Curated Collection Of The Best Interviews From Learning Insights
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Asfa Malik / IRI
Asfa is VP, Corporate Training at IRI. She is currently responsible for learning programs for IRI employees. Programs ranging from basic CPG metrics and applications, Business Insights, Presentation and Storytelling skills, and internal applications/tools/solutions/processes as well as consultative dialogue skills.
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Angela Moustis / Cars.com
Angela is a Trainer & Instructional Designer with Cars.com. She has a passion for helping people realize their full potential and achieve all that they aspire to achieve. Her latest role puts her in a position to do just that. Angela focuses on dynamic training programs that stimulate, inspire, and educate employees on what it takes to succeed in today’s business world.
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Jill Zimmerman / Mercer
An accomplished HR Executive, with more than 30 years of demonstrated success assisting organizations align their talent and business strategy. Known for leadership in developing comprehensive, cost effective and best practice talent acquisition, development, management and inclusion strategies and solutions.
Currently, Jill is Partner,Chief Talent & Diversity Officer responsible for the Global Talent and Diversity and Inclusion strategy for Mercer. Jill and her team build and consult on the Global people strategy, programs, processes and tools to build the talent pipeline, develop key capabilities, create an engaged workforce, fully utilize Mercer’s diversity and ensure inclusion, and optimize the effectiveness of the leaders and managers at all levels.Jill bridges Mercer’s external consulting work with the internal by leveraging Mercer’s Talent Consulting expertise and by expanding offerings, to position Mercer as best at talent.
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John Fitzpatrick / Avalon Foster Group and Maryland ATD
John has worked with over 300 companies at providing employee learning solutions targeted at reaching strategic business objectives. His direct experience spans healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, professional services, and state and local governments. His business initiatives encompass everything from systems modernization to change management, organizational realignment, business processes innovation, new technology adoption, and educational support systems for internal and external customers. John is passionate about corporate learning and has enjoyed the challenge of helping clients develop strategies to remove barriers to performance through the strategic application of talent development, technology, and change management tactics.
Over the span of his career, he has initiated several private-public partnerships with Universities and Colleges to enrich the services provided to corporate clients and for broader industry needs. His practical results driven approach comes from his insight into solving business challenges through the mutual application of processes improvements, applied technology and a talented workforce.
John was awarded the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award by the Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association and the Duquesne University School of Business from which he has also received his Master’s Degree in Business Administration. John has consulted and led executive workshops and seminars for many Fortune 500 companies.
Prior to founding Avalon Foster, John was President of PCIQ Enterprise Learning and served as a Senior Consultant for Delta Development Group.
Specialties:Executive management and supervision, new business development, P&L responsibility, staffing, budgeting and finance, engagement management, IT project management, joint ventures and alliances, cross functional team management, e-learning technology solutions, organizational development, workforce development programs and processes, public funding attainment, economic incentives negotiation.
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Stacy Cook / Federal Management Partners
Stacy Cook joined Federal Management Partners in 2008 after completing a tour with the DoD Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Iraq. Since joining FMP, Ms. Cook has specialized in analyzing, developing, delivering, and evaluating customized training programs aligned with organizational development and change management initiatives. She has conducted over 2,000 hours of classroom training on subjects related to performance management, presentation skills, meeting effectiveness, leadership development, coaching skills, workforce planning, and many more. A recognized thought leader, Ms. Cook has led a variety of public presentations on the topic of Learning and Development, most recently at the 2014 ASTD (now ATD) International Conference and Exposition and the 2014 SHRM Annual Conference.
Ms. Cook also has deep expertise in all aspects of performance management including designing performance management systems, change communications for new system implementations, writing effective performance objectives, delivering and receiving performance feedback, and cascading organizational goals to the work unit and individual performance plans.
Ms. Cook holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, International Studies, and Russian Language and Literature from the University of Wisconsin. She also holds a Master of Arts in Adult Learning and Leadership from the Teachers College of Columbia University in New York City.
Specialties: Training and Organizational Development, Change Management, Performance Management, Pay for Performance, Workforce Planning, Program Management
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Adam Yasneski / Maryland ATD
Adam has professional experience in creating and delivering training for Loan and Deposit service origination. He has led, coached, and developed sales teams both internally, for the organizations Adam has worked for, as well as externally, for the financial institutions they support. His most recent accomplishment was spearheading an internal project to develop and deploy an online training platform that helps grow partners’ business and point of sale knowledge.
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Darlene Brady-Christopher / World Bank
Darlene is an accomplished learning and development professional with ten years experience leading innovative learning programs. She has expertise in managing the training life cycle from analysis to evaluation. Darlene is recognized for ability to relate to and collaborate with executives and peers across cultures to deliver successful training initiatives that solve problems and grow business. Her specialty is in virtual classroom training and she is a frequent speaker at national trade conferences.
Darlene is the author of The Successful Virtual Classroom,published by the American Management Association.
Darlene’s daughter, Valerie, joined her at Learning Insights as part of World Bank’s Take Your Children To Work Day. Valerie is a second grader.
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Valerie Christopher
Darlene’s Daughter
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Anne Jacoby / AARP TEK
Anne is a training and development professional with a depth of experience in creating learning organizations to design and implement performance improvement strategies. Her primary focus is on the adult learner using a blended learning approach in technology training. Anne is an analytical results oriented leader, well regarded by colleagues and clients for strategic vision, strong business ethics, integrity and commitment to quality. Her key skills include instructional design for instructor-led and eLearning solutions, facilitation, program management and the ability to drive business results in a dynamic environment.
Specialties: Management of Training Organizations, Instructional Design and Development, Instructor-led Facilitation, Communications, Business Development, Online Training Development, Driving Business Results
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Foster Rockwell / Evidera
Foster helps people solve people performance issues via learning and training programs. He is an innovative workplace learning manager with 20 years creating and directing organizational training and development functions and supervising learning professionals at all levels. Foster is a strong leader adept at aligning global resources to meet strategic learning objectives. He has experience leading change initiatives including training organization optimization and LMS/CMS system implementations. Foster’s core leadership expertise includes managing multi-million dollar budgets, operational and fiscal management, project management, cross-functional partnership, and process analysis. He has a strong background in developing learning solutions, performance improvement, needs assessment, instructional technology and design and evaluation of learning transfer.
Specialties: training management, performance improvement, learning and development, needs analysis, instructional design, program evaluation, training delivery
