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Susan O’Connell with Habitat for Humanity International

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Susan O’Connell/Habitat for Humanity International

Susan O’Connell is a fifteen year veteran in the learning field, leading and advising on strategic and cost-effective learning programs that develop staff skills, enhance productivity, and support organizational change.

In 2009, she successfully transitioned from the Fortune 50 business setting to the international non-profit sector where she played a key role in increasing online course enrollments by 50% over a one-year period. Susan serves as the Learning and Organizational Development Manager with Habitat for Humanity International.  She holds a Master of Education in Human Resource and Organizational Development from the University of Georgia.

 

 

 

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Tom Karl and Adam Alexander with Mastery Works

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Tom Karl and Adam Alexander with Mastery Works discuss how companies with great career development initiatives have been able to gain a strategic advantage over their competitors by engaging and retaining employees, and by aligning talent with future business needs.

 

 

 

 

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Russ Simpson with Acuity Brands Lighting

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Russ Simpson/Acuity Brands Lighting 

Russ Simpson is the Director, Talent Management and Human Resources Shared Services with Acuity Brands Lighting. As the leader of the HR Shared Services department, Russ is responsible the following areas:

– Talent Sourcing
– Organization Development
– Payroll
– Human Resources Information Systems
– Employee Communication

 

 

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Candy Williams with Atlas Roofing Corporation

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Candy Williams/Atlas Roofing Corporation 

Candy Williams is the Manager, Talent & Organizational Development for Atlas Roofing Corporation. Candy is a Talent Management / Human Resources Professional with 20 years of experience and proven success working with cross-functional leaders in banking/finance, manufacturing, sales and marketing, IT, finance, public relations and supervision and regulations, administrative services. Her areas of experience include talent acquisition and development, workforce planning, performance coaching, succession planning and career development, organizational design and development, and change management.

She started her HR career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta as an HR intern and was promoted through the ranks to Organizational Development and Training Manager. She joined Atlas Roofing Corporation in Jan 2010 where she is responsible for talent management and organizational development.

She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources from Georgia State University and her Master’s degree from University of Georgia. She participated in a study abroad program as an undergrad and graduate at the L’Universite de Paris – Sorbonne and University of Manchester, respectively. She earned her PHR designation in 2011. She hopes to earn her CPLP within the next two years.

 

 

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John Gibbs and Mike Law with ISPI Atlanta and Denise Traicoff with CDC

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John Gibbs and Mike Law/ISPI Atlanta

John Gibbs is President and Mike Law is VP of Programming for ISPI Atlanta.

The Greater Atlanta Chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) was founded in 1980. Our diverse membership is composed of internal and external corporate training professionals (directors, managers, developers, and instructors), performance technologists, and consultants. ISPI members also work in organizational development/change management, education, human resources development, or are students.

Last year they experienced all the challenges and opportunities of a mostly new leadership team, and they took some time to reconsider their mission and methods before resuming regular meetings in January. ISPI’s third meeting for the year is next Thursday and they are eager to hear from their members and friends about what they want to learn more about and what formats work best for them.

Denise Traicoff/CDC

Denise Traicoff joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2002. As a specialist in curriculum design and development for CDC’s Sustainable Management Development Program, she provides technical assistance and consultation in public health management development for low and middle income countries. She also provides consultation in the selection of appropriate training delivery methods and is leading the program’s initiative in the design and implementation of online learning strategies. She has taught classes in various programs around the globe and been a requested speaker at national and international conferences.

Denise has coordinated and overseen curriculum development and course planning for public health management and field epidemiology training programs in Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South America; and she led the development of a standard curriculum which is being used as a guideline for field epidemiology programs around the world.

 

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Richard Fletcher and Doug Samuels with Greater Atlanta Chapter of ASTD

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In this show, Richard Fletcher and Doug Samuels will discuss what’s new in the programming offered by the Greater Atlanta Chapter of ASTD this year, along with what is staying the same.

Richard Fletcher/Zaxby’s

Richard Fletcher, CHT is Sr. Director, Learning and Organizational Development for Zaxby’s Franchising, a franchisor of gourmet chicken restaurants with 550+ locations and 20,000 employees throughout the Southeast. He has been with Zaxby’s since 2003. Richard has responsibilities for overseeing the structures, systems, and processes within the organization to improve organizational effectiveness and is also responsible for identifying, recommending and implementing short and long term strategy for design development and delivery of leadership, team-related, professional, and interpersonal skills development programs.

Richard has over 25 years of executive level experience in sales, operations, organizational development and training with other national companies such as Wolf Camera, Zaxby’s and Sprint PCS.

Richard is a national member of ASTD and President-Elect for the Greater Atlanta chapter. He is an active member of the Council for Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART) and Regional Director for the CHART’s Atlanta Regional Training Forum.

Richard received a Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University. He is a certified EQ-I, EQ-360 administrator and has received the Certified Hospitality Trainer (CHT) certification from CHART. When he isn’t busy developing people, he loves hitting the links and traveling.

Doug Samuels/Georgia State University

Doug Samuels is Manager, Organizational Development & Consulting Services at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. His focus is on developing leadership bench strength and improving employee engagement throughout the university and across the University System of Georgia (USG). He uses the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence as a process framework.

Doug’s professional career in learning and development has taken him around the world. After flying KC- 135s (Boeing 707) for many years, he served as a Master Instructor at the USAF’s Navigator Training School and later created and delivered the military’s first software engineering training program. He was selected to direct the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Ada Software Engineering Education and Training Program, created to ensure the Ada programming language was used in all mission-critical software development across the military. He received the DOD Meritorious Service Medal for his efforts.

Previously, Doug served as the Director, Training and Development in a Fortune 50 company and Director, Organization Development at a burgeoning Fortune 1000 company. He holds a BS in Mathematics from Valdosta State College, a BS in Computer Science from Chapman University, an MEd in Adult Education from the University of Southern Mississippi, a BA in Psychology and MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Valdosta State University.

 

 

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Beth Schumaker with BrightStar Leadership Consulting

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Beth Schumaker/BrightStar Leadership Consulting

Beth Schumaker is Senior Partner with BrightStar Leadership Consulting. BrightStar Master Coaches, Executive Consultants, and Expert Trainers work with leaders and teams to identify opportunities for improvement and to deliver business results. Beth has over twenty years of experience in training and organizational development in a variety of roles: training strategy leader, training consultant; performance coach, trainer, and line manager with many Fortune 500 companies, including BellSouth, AT&T, and Cox Communications. She is certified and master certified in over 50 leadership and sales courses, and has trained thousands of senior, mid-level, and front line managers. In addition, she has certified and master certified many trainers and provided on-going performance coaching. Beth understands the importance of the trainer in maximizing an organization’s return on training investment.

 

 

 

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Jennifer Hale with Assurant

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Jennifer Hale is Vice President, Talent Development & Performance at Assurant, a Fortune 300 insurance company. In her role, she is driving transformative change in the Assurant Specialty Property business by developing the strategy, infrastructure and tools to foster a culture of engagement, learning and performance. Ms. Hale focuses on driving a talent strategy that changes the way people interact with their teams, empowering employees to create grassroots culture change in support of business strategy and enhancing business results. She is also responsible for Talent and Organizational Development initiatives that align employees with key business initiatives, helps ready them for the right job at the right time and enables them to succeed and thrive in their roles.

Prior to joining Assurant in 2009, Ms. Hale founded her own management and organization development consulting practice, Organizational Impact in 1998. She provided executive coaching and senior leadership development support to industry leaders including AT&T, The Coca-Cola Company, ING Financial Services International, Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Yum Brands.

Ms. Hale began her career with Arthur Andersen, where she consulted with mid-size and Fortune 500 client organizations undergoing significant change. Following her tenure with Arthur Andersen, she joined ING Financial Services International as the Director of Management Development, where she was responsible for the design, development and deployment of all regional and global management and organization development initiatives. Ms. Hale holds a Master of Science degree in Organizational Development and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication. She is a certified facilitator in over 15 renowned leadership programs and continues to deliver speaking engagements on executive coaching and leadership development internationally. Ms. Hale is a member of Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and the Human Resources Planning Society (HRPS). She also sits on the Advisory Board of the Alliance Theater and provides advisory services to several educational institutions throughout greater Atlanta.

 

 

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Beth Schumaker with BrightStar Leadership Consulting Appears on Learning Insights

On March 13, 2013, co-hosts Stone Payton and Lee Kantor of BusinessRadioX®’s Learning Insights discussed executive leadership training with Beth Schumaker from BrightStar Leadership Consulting.

Beth Schumaker is Senior Partner with BrightStar Leadership Consulting. BrightStar Master Coaches, Executive Consultants, and Expert Trainers work with leaders and teams to identify opportunities for improvement and to deliver business results. Schumaker has over twenty years of experience in training and organizational development in a variety of roles: training strategy leader, training consultant, performance coach, trainer, and line manager with many Fortune 500 companies, including BellSouth, AT&T, and Cox Communications.

In discussing executive leadership training, Schumaker said, “One of the things we all have are blind spots. Part of what a trainer does is to be a truth-teller and to help all leaders see not only what their strengths are but what their blind spots are.”

Schumaker is certified and master certified in over 50 leadership and sales courses, and has trained thousands of senior, mid-level, and front line managers. In addition, she has certified and master certified many trainers and provided on-going performance coaching. Explained Schumaker, “I understand the importance of the trainer in maximizing an organization’s return on training investment.”

To learn more about BrightStar Leadership Consulting’s approach to executive training, you can listen to this interview in its entirety at Learning Insights.

 

Barry Jenkins with AGCO Corporation and Tabetha Taylor with Manheim

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Barry Jenkins/AGCO Corporation

Barry Jenkins, Global Talent Management Specialist, delivers strategic global learning and development solutions for AGCO Corporation in Duluth, Georgia.

As the world’s largest manufacturer focused purely on agricultural equipment, AGCO strengthens farm productivity through high-tech solutions for professional farmers feeding the world. AGCO offers a comprehensive line of tractors, combines, sprayers, hay tools and grain storage in over 150 countries with over 20,000 employees. Core brands include Challenger, Fendt, GSI, Massey Ferguson and Valtra.

Tabetha Taylor/Manheim

Tabetha Taylor,CPC has an immense passion to help others succeed. With an infectious personality and a joy for learning she uses her leadership experience in learning and change leadership to positively impact the world.

Tabetha’s passion for learning, ability to align training to business impact and ability to lead large scale change has given her leadership opportunities in many successful organizations from Boeing Employees Credit Union to Starbucks Coffee Company. Today, Tabetha is the Senior Director over training and organizational development for Manheim, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprise, where she and her team provide learning opportunities to over 20,000 leaders and employees.

Tabetha holds credentials in Training and Development from the University of Washington, Professional Coaching from the Academy for Coach Training, and Evaluation & Return on Investment from the Phillips ROI Institute.

 

 

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