Nancy A. Harris Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Restart Consulting is on a mission to reinvent the workplace! How? Well, I'm glad you asked. Equity-centered People & Culture Consultant and Executive Coach. I help mission-driven organizations advance and develop leaders as they transition to senior roles. My approach to change is holistic. I don’t simply coach the individual but assess the ecosystem where they lead. I help organizations uncover what helps or hinders the success of senior leaders and teams. Having worked with 100’s of leaders across many industries, I bring a unique combination of lived experience, empathy, and integrity. Be sure to check out my podcast, The Intersection, where we have disruptive conversations about leading authentically during these ever-changing times.

The CoachSource® network is the largest community of rigorously vetted executive coaches around the world with only 25% of all coaches who apply being selected. My clients include many of the world’s best-known corporations, spanning a wide range of industries. I have deep expertise in pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and nonprofit. My areas of specialization include: senior/executive leaders, career transition, and historically underrepresented leaders.

Greater Chicago Area

Leadership Coach and Facilitator for numerous executive education programs such as Energizing People for Performance, The Leader Within, Chicago Principal Fellowship, and The Allstate Foundation Nonprofit Leadership Center.

Chicago, Illinois

Human Capital and Organization Effective leader contributing to BP earning the distinguished "Best Places to Work in Chicagoland" list in 2013.* Increased employee engagement 6% by immediately addressing and initiating programs that enhanced communications, progressed employee development and other diversity and inclusion initiatives. Discovered underlying dissatisfaction having administered a pulse survey.* Augment organizational and leadership capacities by creating and executing creative talent strategies to attract, develop and retain key talent. Champion permanent change management through the development of culture assessments, audits and leadership accountability workshops.

Chicago, Illinois

* Served as change management lead for a global e-commerce implementation affecting 10,000 stakeholders. Ensured flawless implementation by defining communication strategies and client change agent network.* Created an effective HR competency model for global manufacturing client by successfully aligning behavioral anchors, mapping competencies to specific roles and crafting a socialization process.* Collaborated with Fortune 50 client on an organizational redesign project creating the design strategy, rollout planning and identification of an external training partner to train and support field based employees.

Downers Grove, Illinois

Human Resource Project Manager for a 14,000 employee division administering vital initiatives including succession planning and talent management.* Advised marketing executive team on organizational design strategies during the transition from centralized to regional based marketing teams. Ensured accurate position fulfillment by administering 360 and HPI assessments aimed at aligning employee profiles with job descriptions.* Enhanced talent pipeline engaging high potential employees by conducting leadership assessments utilizing 360 and HPI assessments, providing one on one coaching and by co creating individualized development strategies.

Greater Chicago Area

Launched Human Resouces consulting firm, which provided progressive business strategies for companies through human capital enhancement. Clients included: Spot Trading, LLC, Orbitz, True Value, CVS/Caremark.* Increased offer acceptance 20% for an established trading firm by re branding its campus recruiting program and by ensuring business and human capital strategy alignment.

Skokie, Illinois

Provided strategic business counsel for 1200 Research & Development professionals. This included organizational development, employee relations, compensation, performance management, and recruitment direction.* Reduced turnover 15% and bolstered morale by launching the Technical Career Succession Plan for 600 R&D employees.* Seamlessly transitioned over 1,500 employees affected by a merger. Developed and offered workshops, including resume writing, interviewing skills, entrepreneurship and financial and career planning to ease transition.

Various Human Resources, Talent Acquisition and Labor Relations leadership roles

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Labor & Industrial Relations

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Speech Communications