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Tara is a strategic and accomplished operations, leadership, organizational development and marketing leader fueled by activating and leading change, as well as connecting and coaching people. Adaptable to many business environments, she has launched strategies, built processes, and developed leaders and teams that transformed status quo organizations into community cornerstones. She is passionate about developing leaders, enhancing organizations and aligning values, goals, people and process.EXPERTISELeadership: Quick to identify gaps and develop solutions; extensive experience in strategic planning, implementation and management. Organizational development (leaders and teams): Passionate about development; exceptional at building structure, program and individualized solutions that engage employees; viewed as a trusted advisor from entry-level employees to entrepreneurs and company owners.Change management: From new employee training to leadership development, I create training and learning opportunities that drive engagement and behavior change; create and document business processes to codify programs. Marketing: Ability to sync internal and external customer needs with business objectives and develop authentic communications that strengthen relationships. EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS -Restructured team, talent and processes to position Learning & Development as a strategic internal partner at Coborn’s, successfully redefining the value of L&D and stabilizing the sustainability of its programs.-Led roll-out and implementation for company-wide initiatives at large retail grocer, including Orientation & Onboarding, an online Learning Management System, and an enhanced employee engagement survey platform.-More than 12 years of experience with Clifton Strengths framework; launched and led program at large retail grocer that became extremely popular and significantly impacted teams and leaders.-Guided a community bank through significant shift to utlilze EOS operating system; developed roles and held staff and leaders accountable. Met goals throughout the change and beyond.-Launched and led The Buzz Company, an operations and communications consulting firm that helped organizations improve customer relations and meet business objectives.

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