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Auburn Hills, Mi

Conduct strategic and high-level HR needs analyses, develop HR/staffing strategies and roadmaps for healthcare organizations and organizational change management companies. Leveraged in-depth understanding and wide experience of role of culture transformation in effective organizational change. Projects include:• Consulting Company: Hired by board to develop criteria for recruitment of new system CEO. Defined 10 essential CEO success criteria. Collected, analyzed, and summarized interview results and feedback and presented report to board.• Healthcare Clinic: Acting Chief Human Resources Officer with full interim oversight of HR function for 30-location, regional healthcare organization. Granted full authority to implement short-term improvements in HR function; developed strategy and roadmap for long-term enhancements. Initiated Rapid Improvement Event to quickly improve HR functionality. Led HR management team in developing tactics, metrics, and accountability to ensure ongoing alignment of HR strategy with overall organizational goals.

Appleton, Wi

Recruited by CEO to direct team of 200+ in HR, organizational development, quality assurance, and lean implementation for regional, full-service healthcare system with 6,200 employees. • Created 5-year organization transformation plan in collaboration with CEO and other top executives. • Leveraged organizational development expertise in driving culture change to support integration of 2 large, recently merged competing hospitals.• Collaborated with department heads to develop corporate "top 20%" employee retention policy raising morale, engagement, and performance.• Applied Lean principles and knowledge of healthcare operations and regulatory environment to invent unique program that identified and retained best talent while removing impediments to ongoing strategic adaptation. • Avoided all non-voluntary terminations over 18-year tenure and across multiple restructurings through innovative retention programs.• Implemented corporation's first employee gainsharing program.

Petoskey, Mi

Key driver of major organizational transformation and development; later acquired oversight of 750 staff in laboratories, facilities, food service, laundry, and housekeeping operations Implemented company's first gainsharing program.

Led organizational development initiatives across 60 locations; enhanced executive and management development programs.