Established, marketed, and operated a thriving consulting practice with a reputation for highly effective coaching, training, and collaboration with diverse leaders, professionals, teams, and practitioners to build organizational capacity and create flexible and customized programs and initiatives.• Conducted executive coaching that focused on leadership and career development, fostered strategic and tactical change, enhanced skills and insights, and achieved superior ratings. • Consulted on four-year Initiative for the Advancement and Retention of Women at a global professional services firm—three-phase training project resulting in significant gains in retention and advancement of women, compelling marketplace recognition, and the creation of a product line offered to external clients. • Delivered successful coaching, training, and consulting for clients including Abbott, Bayer, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, CapitalOne, Caterpillar, Challenger, Gray & Christmas, City of Chicago, City of Evanston, Dean Foods, Exelon, The Federal Reserve Bank, Ford Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Kemper, Korn Ferry, Marsh, Mather LifeWays, Nicor Gas, Northwestern University, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Quill, RSM McGladrey, Seagram/Tropicana, State Farm, Texaco, United Methodist Church, University of Chicago Hospitals, and US Postal Service.

Provided ongoing consulting services—including strategy development, leadership coaching, training, and executive presentations—to YMCAs of all sizes across the United States and to the national resource office.• Successfully implemented diversity and inclusion training for YMCA leaders throughout the United States: assessed needs; developed and customized concepts/delivery; coordinated facilitator certification; marketed, administered, and evaluated high-impact programs; received excellent ratings delivering challenging content; designed and delivered innovative team planning meetings and Implementation Sessions to assure on-the-job application.• Directed the development and integration of diversity and inclusion concepts, techniques, and metrics throughout YMCA planning, processes, and training curricula; collaborated with leaders across functional areas to develop innovative solutions.• Coached leaders to uncover inclusion challenges, enhance engagement across community constituencies, build capacity, and connect diversity issues and practices to mission and financial success.

Coached leaders, assessed needs, and developed, designed, conducted, and evaluated well-received training programs for managers and professionals.

Led a team of consultants in delivering consulting services and a broad training curriculum to this global financial services organization> Managed a $1,000,000 budget coordinating the services of numerous vendors and consultants to assure successful delivery and strategic alignment of customized programs. > Established organization development consulting services: each consultant managed four to eight projects per year for executive clients; Representative project: Coached and consulted with the senior leaders of two large, strategically aligned departments to successfully build cross-functional teamwork, streamline joint projects, and enhance long-term relationships. > Coached leaders, assessed needs, and developed, designed, conducted, and evaluated well-received training programs for managers and professionals. > Creatively reduced budget and headcount while maintaining service and morale.