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Melissa Walker with NextCareer

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Melissa Walker from NextCareer stopped by our Dallas studio to discuss how Fortune 1000 companies are leveraging the talent of U.S. veterans.

Melissa is a highly motivated Human Resource leader with 13 years of proven success in developing and maintaining strategic business partnerships to align business needs to HR strategy. Through Talent Acquisition, Leadership Development, Talent Management, Transition Resource Planning, Process Management, Compensation/Total Rewards, Organization Design and Change management she has successfully delivered high value through the enterprise. Melissa uses her ability to influence others based on leadership skills and analytics to achieve strong results, build solid relationships to help navigate the transformation in the insurance industry. Her career emphasis is to develop and maintain human resource services that surpass corporate objectives while maintaining high ethical standards.

 

Dylan Rafaty with DylanListed

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Dylan Rafaty from DylanListed stopped by our Dallas studio to discuss training, integrating, and leveraging employees with disabilities.

Dylan is the Founder/President and CEO of DylanListed, an organization whose mission is to provide innovative online tools and offline events to sustain a focus on gainful employment for all US job seekers who are individuals with a disability (IWDs) and self-identify.

 

Patrice Wheeler with People Skills for Professionals

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Patrice Wheeler from People Skills for Professionals stopped by our Dallas studio to discuss the value of utilizing the equestrian model to maximize leadership development.

Patrice combines her profession as an Executive Coach with her passion for horses, by serving both. As an International Equine Facilitated Coach at her privately owned and operated facility, The Wheel O’Life Equine Sanctuary, she and her equine coaches provide humans with the opportunity to experience authentic self awareness. The Wheel O’Life Sanctuary provides the platform for her coaching business, Ridge Equus, and her humanitarian efforts for needy equine, Heart To Hoof.

 

Tom Allen with Opango

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Tom Allen from Opango discussed how L&D organizations can take their performance to the next level by leveraging technology.

Tom is Founder and CEO of Opango, provider of a Cloud based Learning Management System for the Enterprise and Small Business . It’s primary purpose is to deliver on demand product training, franchise training, certification and continuing education. The platform delivers courses, tracks progress, administers quizzes, final tests, surveys, certificates and maintains student transcripts
Opango also provides full service course development including learning 2.0 instructional design, writing, photography, audio, videography, interactive 2D and Photo Realistic 3D animations.

 

Michele Cox with Interstate Batteries

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Michele Cox from Interstate Batteries stopped by our Dallas studio to discuss how her company is using soft-skills training to help employees develop their talents into strengths.

Michele’s strengths include Strategy, Collaboration, Building Relationships, Leading Teams, Communications, Training Development and Facilitation. She is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach. Michele has extensive experience meeting the training and communications needs of Fortune 500 firms as well as startup companies.  She is a consultant responsible for various aspects of corporate video production including script writing, performing, and directing. Michele provides voiceover and on-air talent for radio and televised spots. She is a Director and Event Planner responsible for creating, writing, planning, directing, and implementing large-scale programs

Specialties: Leadership development, Training Program and Project management, People management, Curriculum development, Information development, Facilitator, Trainer of Trainers, Event Planner Extraordinaire

 

Keith Meyerson with Santander Consumer USA

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Keith Meyerson of Santander Consumer USA stopped by our Dallas studio to discuss integrating and aligning business goals with L&D programs.

Keith is a Talent, Learning, Leadership & Organizational Development professional with over 15 years experience leading performance improvement efforts in the retail sector. His focus is on interventions that address systemic issues that are aligned with organizational strategies. Keith has demonstrated success in all aspects of the Talent Management Pipeline and use of emerging technologies to increase efficiency and transparency across the enterprise. He is a pioneer in the use of internal social platforms that capture knowledge, increase employee engagement and deliver on L&D’s goal of providing true just-in-time learning for all associates.

 

Mo Bunnell with Bunnell Idea Group

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Learning Insights Radio provides case studies, lessons learned, and leading-edge business practices from learning leaders and TrainingPros Relationship Managers across the country.

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Mo Bunnell runs a global business development consulting firm called Bunnell Idea Group (BIG). Their trademarked GrowBIG® Integrated System is helping companies grow their business faster, in the right way.

Bunnell Idea Group (BIG) is dedicated to helping business professionals and full time sales people excel at growing their business. The GrowBIG® Integrated System is efficient, effective, and highly successful for professionals who have a limited amount of time to devote to business development. This comprehensive training and coaching system is based on behavioral science, designed to inspire real behavioral change, and deliver real results. GrowBIG® builds a culture of business development success, so any firm that adopts GrowBIG® for business development will be more competitive and successful over the long-term. The team at BIG have trained more than 10,000 people at over 300 organizations.

Mo provides leadership, management and vision for Bunnell Idea Group, Inc. (BIG). He is a leading authority on business development strategy, integration and effectiveness. Mo has shaped the success strategies for many of the world’s best professional service firms and product companies. He has dedicated his career to researching and developing the most cutting-edge resources and tools to enable companies to reach their full potential. He authored and developed the GrowBIG® system over a 15-year period of research and development. His journey has been focused on perfecting a system that ensures that anyone can learn to do successful business development in the right way. Mo has worked in nearly every capacity of business development; as a Rainmaker, management executive, strategist, business development consultant, coach and facilitator. He is a highly accomplished keynote speaker and presenter. He is passionate about helping our clients grow their business faster.

 

 

Perry Benson with Manhattan Associates

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Perry Benson, the Training Delivery Manager at Manhattan Associates joins Learning Insights Radio to discuss the considerations a leader must take when faced with leading a Global Training Organization.  Not only does a leader have to consider the cultural differences in regions of the world, but the design of training must be scalable, sustainable, and reproducible.

Perry Benson is a Manager at Manhattan Associates utilizing leadership skills in Global Program Management and Business Reengineering to lead strategic initiatives, develop and support key B2B relationships and evangelize best-in-class commitment to customer success; expand company’s footprint with scalable training programs; and initiate best practices, processes and standards to optimize performance, increase profit margins and exceed profitability targets.

 

 

Joanne Layne with Lee Hecht Harrison

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Lee Hecht Harrison’s Joanne Layne stopped by our remote NYC studio to discuss change management and how to become change ready.

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Joanne Layne is SVP & Change Management Practice Lead with Lee Hecht Harrison. She demonstrates thought ­leader level of knowledge and understanding of consulting on organizational change management, talent development and learning initiatives and solutions. Joanne leads change management initiatives globally and regionally, including employee engagement, culture change, and organizational effectiveness. She has extensive experience building organizational and leadership capability during restructurings, IT transformations, mergers and acquisitions.

Joanne has a drive-­for-results orientation with the ability to translate complex, strategic topics into specific, understandable goals, tactics, action plans and deliverables. She has superior presentation and facilitation skills, strong planning, proposal writing and project management skills, the ability to organize/prioritize work, manage multiple tasks and projects and function effectively as a self-­directed leader. Joanne has a proven excellence in client facing roles. She partners with Regional and Global Business and Functional leaders to identify project requirements and resources, and follow­-through to increase organizational effectiveness.

Joanne has a strong business acumen in the financial services, healthcare and pharmaceuticals industries. She has Subject Matter expertise in change management, resilience, training and development, employee engagement and career development. Joanne is able to work well with diverse levels and cultures. She has a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management.