Tara Thorne Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Key Skills Employed:- Executive/Client Consultation- Leadership/Employee Development- Needs Assessment- Workforce Strategy- Training Evaluation- Virtual and In-person Training Design and Delivery- Supervisory Duties Related to Employee Management and DevelopmentPrized Accomplishments:- Designed a sustainable process to analyze training equivalency and validation. - Designed, developed, and delivered in-person and online leadership development and technical/specialized training courses.- Led a study to define a cyber metrics program intended to evaluate training and certification program effectiveness, determine staff mission-readiness, and make metrics-based business decisions.- Managed a team in developing a comprehensive long-term implementation strategy and future state use of a DoD’s cybersecurity assessment program.

Key Skills Employed:- Executive/Client Consultation- Leadership Assessment, Development, & Coaching- High Potential Identification- Competency Modeling - Executive-Level Reporting- Supervisory Duties Related to Employee Management and DevelopmentPrized Accomplishments:- Coached internal direct reports to rapid growth and recognized success.- Coached multiple global leaders in a widely respected commercial aerospace and defense organization to career progression.- Developed custom training for sales leaders at one of the world’s largest beverage companies.- Designed and facilitated a change management program for executive participants that guided widespread change across the organization's talent management practices.

Key Skills Employed:- Project Design & Management- Technical Writing and Presentation- Executive/Client Consultation - Data Collection and Analysis- Workforce Assessment- Program Evaluation- Job Analysis- Career Path and Training Roadmap Development - Training Equivalency Studies- Training Evaluation and Workforce Development Initiatives- Executive-Level Data Reporting- Supervisory Duties Related to Employee Management and Development Prized Accomplishments:- Designed and managed training equivalency studies that resulted in client savings of millions in training expenses and man hours.- Managed and led program evaluations for a redesign of a talent evaluation and awards program and a specialty pay program for a large government agency.- Served as the lead for a workforce development team that accomplished workforce definition and professional development for a major cyber workforce. - Created a client-adopted strategy to create custom training tracks for a highly skilled technical workforce.- Became skilled in providing project-based and ad-hoc consulting services to government and private-sector clients on personnel and organizational issues for over 10 years.- Contributed to several projects for a government HR organization involving job analysis, survey development and analysis, and selection system development.- Chaired a presentation at the annual SIOP conference: Cybersecurity and I-O: Practical applications for a critical workforce.

Key Skills Employed:- Customized Training and HR Solutions- Curricula Audit and Redesign- Job Analysis/Competency Modeling- Survey Design and Analysis- Training Needs Assessment - Client Management- Project Management Prized Accomplishments:- Developed and fostered key client relationships.- Became project manager for workforce development initiatives for a long-term client, including ongoing efforts to define the workforce ,conducting needs assessments, developing custom development paths, and providing recommendations for curricula/training structure within the client’s schoolhouse.- Guided junior personnel on developing strategy and carrying out various talent management projects.

Key Skills Employed:- Project Management/Technical Lead- Client Interaction and Consultation- Job Analysis/Competency Modeling- Skills Gap Analysis- Career Path Development- Training Needs Assessment- Program Evaluation- Minimum Qualification Development- Pay Band Alignment- Climate and Engagement Survey AnalysisPrized Accomplishments:- Gained expertise in training needs assessment and career path development.- Contributed to the development of competency models and career paths made available as a public resource by a government agency.- Provided comprehensive evaluations of a mentoring program and senior leadership development program.

Key Skills Employed: - Full course development (Upper-Level Undergraduate)- Undergraduate-Level teaching skills- Student EvaluationPrized Accomplishments:- Developed skills in teaching and presentation.- Learned how to organize and present information in a logical manner.- Learned creative methods of instruction.

Key Skills Employed:- Training Development - Organization Change Best Practices Research- Assessment Center Development and Facilitation- Assessment Validation- Job analysis/Competency Modeling- Selection System DevelopmentPrized Accomplishments:- Co-author of a Best Practices trade publication for Denison Consulting: “Using Culture Measurement to Move the Organization Forward: A Primer on Strategic Organization Change.”- Designed and conducted Training Sessions for an organizational change consulting firm.- Developed and administered assessment centers for Law Enforcement. - Conducted a concurrent validity study for an off-the-shelf assessment designed to aid in the selection of customer service sales associates within the food service industry. - Designed complete selection systems for two private sector clients.- Developed a leadership competency model and a work-personality assessment.

Key Skills Employed: - Conducted research aimed at examining the Demand-Control model of occupational stress.Prized Accomplishments:- Conducted, and presented at a national conference, research aimed at examining control within the Demand-Control model of occupational stress.- Organized and directed final wave of data collection, data entry, and preliminary analyses of a 20-year longitudinal study focused on work-related variables and financial and consumer behavior.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Master Of Arts (Ma), General Psychology- Research

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Psychology And Minor In Business