Experience

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  Thrivent

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2019

  Senior HR Partner 2017 - 2019Partnered with senior business leaders in community engagement and sales and marketing functions, translating business strategy and objectives into people strategies, positively impacting business results, while anticipating and mitigating legal risk. Led 6-member talent acquisition team of 4 recruiters and 2 recruiting coordinators. Talent Management • Consulted on and implemented talent strategies, resulting in more robust leadership pipelines; leveraged previous Talent Management Center of Expertise (COE) experience, tailoring solutions and gaining efficiencies. • Exceeded divisional sales goals and identification of 200+ potential future sales leaders, serving as key adviser to divisional vice president in attaining number 1 performing sales division through consistent accountability, high talent acquisition standards, and commitment to development.Organization Design • Coached leaders on organization designs to anticipate long-term strategic needs, utilizing a holistic process accounting for identification of future capabilities needed, management process improvement opportunities, reward systems, and ultimately structure and people placement.Diversity and Inclusion • Change leader and role model for launch of major diversity and inclusion initiative as member of inaugural enterprise diversity and inclusion leadership cohort. Show less Consulted and coached leaders to drive organizational talent goals and change agendas for sales, marketing, and community engagement functions. • Guided leaders in execution of annual HR processes and people cycles, including talent acquisition, performance management, growth and development, compensation planning, recognition and rewards and talent review / succession activities, ensuring thorough focus on all elements and effective people leadership practices were in place.• Coached and developed managers on leading and developing people to gain better results; addressed employee relations issues as needed.• Committed HR team member working within HR to optimize use of HR resources, including significant implementation of a new HRIS, Workday. Show less Focused on enterprise wide strategies in areas of leadership development, succession management, performance management, organization effectiveness and culture, as team leader.• Collaborated with HR Partners to execute annual enterprise-wide talent review process. Key outcome was identification of high potential talent with goal of building a robust pipeline of future leaders for critical positions, and enabling career growth and development for overall workforce. o Put into practice consistent enterprise-wide leadership development platform of Four Roles of a Leader (Covey), Situational Leadership, and GROW coaching approach. • Created new sales leader onboarding and skill building program, aligning with a new sales strategy called “Grow the Zone, working across sales organization on content; implementation required significant change management efforts. Show less

  • Senior Human Resources Business Partner

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Human Resources Business Partner

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2017

  • Manager, Enterprise Performance and Leader Effectiveness

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2013

  • Manager, Field Talent Management

    Jan 1998 - Jan 2009
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  Salo llc

  Dec 2020 - now

  Human resources consultant