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Global Strategic Workforce Planning Lead @ Monsanto Company - Design and Implement Monsanto's first Global Strategic Workforce Planning Process- Lead team commissioned with: 1) Designing and implementing a standard process for HR Generalists globally to understand the business strategy and assess the most significant talent issues facing their teams. 2) Building the HR community's analytical, strategic and OD/Change management skills through direct training of almost all HR Generalists in the company. 3) Improving the quality and usability of Human Capital Metrics needed for Strategic Workforce Planning. 4) Establishing a new position management process to improve quality of short-term forecasting.- Oversee Monsanto's Global Quarterly Engagement Pulse Survey - measures engagement levels and trends across all divisions and world areas.- Ongoing OD Support- Continue to Provide OD support and leadership as needed, primarily to senior level teams and individuals. From June 2008 to July 2012 (4 years 2 months) Greater St. Louis AreaDirector Organizational Development @ Monsanto Company Organizational Development & Culture Initiatives: - Act as a General Internal OD Consultant - Involved with numerous OD efforts at the individual, team, business and regional levels. Interventions include: strategic planning and visioning, group process facilitation, customized training, team building, and satisfaction surveys as well as other forms of assessment and feedback.- Lead Global Engagement Survey-- Lead Global Upward Feedback Process (Leadership -180) - - Manage CEO and Executive Team Succession Planning Process- Lead Monsanto's Global Leadership Exchange: Annual 2 week intensive high potential leadership development program.- Co-Lead Asian Leadership Program: A similar leadership development seminar for the Asia/Pacific region which runs for 18 months rather than 2 weeks. - Develop, Managed and Regularly Delivered Leadership Development Courses and Diversity Programs From September 2001 to June 2008 (6 years 10 months) Greater St. Louis AreaPresident, Principal @ Ferron Creek LLC Providing organizational development consulting for large and mid-sized organizations through leadership development and coaching; succession planning; talent management; organizational design and restructuring; change management; organizational assessment and analytics; and culture building. Salt Lake City, Utah, United StatesVice President, HR, Leadership and Organizational Development @ Vista Outdoor Inc. Responsible for building and leading the Leadership & Organizational Development function for the corporation focusing on innovating new ways of building great talent through leadership development, succession planning, talent management, culture and engagement assessments, and change management. Also lead all HR Business Partners domestically and internationally within the $1B Outdoor Products segment of Vista Outdoor including iconic brands like CamelBak, Bell, Giro, Blackburn, Bolle, Serengeti, Cebe, Bushnell, Primos, Simmons, Tasco, Weaver, Gold Tip, Jimmy Styks, and Camp-Chef. From March 2015 to September 2019 (4 years 7 months) Greater Salt Lake City AreaVice President Organizational Effectiveness @ Panera Bread Responsible for building a new Org. Effectiveness function within a dynamic and growing retail food business. Focus areas include: - Executive Succession Planning and Development- General Leadership Development Strategy and Execution- Talent Analytics Including Companywide Engagement Assessments- Performance Management Strategy and Execution- Talent Acquisition Strategy and Execution- Selection and other Talent Assessments and Feedback Tools- General Organizational Development Initiatives. From May 2012 to June 2014 (2 years 2 months) Greater St. Louis AreaDirector Organizational Development @ SOLUTIA INC Lead the corporate OD function including designing and implementing OD, leadership and learning and development initiatives across all locations and business units. From May 2001 to September 2001 (5 months) St. Louis City County, Missouri, United StatesSr. Manager - Organizational Development and Training Leader @ SOLUTIA INC Lead team of distributed OD, Learning and Development resources across 23 locations in 7 countries. Implemented first virtual learning platform in the company. From September 1999 to May 2001 (1 year 9 months) Pensacola, Florida, United StatesManager - Site OD, Training, and Development Leader @ SOLUTIA INC Lead a team of four training coordinators in the development and deployment of technical, compliance and soft-skills training at a manufacturing site of 2000 employees. Included time with Monsanto Co. prior to Spin in 1997. From November 1996 to September 1999 (2 years 11 months) Pensacola, Florida, United States