Val Larson Email & Phone Number

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Leadership Development, Organizational Development and Talent Management Leader whose high impact consultative approach nets big wins for her client base. Her global leadership experience spans over 50 locations in Asia, Europe and across the Americas serving over 20,000 employees. Examples of Val’s ability to lead change that sticks, is seen in the holistic nature of culture change processes that are drivers of and tightly integrated with:1. The businesses’ strategic plan2. Guiding organizational values3. Developing skilled leaders that engender trust4. Her own value system of engaging all stakeholders in the business processThese methods are built from a carefully created suite of processes and tools that anchor new thinking, behaviors, and practices into place enabling a shift in culture.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Talent Management/Organizational Development leader that changed cultural norms:*Drove the adoption of a results based Performance Management system tied to the corporate financial cycle*Redefined/restructured the talent management and succession processes adding rigor and transparency*Initiated baseline lean/employee engagement processes

Ringwood, Nj

Developed client leadership capability in: *Leading change *Engaging their workforce to maximize profits *Building internal "improvement engines" and the ability to perpetuate improvement culture

Franklin Lakes, Nj

Global organizational effectiveness leader for 54 locations across 14 countries serving 20,000 employees. *Drove the adoption of cultural norms that contributed to gross profit increase of 3+% on $8 billion base. *Influenced for the rapid adoption of consistent norms which allows one global platform for: -Leadership Development -Enterprise Change Management -Improvement Integration -Employee Engagement -Global Value Stream Alignment -Succession Planning

Initiated the organizational effectiveness function for the manufacturing division. Created standards/ expectations and processes to perpetuate agreed to standards/expectations. Created the processes and staff to execute on these initiatives in a rapidly expanding environment.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Organizational Development

Mba

Bs, Education