Sep 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Specialty areas:
• Leader Transition (Newly Promoted/Newly Hired)
• Leader Succession/Next Level Readiness
• Executive Presence/Leading Authentically
• Vision/Strategic Thinking
• Emotional Intelligence

Jul 2022 – Aug 2022 · 1 mo · Atlanta, Georgia

• Took a summer sabbatical for my own R&R and to complete my yoga instructor 200 hours certification. Working on my passion project of writing/strategizing how to integrate mindfulness and movement with leadership coaching and training, to help leaders better navigate constant change. Continuing my work as an executive coach, including sub-contracting with some of the major vendors/industry leaders in the coaching field.

Jun 2020 – Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Reporting to the VP of Talent and Employee Experience, in a two-part role as: a) Senior Executive Coach for UKG senior leaders (SVPs, Vps and Directors); and b) Director of UKG's Coaching Center of Excellence and leadership coaching programs. Responsible for:
• UKG's Coaching Strategy (three-year plan, as part of UKG's 70/20/10 talent development strategy)
• Streamline custom executive coaching offerings, process and vendors to manage costs, increase quality and measure ROI
• Piloting and scaling a global coaching platform vendor (BetterUp) for Leadership Transition Coaching for newly hired and promoted UKG Directors
• Piloting and scaling the CARE Leadership Transition Coaching program for newly hired and promoted UKG SVPs, VPs and Senior Directors
• Personally delivering coaching as Lead Executive Coach for SVPs, VPs and Senior Directors (carrying a rolling average of 40 coaching clients in six month coaching engagements)
• Since launch in March of 2021, these coaching programs delivered over 1,500 coaching sessions with an average take-rate of 80% (e.g. leaders who opted into the coaching programs) and average C-Sat scores ranging from Above-average to Excellent. Resulted in total of 280 (one-third) of all UKG senior leaders (Director and above) receiving coaching as part of their individual development plans.

Jan 2020 – Jun 2020 · 5 mos · Greater Atlanta Area

• Reporting directly to the interim CHRO, responsible for Talent Development in five Centers of Excellence (COEs):
• Global Leadership Strategy
• Leadership Effectiveness
• Manager Effectiveness
• Team Effectiveness
• Coaching and Assessments
• Led a team of fourteen talent coaches, consultants, learning designers and operations specialists across the COE's, to execute strategic talent initiatives to enable Ultimate's leadership and teams during a time of massive disruption and change: Ultimate's transition from a 30-year, publicly-held company to purchase by private equity; a subsequent merger with Kronos Incorporated; and navigating the Covid-19 global pandemic. Highlight was design and delivery of the People Inspired Leadership Series (PILS). PILS brought UKG's 2,000 leaders across the globe together virtually to begin to create shared values and leadership priorities for the new company. The result was a six-month, virtual leadership conference leveraging thought-leader speakers (e.g., Adam Grant), peer learning circles and on-line learning content around five key themes based on employee engagement data. PILS was nominated and awarded Gold for Excellence in the Future of Work by the Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards in 2021.

Mar 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos · Greater Atlanta Area

• Recruited to Ultimate Software (an HCM technology leader) as the senior executive coach and leader of Coaching Center of Excellence. Delivered top talent (SVP, VP and Director) development programs to drive our leadership pipeline. Partnered with the lead for Talent Assessments to deliver:
• Leadership coaching and assessment strategy, program design and execution
• 1:1 Executive coaching programs (focused on onboarding, promotions and other key leadership transitions)
• Group coaching/peer learning program to prepare HIPO Directors and Sr. Directors for the next level
• Delivered executive coaching engagements (1:1 and peer cohort) annually to an average of 150+ C-suite, SVP, VP, Senior Director and Director-level talent, with a staff of two, full-time internal executive coaches. Managed and reduced costs of external coaching via a strategic, hybrid coaching model with differential leverage -- internal coaches for newly-hired and newly-promoted leaders, and external coaches for custom engagements for individual leaders with skill gaps or behavioral change needs.
• Also led a cross-departmental team in the creation of Ultimate's CARE Program for leaders in transition. Purpose was to integrate newly-hired executives and managers into the company, better and faster. And to support newly-promoted leaders as they stepped into their first six months of next-level leadership. Over time, expanded the program into on-line learning resources (e.g. LinkedIn Learning) and peer coaching circles in order to scale across a fast-growing, global company and to lower levels (e.g. new managers).

Mar 2014 – Mar 2018 · 4 yrs · Detroit Metropolitan Area

• EY's Americas Leadership and Team Coaching (ALTC) is a pioneer and industry leader in the field of internal executive coaching. In 2017, the ALTC won second place for the global ICF Prism Award. To date, the ALTC has coached more than 6,000 leaders across the EY Americas executive level -- senior executives, partners, principles, executive directors and directors.
• As the Americas Executive Transitions Coaching Leader, I was responsible for our Executive Transitions Coaching business strategy, exceptional client service, measurement/ROI, and thought leadership. Including: leading a team of six direct reports, each responsible for one of our Transition coaching offerings; serving on the ALTC leadership team with shared responsibility for our extended team of 20 internal executive coaches; and delivering my own book of executive coaching services (to a rolling average of 40 partners and leaders across EY's four service lines of Assurance, Tax, Advisory and TAS), with the lead role managing our services to EY America's Central Region, and EY's Inclusive Leadership Program (for HIPO DEI partners).
• Our team provided coaching services in six key areas of leadership transitions: Newly Promoted Partners, Direct Admits (Executive Onboarding), M&A Direct Admits, Mobility (Expat), Career & Family (New Parents), and Next Level Roles for Experienced Executives.

Jan 2000 – Mar 2014 · 14 yrs 2 mos · Greater Detroit Area

• As a boutique leadership development company, partnered with large coaching vendors (e.g. CouchSource), business school executive programs (e.g., Duke Corporate Education) and other independent coaches and consultants to design and deliver high-potential leadership development programs (e.g. EY's Inclusiveness Leadership Program) to drive business strategy. Focused on increasing self-awareness and next-level, leadership skills to help Fortune 100 companies diversify, fill and sustain their leadership pipeline. While teaching individual leaders how to not only survive but thrive at every phase of their life and career (New Managers, Directors and VPs).

Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 · 1 yr · Greater Atlanta Area

• Held one of only seven such positions in the global company. Coached, consulted and trained vice presidents, directors and their management teams around personal leadership, organizational learning and business planning. Clients included leaders and teams in U.S. and international business units, independent bottlers and customer organizations.

Jan 1998 – Jan 1999 · 1 yr · Greater Atlanta Area

• Selected as a high potential/emerging leader and recruited for a developmental assignment supporting the newly appointed senior vice president and general manager for the largest U.S. operating division of The Coca-Cola Company. Primary duties included coaching the SVP through his transition, coordinating annual business planning for the division and developing teamwork among senior leaders.

Jan 1996 – Jan 1998 · 2 yrs · Greater Atlanta Area

• Recruited into the company for a start-up, internal consulting group. Our mission was to develop a learning organization as a competitive strategy for growing the U.S. business. Managed and delivered executive coaching and organization development services for the six regional sales and marketing VPs leading the largest U.S. division of The Coca-Cola Company. Certified in the five learning disciplines to deliver leadership coaching, leadership training, annual business planning and action learning/problem-solving sessions on critical business issues.

Jan 1994 – Jan 1996 · 2 yrs · Greater Atlanta Area

• Hired in as a Senior Consultant, promoted within a year to Manager. Specialized in change management, training and team building to support roll-outs of global ERP systems (e.g., SAP, People) within Fortune 500 companies. Also known for my expertise in designing and facilitating meetings for both large project groups and small, senior leadership teams.

Jan 1989 – Jan 1994 · 5 yrs · Greater Atlanta Area

• Responsible for research projects on demographic and leadership trends for a ten-county, metropolitan planning organization. Managed the Regional Leadership Institute which annually graduated fifty top leaders from business, government and NFPs. Designed and facilitated community strategic planning efforts, including a visioning project for the future of Atlanta which engaged over 1,000 leaders from the region.