambuilding sessions to address key issues (new manager assimilation, team roles, process flow, work styles, etc.); showed positive impact on team effectiveness.