Ryan Ford Email & Phone Number

Des Moines, Ia, Us

Urbandale, Ia, Us

Focused on Career Development, Leadership Development, Talent Management, Coaching, Compensation, Organizational Design & Effectiveness, Change Management, Leadership & Team Training, Engagement & Culture Building, Consulting and Conflict Resolution.

A leadership and team based consultant with experience in the US and globally with a background in Industrial Organizational Psychology. Working with NCAA athletic teams at Iowa State University, The University of Oregon, Baylor, Samford University, Oregon Tech, Texas Tech, Gonzaga, as well as professional teams in the Philadelphia Eagles and NHL’s Detroit Redwings, and Under Armour.MissionTo help coaches, athletes and organizations take control of the mental side of the "game" in order to build trust in communication, confidence and high performing teams. Allowing athletes, teams and employees to bring their best to their performance and help create high performing dynamics that lead to winning.

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Provided strategic HR leadership, aligning HR and business strategy, for the Individual Life, NQ and USIS Finance businesses (800 employees and leaders) Provide strategic leadership in leading 172 employees and leaders across the employee development & training team, field relations, complaint & regulatory, compliance, service and the tech teams. Actively coached and advised the leadership team (including the President, SVP, VP’s and AVPS’s)Led strategy around introduction and utilization of 9-Box Talent Talk Led organizational design efforts by partnering with leadership in ensuring the proper structure is developed and in place to deliver on business goalsDeveloped and implemented the Total Talent Management process for competency gap analysis, organizational design review and succession planningCoached and advised leaders through organizational and individual change management Developed and led Individual Life’s “Business Owned Diversity Strategy” Developed core leadership development class offerings in partnership with ER and Development Led a Customer XP project that changed our operations and improved customer satisfactionLed strategy around employee empowerment and engagement

Des Moines, Ia, Us

Provided strategic HR leadership, aligning HR and business strategy, for the business (400 employees)Led Global Recruiters, Learning & Development team and HR AdministratorsActively coached and advised the leadership team (including the President, VP’s and Directors)Directed HR management of locations in the US, Canada, Brazil, UK, Russia, Italy, Netherlands, UAE, Beijing, Singapore and AustraliaLed strategy around introduction and utilization of 9-Box Talent Talk Led organizational design efforts by partnering with leadership.Led Merger & Acquisition work for two new ventures Coached and advised leaders through organizational and individual change management Forecasted people requirements to support strategic business objectives. Includes succession planning, leadership development, long and short-term staffing plans and expatriate planningSuccessfully created and implemented a leadership training program applied across all departments globally to include Communication, Dealing with Conflict, Customer Service, Strategic Business Thinking, Change Management and Performance Management.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Provided strategic HR leadership, aligning HR and business strategy, for the global Network, Hosting, Finance and Strategic Initiatives teams in IT Services for Business (1,500 employees)Led HR Generalists in North America, Latin America, UK and Asia PacificLed communication with European Works CouncilsActively coached and advised the IT Senior Leadership team to include executive coaching sessionsLed organizational design efforts by partnering with the global IT leadership team Managed employment and labor law concerns globally to include relationship management with the European Works Council and Federal, Country and Regional legal complianceLed the salary planning administration and implementation for IT globally. Includes base salary administration, incentive target setting, and incentive and options grant processForecasted people requirements to support IT's strategic business objectives. Successfully led two organization redesigns

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Responsible for direction of work for 10 location HR Generalists across the region Utilized performance management tools and coaching of managers to develop strategies to support demonstration of competencies on the job and evaluate effectivenessTalent Management - worked with appropriate HR Services to source, recruit and succession plan Learning and Development Leader for the North America Business Unit (3,000 employees)Owner of the HR Budget for North America ($4.5 million)Developed HR and Work Comp Scorecard for North American Business UnitLed implementation of FOLT (Fundamentals of Leadership Training) pilot designed to teach fundamental leadership skills to hourly production employees with potential to be SupervisorsLead for Union Contract negotiations for Midwest facilities (negotiated contracts with Tobacco & Confectionary Unions (3) and Teamsters (2) Developed and implemented Performance Management training for New Supervisors training program

Auburn Hills, Michigan, Us

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial And Organizational Psychology

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