Mark Leonard, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Home of the Happiness Breakthrough, a personal development program founded in science that elevates your happiness, productivity, and results. All courses, webinars, workshops, and retreats are all based on positive psychology.I focus on helping you achieve more and be happier doing it. I help create happiness at all levels of your organization. • Performance Coach assisting clients to increase in areas of Clarity, Communication, Courage, Productivity, Influence, Energy, Control, Congruence, and more. • Develop and teach workshops based on current organizational and sales needs• Ensure adult learner participants receive learning opportunities through varied teaching techniques• Identify human and system performance gaps and develop performance improvement capacity • Develop study to identify the key leadership behaviors that drive organizational sales• Identify sales team behaviors that increased based on leadership styles and behaviors• Create change management programs that address gaps• Utilize scientific based performance improvement models to increase human performance• Psychological Capital expert (Hope, Efficacy, Resiliency, Optimism)• Measure human performance effect on organizational health• Assess value propositions for clients to determine best approach to solutions• Develop culture and training programs based on organizational assessments• Coach executives and owners on leadership development attributes to improve efficacy• Consult small business owners on leadership styles and communication practices• 360 Feedback sessions to develop core learning and development opportunities for leaders• Cultural awareness expert for learning and media• Conduct performance and needs analysis session• Create activity plans for leadership development and growth• Develop business leaders through training development

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Adjunct Professor in the Colangelo College of Business.AMP-492: Organizational Change and DevelopmentLDR-600: Leadership Styles and DevelopmentLDR-612: Coaching, Mentoring, and Leadership DevelopmentLDR-615: Organizational Development and ChangeLDS-655: Leadership Capstone

Render high level of assistance to business owners, direct sales leaders, and key stakeholders to achieve business objectives through performance improvement. Leadership development rockstar that develops human capital at all levels of your organization. ● Identify human and system performance gaps● Create change programs that address gaps● Scientific based performance improvement● Psychological Capital expert● Measure human performance effect on organizational health● Assess value propositions for clients to determine best approach to solutions● Develop culture and training programs based on organizational assessments● Coach executives and owners on leadership development attributes to improve efficacy● Consult small business owners on leadership styles and communication practices● Authorized Everything DiSC Partner● Utilize the Five Behaviors of a Team to increase productivity● 360 Feedback sessions to develop core learning and development opportunities for leaders● Cultural awareness expert for learning and media● Conduct performance and needs analysis session● Create activity plans for leadership development and growth● Develop business leaders through training development● Create case study based on real world business events● Established eLearning Development, and strategic learning development through online/offline courses● Employed Human Computer Interaction to develop technology that enhances user experience ● Created communication strategy for increased brand awareness and product development

Orlando, Florida Area

Leadership development responsible for improving performance outcomes and business results within a matrix environment. As a strategic and tactical advisor, I assist leaders in measuring training performance and efficacy.Strategic visionary for leadership developmentOversee creation of HVAC training schoolCulture creation visionaryTrusted advisor to key stakeholders and executive team.Curriculum mapping and planningData collection and analysis to understand trendsPlan and implement needs analysisCoach, direct, and facilitate training 360 feedback coachFacilitate webinar and instructor led training sessions on leadership developmentChange management strategistGap analysis identificationDevelop communication plan based on Change Management practices to drive organizational transformation. Ensure training embedment occurs and track change over timeLead multiple projects from cradle, embedment, refresh, and graveUpdated and managed the technical school curriculum updates to improve retention and salesStrategic visionary based on positive deviance study

Sandy, Ut

Direct the award winning global eLearning strategy. Primary clientele are in the mining industry. Tasked with producing a global eLearning initiative that creates a safer and more profitable mine site. eLearning and blended learning visionaryCreated global training strategySimulation integration into training scenariosPerformed user, needs, and gap analysisDeveloped best of practice curriculum flowLocalization and TranslationVendor Relations and managementTraining and DevelopmentSales PresentationsTraining StandardizationFacilitate client training vision meetingsPresent at regional and global mining conferencesIncrease internal training satisfaction from 36% to 83% in 3 monthsDevelop marketing and training materials

Apply dynamic leadership talents to employees and facilitate training to newly hired employees to develop their competencies and achieve their maximum level of potential. Provide expert advice to C-level leaders on current trends and opportunities. Administer several international print and technology production budgets. Train international staff to enhance their skills on emerging technology, production, and global awareness. Determine operational business requirements and create business cases to test requirements. Establish long-term quality relationships with vendors and clients by addressing their concerns and ensuring their utmost satisfaction.● Presided over the international rich media development for global brand awareness websites● Initiated the design and development of mobile application paired with social networking features● Executed comprehensive research on current mobile application trends to base future application releases● Instrumental in creating scope documents, budget, and schedule for numerous international products● Collaboratively worked with intellectual property legal team to ensure product’s availability● Exemplified learning and facilitation expertise, and masterfully led multiple train-the-trainer seminars and instructor lead classes● Conceptualized effective curriculum for live courses and eLearning curriculum● Displayed unsurpassed management expertise in ongoing technology brief meetings, mobile video, OTT (Over-the-Top video), social networking, and podcasting● Earned distinction for completing process and task analysis to help define project goals/scope to define business requirements● Masterfully led change culture programs utilizing Kotter's 8 step change model● Managed global awareness and ensured products are localized to the culture of the people throughout the region● Exemplified proven ability to take complex situations, diagrams, projects, requests, which later presented key stakeholders

Achieved progressively higher leadership responsibilities. Oversaw 5 direct reports in the global production teams. Consistently met deadlines for deliverables and critical projects within budget constraints. Mentored and coached employees and provided training and onboarding for new employees. Utilized project management tools to track team and individual progress.Developing OTT (Over-the-Top) and mobile video channel for global access.Product manager for audiovisual based mobile applications/websites.Create scope documents, budget, schedule for many international products.Schedule production teams (staff/vendor).Experience qualifying and developing global vendor relationships.Develop products in many different languages and cultures concurrently.Develop and produce template based products to ensure consistency worldwide.Application development using both waterfall and agile methodologies.Perform end user needs analysis to determine specific web application requirements.Prepare feature requirements and track development schedule utilizing wireframes, sitemaps and bug tracking software.Document system technical issues and track problems through resolution.Identify operational business requirements and create business cases to test requirements.Learning and facilitation Expertise - led multiple train-the-trainer seminars and instructor lead classes. Developed curriculum for live courses and eLearning curriculum. Provided leadership for ongoing technology brief meetings - mobile video, OTT (Over-the-Top video), social networking, and podcasting. Complete process and task analysis to help define project goals/scope to define business requirements.Create intuitive, user friendly/centered, global web based applications that supports usability. Approve design and graphic layouts. Researched mobile phone technology, social networking, streaming video, and downloadable media.Designed XML standards for inter-departmental production.

Supervised employment, training, and scheduling of 30 - 40 employees.Developed marketing material and strategy to recruit and enroll students from differing social and economic backgrounds for one-year terms at a specialized boarding high school.Played various supervisory roles including mentor, communication liaison, employee trainer, and technology manager. Planned and facilitated student and parent workshops including action accountability and crucial conversations.Taught high school level Network+ class. End project was to successfully create campus network.

Doctorate, Organizational Leadership

Master Of Science, Instructional Technology

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Bachelor Of Science, Computer Information Systems