Rachel Gartner Thurman Email and Phone Number

I consider it an honor that my job is to make others successful in their jobs. I’m thankful that I’ve been allowed to build award winning programs that encourage and enable people to be their best selves. I’ve been working in the learning space for over 25 years and loving every minute of it. What I love about my work:-- Creating experiences that challenge, engage and stretch people.-- Spending ungodly amounts of time asking people questions about their jobs, their needs, their career trajectories, their goals. There is no richer input.— Designing interactions that leave people changed AND inspire them to carry the change forward.-- Making people feel visible – seeking out unique ways to make people feel like their time, effort, and hard work matters.-- Constructing frameworks to encourage people to leap to the next spot. Proving that taking the risk is far more interesting than stagnation.-- Speaking life into people – being the kind but strong push that reminds people that they can do hard things.Some programs I’ve developed:—MTS Summit: a program designed specifically for technologists who have just been promoted into “members of technical staff”. My discovery process showed that this particular step on the ladder was more difficult than previous steps, and more help was needed to ensure a successful transition. I built a program around acumen, building networks, and communication to ensure the first year at the promoted level is awesome! -a Brandon Hall Award winning program—Senior Manager Meetup: this program was designed to bring together the senior managers across business units for a day of collaboration, knowledge sharing, networking and fun. The higher we go, the more important our networks become. Creating space to work on building and strengthening those relationships is critical. Annual discovery work with this group allows me to create a custom tailored agenda that includes the topics that are of most immediate need and value to the audience.Some background:Passionate about creating opportunities for growth. Energetic, outgoing people person-- committed to building others up and uniting people. Interested in enabling lasting changes by creating incredible, tailored experiences that people won't say no to. I’m bringing my sense of humor everywhere I go and believe strongly in working hard AND having fun while doing it.Side hustles: olive farming, social justiceSpecialties: career development, designing collaboration experiences, crucial conversations, program management, leadership and people management