William E. "Bill" Kieffer Email & Phone Number

Toledo, Oh, Us

Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Area

We are a 501(C)(3) established in 2023 to close the veteran-employer culture gap, prepare veterans for career success, and reduce veteran suicide.WHAT DO WE DO: We share “insights from the employer side of the desk” to improve:Awareness – of the work world veterans are seeking to enterUnderstanding – of the tools, techniques, people, processes, norms and expectations in the civilian work worldAbility – to engage with employers in a way they can understandHOW WE DO IT1. Providing service members and veterans free access to two great transition books:“Military Career Transition: Insights from the Employer Side of the Desk”“Veteran Career Journey: More Insights from the Employer Side of the Desk”2. Delivering training based on these books:“Transition Basics - Intelligence Preparation of the Career Battlefield”“Transition 201 - Actions on the Objective: Success After Landing”WHY WE DO IT:We’ve seen too many of our brothers and sisters’ struggle through the pain, hurdles and challenges of career transition directly and indirectly. Far too many have succumbed to suicide. We are passionate about not letting this continue by:- Knocking down hurdles and challenges to transition and career success- Preparing veterans to become value-adding members of the civilian work world- Preparing employers to successfully attract and retain veteransYour tax-deductible donation helps reduce veteran suicide, improve career transition success, and enable long term career success…by providing real-life insights to the civilian workplace culture, norms, and expectations that help close the culture gap that stands between veterans and civilian employers.Donate today by:Visiting veterancareerjourney.orgEmailing bill@veterancareerjourney.orgCalling 419.205.7072Websitehttps://veterancareerjourney.org/

https://www.kieffer-associates.com/Advisory firm providing organizations and individuals guidance and support to create and develop talent capability that maximizes individual and organizational results. Primary focus areas are:Military Veteran Career Transitions- Individual coaching for success during military veterans’ job search and after hire.- Advisory services for hiring managers, organizations, and agencies to optimize the veteran employment experience.Executive Coaching- Extensive experience delivering highly effective, individual leadership coaching that enhances performance and prepares people for future successes. Certified Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach and Why.OS CoachStrategic Talent Management - Uniquely effective advisory services for business leaders that seek to substantially improve their organization's talent capability and achieve strategic business objectives. Practical, rigorous, business-focused, interactive methodology identifies talent capability in support of business strategy & creates solutions that close talent capability gaps

San Diego, California, Us

The Honor Foundation (THF) is a unique transition institute created exclusively for the U.S. Special Operations community. We provide a clear process for professional development and a diverse ecosystem of world class support and technology. Every step is dedicated to preparing these outstanding men and women to continue to realize their maximum potential during and after their service career.

We inject the holistic wellness practices of elite Army Rangers into America. RFL recognizes there is a “war for talent”. As the value of the individual increases in corporate America, organizations must retain their top talent to continue to grow and win. From the battlefield to the boardroom and the homestead, the RFL programs and activities enable America to live “a more elite” life.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Career Transition Support for Law Enforcement Professionals. Every law enforcement professional will eventually transition from Service to Civilian. We have been on both sides of the fence and know first-hand that transitions can be TOUGH! That is precisely why we are on a mission to connect LEO's to Resources and our network of experienced and trusted advisors', to simplify and bring clarity to this transition process.

Zurich, Ch

Amcor Rigid Plastics is a $3.3B producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging as well as containers using other plastic resins, with nearly 7,000 employees at 70 sites across 12 countries. It is part of AMCOR Limited (ASX: AMC) a $9.5B Australian company with 31,000 employees and 195+ sites in 43 countries. Member of the global HR leadership team; top functional leader of a team of six professionals responsible for strategy and implementation of talent acquisition, performance management, learning & development, talent management, engagement, and a variety of related functions including immigration, affirmative action, and diversity & inclusion. Lead HR professional for the global procurement organization and the Liquiform start-up business.- Partnered with leadership team to transform enterprise talent management strategy to create talent capability aligned with business strategy and circumstances.- Assessed, re-organized, and upgraded team talent capability to achieve planned objectives.- Organizational transformation leader for $4+M initiative to upgrade procurement function.- Steering committee member for stand-up of global program management office; key advisor on all matters related to people, organization and structure.- Led development and implementation of first-ever, enterprise-wide, customed-designed management development curriculum for 700+ leaders.- Led the development of talent-related strategies, plans and initiatives for the global sales/marketing and manufacturing councils, positively impacting commercial and operations talent capability.- Led enterprise-wide talent assessment efforts (pre-hire and performance improvement) resuting in improved hiring quality and incumbent performance.- Conducted numerous individual leadership coaching engagements.- Rigorously managed functional budget to maintain margin targets despite fluid business conditions.

Maumee, Ohio, Us

Top HR professional for $1.7 billion commercial vehicle business, with 5,200 employees and 19 plants in six countries.Partnered with business president to lead organizational and leadership team transformation, resulting in significantly improved teamwork, employee engagement, and shareholder confidence.Key voice in rethinking strategic planning process, leading to greater clarity and alignment of strategic objectives.Instituted structured employee communications program, significantly improving employee confidence in leadership transparency and decision making. Reorganized global sales leadership to align with market conditions and improve customer retention/recovery. Upgraded program management team leadership, improving stage-gate planning accuracy, on-time performance, and cross-functional cooperation. Led plant-by-plant evaluation of wage and benefit issues, economic factors, and competitive conditions in preparation for 2017 labor negotiations with the USW and UAW.

Maumee, Ohio, Us

Senior Human Resources leader responsible for design and delivery of enterprise-level, global talent management and organizational development strategy and practices for global automotive manufacturing company ($6+ billion, 23,000 employees, 100+ locations). Partnered with C-suite and leaders at all levels to successfully establish global enterprise human resources and talent management strategies, metrics, and practices that met/exceeded all expectations and positively impacted overall business results, talent capability, and engagement. These include: business-based HR strategic planning, leadership talent assessment and development, succession planning, career pathing, learning and development strategy, engagement, coaching and mentoring, global performance management and various others. Senior Human Resource leader responsible for the development and delivery of full spectrum HR support to Dana's Finance, Engineering, Sales, Legal, Information Technology, Purchasing, Aftermarket, HR, and Corporate Communications teams totaling nearly 2000 people across the globe. Successfully implemented and delivered talent acquisition, talent management, organizational design, succession planning, performance management, employee relations, compensation and benefits objectives at or above all established metrics.

Toledo, Ohio, Us

Developed and enhanced human resource and talent management functions, including staff planning and recruiting, performance management, training, succession planning, benefits, and employee relations. Created a ‘line of sight’ business strategy template that provided connectivity between long-term corporate objectives and individual accountability.

Orange County, California, Us

Top organizational development and training leader for $2.9 billion global transportation and supply chain services company. Developed and implemented global HR strategy, metrics, and dashboard that aligned HR plans and measures with strategic business plans, resulting in achievement of all planned goals. Developed new sales incentive plan that drove achievement of profitability goals. Created and implemented global performance management process that enhanced goal setting and improved performance evaluation rates – previously unmeasured – to more than 90%.

Responsible for the retention, expansion, and attraction of business and industry to Ottawa County, Ohio. Established first-ever single site inventory of properties available for development, enabling increased attraction of potential developers and investors.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Served in variety of leadership and staff positions including global defense and disaster recovery operations with the 7th Infantry Division (Light) and 10th Mountain Division, the U.S. Army Logistics Management College, and U.S. Army Recruiting Command.

Leading For Organizational Impact

Executive Education, Strategic Human Resources

Executive Education, Leadership Education Program

Master'S, Administration

Bba, Human Resource Management