Dr. Sandra Hayes Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Senior-level consultant providing organizational and leadership development services to a host of profit and nonprofit institutions. An expert in adult learning and development with a background in collaborative negotiation, participatory action inquiry and group facilitation. Specializes in coaching leaders and teams for high performance. Clients have included: Rent the Runway, L'Oreal, Sanofi-Genzyme, Undertone, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Praxair, Allstate, American Express, Citibank, Reuters, Swift Financial, United Nations, UNICEF, United Way, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Simons Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Wallace Foundation and a host of other profit and nonprofit organizations.

Team Building Leadership and Action Research Practicum; Pro Seminar in Leadership for Summer Principals Academy Program Development for Adult Learning and Leadership Doctoral StudentsHigh Impact Negotiation, Corporate Learning Solutions, CEO & I Conflict Negotiation Practicum, International Center for Collaboration and Conflict Resolution.

Roundtable Facilitator, The 2011 Diversity in Higher Education Conference, The Conference BoardTrain the Trainer, Global Diversity Workshop for NYS Employees, Albany, NY 2011Facilitator, Diversity and Inclusion Seminar, The Conference Board, 2010Presenter, Beyond Leader Development: Exploring the use of co-inquiry methodologies for leadership development, International Leadership Association conference, November 2008, Los Angeles, CA Presenter, Increasing Competence Facilitating Strategic Learning Through Inquiry, Society for Organizational Learning Global Forum 2005Vienna, AustriaPresenter, Action Technologies Pre-Conference, Collaborative InquiryAdult Education Research Conference 2005 University of Georgia, Athens, GA Conference Design Committee Member• 8th International Transformative Learning Conference 2009 Hamilton, Bermuda• 5th International Transformative Learning Conference 2003 Teachers College, Columbia University, NY

Participatory Action Research Facilitator--Introduced participants to Collaborative Inquiry (CI) as an action research methodology and an adult learning strategy. Familiarized participants with the breadth of application for CI and the ways the process works. Provided structure for unfolding and sustaining the CI process. Responsible for intermittent and final reporting on CI projects including documentation of learning. Projects• Ford Foundation Leadership for a Changing World award recipients seeking to create and document new knowledge on leadership practices. • Avi Chai Foundation awardees engaging in an inquiry-based project to frame, design and implement school-wide change.• CI facilitation training for librarians and media specialists seeking to improve their practice and their leadership authority in schools by implementing and facilitating CI projects

Designed and facilitated Leadership Competency in Communication program for frontline supervisors, middle managers and senior leaders. Designed and facilitated comprehensive leadership development program and group-coaching sessions that emphasized communication competency for high-potential supervisors, managers and directors.

Designed and delivered Organizational Communications Course for Hospitality and Tourism Management School and Wyndham Worldwide employeesDesigned and delivered Collaborative Conflict Resolution Course for Hospitality and Tourism Management School and Wyndham Worldwide Employees

Organization and Leadership Development Consultant Developing and facilitating programs in collaborative negotiation strategies, diversity training, team building, organizational ethics, organization and leadership development for clients including: United Nations Secretariat, Unicef, Reuters, Praxair, American Express, Columbia Business School, NYC Health and Hospital Corporation, Citibank, Association for the Health of Retarded Children (AHRC), Lucent Technologies, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Pace University, the United Federation of Teachers, the New York City Board of Education, Educators for Social Responsibility, and other profit and nonprofit institutions.

Market research, design, and facilitation of a leadership development program for nonprofit executive directors. Developed surveys, held focus groups, analyzed data to identify leadership development needs. Formative evaluation was central to the program to inform its content and to best meet the needs of participants.

Ed.D., Organizational Leadership

M.A., Organiztional Psychology

B.A., Communications