🇬🇧Val Wright Email & Phone Number

South Pasadena, CA, US

I accelerate growth and innovation for CEO's, Founders and Business Leaders. I have spent twenty six years partnering with executives to galvanize customers and employees to gain market superiority across the fashion, e-commerce, technology, creative and entertainment industries. I have sat at both sides of the table, as executive building organizations at.

London, GB

Rapid Growth Done RightSuccessful, growing organizations have one thing in common: they focus their attention on the relationship between their creative, technical and business teams. This allows them to have a clear and deliberate emphasis on the way the company is led, their approach to making decisions and the best ways to successfully adapt during.

Hoboken, NJ, US

Named best business book by Independent Press Awards and NYC Big Book Awards Thoughtfully Ruthless lays out the secret to rapid business growth by how you invent more time, manage your energy closer than your phone battery, and unlock capacity in the resources around you. Join executives from Starbucks, Amazon, Microsoft, and the LA Lakers and implement.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

I write about Los Angeles area companies accelerating growth and innovation. You can read my column here:https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/bio/39675/Val+Wright

New York, New York, US

Val Wright shares insights how leaders can accelerate growth and innovation by being Thoughtfully RuthlessSM with their time, energy and resources.

Graton, CA, US

Founding member and speaker on the Harvest Council Advisory Board. Harvest Summit is an invitation-only Innovation Field Trip for leaders outstanding in their fields. Innovators, influencers, and tastemakers are joined by award-winning chefs, winemakers and artisans to think, talk and celebrate the art, science and social impact of innovation. The first.

Seattle, WA, US

As part of the Fashion Leadership Team responsible for Amazon's Fashion e-commerce business, I developed a leadership and organization plan that accelerated business growth and transformed the customer shopping experience.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Lead a team to build the organization capability of our Services business to deliver our long term business strategy for 17,000 employees World Wide.
• Partnered with Corporate Vice President to facilitate 3 year strategic planning process and develop change plan.
• Identified gaps in leadership bench strength and developed plan to address.
• Created a customized leadership development experience for the top 60 world wide Field Services Leaders.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Responsible for organization development initiatives across the Xbox 360 business of 5000 employees world wide.
• Partnered with the HR GM and the IEB Leadership team to completed an organization capability assessment for the Interactive Entertainment Business and developed a 3 year plan for the evolution of the organization to.
• Led a virtual team of HR partners to create and drive the people plan for the Kinect business. (Staffing, HR business partners, organization development and communications)
• Partnered with the Kinect Leadership Team from incubation through to launch to create and deliver the organization development and change management plan.
• Developed ‘the.best.offsite.ever.’ for planning the strategy of xbox, where the first idea of Kinect was formed.
• Worked with the xbox, hardware, incubation and studios leadership teams to develop high performing teams.

• Ran the program management office for Entertainment & Devices Division and Bill Gates Group.
• Led key annual processes and programs across world wide businesses. (performance review, employee survey, career progression etc.)
• Led the organization design and change management plan for the acquisition of Lionhead game studio.
• Designed a communication plan that produced effective meetings, team offsites and relevant communications.

Twycross, Warwickshire, GB

• Responsible for the integration strategy and change management plan following the acquisition of the Rare game studio of 250 employees. Led the HR team to deliver innovative people solutions for animators, musicians.
• Worked with the founding brothers and the executive teams at Rare and Microsoft to develop a people strategy linked to business objectives.
• Developed flexible solutions that ensured we retained the successful elements of the company culture while making improvements at the right speed.
• Provided leadership coaching on the transition moving from a family run studio to being acquired by Microsoft.
• Established a performance management system customized to fit the organization culture.
• Developed compensation philosophy supported by Job Families and Career Ladders.

Kista, Stockholm, SE

Designed and led global change management program to transform the global HR Organization to a shared services model for this Global Telecommunications company.

Kista, Stockholm, SE

Established HR organization for a 24/7 technical support business across EMEA and North America. Drove organization change during rapid expansion and contraction of the global telecommunications market.

Diamond Bar, CA, US

Restructured the HR department to focus on a proactive HR partnership, recruited a new team to work with the management teams in matrix structure during a period of significant organizational change following the outsourcing of an ex- public sector business to this Professional Services company.

GB

Supporting the Sales & Marketing functions during the merger of Rover and BMW. Designed selection centres, cultural awareness workshops and a rotation program for talent movement within this Global Manufacturing company.

London, England, GB

• Responsible for 7 stores providing support on all HR issues to store management teams. Led project team to restructure company sales force to enhance productivity, service, sales and efficiency across 48 Stores for.
• Devised a method and review process to assess current working practices using work-studies and productivity measures. Proposed solutions to Board of Directors with cost benefit analysis.
• Implemented 'ideal staffing model' and automated scheduling system. Proven success in increased sales in stores, improved customer service ratings, increased employee morale and lowered employee turnover.

London, England, GB

• Took a ‘blank sheet of paper' approach in reviewing all HR policies and procedures for this new store opening.
• Designed and implemented large-scale recruitment campaign hiring all 450 store employees in 6 months.
• Introduced new remuneration and benefits package and launched a new range of corporate business wear.
• Project managed a company pilot for a computerised staff scheduling and time and attendance system.

London, England, GB

• Renewed focus on management and employee development in this 300 employee store.
• Second department store in UK to achieve Investors in People national employee investment accreditation

London, England, GB

Advised on full range of personnel issues for store management team at this Flagship store of 2000 employees, including disciplinary issues, managing absenteeism and recruitment.

London, England, GB

Completed training needs assessment and designed a Management Development program for Department Managers. Introduced ‘Accelerated Development Programme’ for internal management trainees.