Rondalyn Kane

Experience

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  R.S. Kane & Associates

  Apr 2001 - Sept 2004

  Owner

  Owner. R.S. Kane & Associates. Served as management consultant on a number of organizational development projects including a one year re-engineering and team development culture change project for a 1,600 member public utility; an organizational development project for the Office of Neighborhood Services for the city of Washington, DC involving team building, goal development and culture change, and a project for a non-profit organization involving core values identification and visioning, team building, strategic planning and creative problem solving. Also completed an organizational diagnosis of an international non-profit’s operations, programs and fiscal systems and recommended improvement strategies. Designed and delivered an affirmative action project for the Public Service Commission (PSC) of South Africa. Show less

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  Booz Allen Hamilton

  Sept 2004 - Mar 2008

  Manager, Principal Programs

  Responsible for managing, designing and delivering leadership development; culture and immersion; senior skill building programs (e.g. performance management, transformational leadership, team building), and other services for the firm’s global executives. Developed and conducted needs assessments for target populations to support redesign of leadership courses/modules in orientation and immersion, visioning, diversity and leadership styles courses. Worked on special projects including course review/redesign of some of the firm’s diversity programs; provision of course content and other support for implementation of new Learning Management System (LMS); and creation of a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator organizational development manual for use on organizational development and team building projects. Received numerous commendations. Show less

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  National Cooperative Bank Capital Impact

  Mar 2008 - Jun 2009

  Director, Innovation and Strategy

  Responsible for directing and managing the critical functions of business innovation, strategic planning and leadership develop. Implemented a process to initiate and execute business breakthroughs in product and service offerings, and market strategies utilizing the “scenario method”. Close to twenty-five potential breakthroughs identified at first team offsite. Also oversaw and implemented a comprehensive leadership development program for organization’s leadership including management of a skills assessment process; design and delivery of workshops on feedback interpretation and leadership development, and identification of external leadership development resources/programs. Also designed and delivered team building sessions for departments within the organization and coached senior leaders. Show less

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  U.S. Department of State

  Jun 2009 - Nov 2019

  Instructor, Executive Development. Executive Coach. Organizational Development Consultant (Internal)June 2009 to December 2015Responsible for developing and managing executive level courses for the US Department of State's elite leadership courses for ambassadors and senior foreign service and civil service executives. The Ambassadorial Seminar is a three-week course that prepares ambassadorial candidates for their unique positions of leadership overseas. The Senior Executive Threshold Seminar is a ten-day leadership development training event specifically designed to prepare newly promoted senior executives in foreign affairs for the challenges they will face leading across intra-agency, interagency and international boundaries. In addition provided executive level coaching and organizational development consulting services to leaders and posts and bureaus throughout the Department of State. Finally, taught ten courses in leadership and management including content in feedback, diversity management, performance management and creative problem solving. Received several Department of State awards during time in service including Superior Honor and Meritorious Honor awards for program management and individual performance as well as the Franklin Award for outstanding team performance. Show less

  • Deputy Director, Transition Center, Foreign Service Institute

    Dec 2015 - Nov 2019

  • Leadership Development Program Manager

    Jun 2009 - Dec 2015
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  RS Kane & Associates

  Nov 2019 - now

  President

  Rondalyn Kane is founder and president of RS Kane & Associates, a leadership development firm that specializes in executive training, leadership coaching and organizational development. The firm’s mission is to help leader’s find their unique vision and voice and create organizations that are transformative.