Kathryn Leonelli Boot, M.S.

Experience

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  The Harris Poll

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  HR Intern

  • Analyzed employee feedback surveys and formulated plan to improve organizational culture.• Researched and presented an employer branding initiative to aid in recruitment and retention.• Updated key company policies and procedures, including the Onboarding Manual and Employee Handbook.• Identified and evaluated potential job candidates on Monster and LinkedIn directly to the Recruitment Officer, making recommendations after reviewing resumes and cover letters.

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  George Mason University

  Aug 2012 - Jun 2015

  Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant, Marketing

  GMU School of Business Marketing Department - Teaching & Research Assistant• Participate in discussions and grade students' contributions for three undergraduate business classes while attending graduate school.• Post scores and feedback for homework and grade short written assignments.• Assist Area Chair of the Marketing Department with various administrative tasks, such as library database research and hiring support.Mason Recreation (GMU Athletic Facilities) - Marketing Intern & Customer Service Associate• Serve as a member of the marketing team for GMU Athletic Facilities, promoting campus-wide events and programs through social media outlets including Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.• Supervise and monitor facility operations as a Customer Service Assistant.• Develop new and innovative marketing strategies for short-term projects. Show less

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  ImmixGroup

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Marketing Intern

  • Plan and organize corporate marketing events, including executive forums, trainings, and charitable fundraisers. • Measure and track engagement activities through company email platforms using Microsoft CRM and Eloqua Engage. • Manage all outreach and fundraising efforts for the 9th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, raising $50,000 in donations for the raffle and silent auction.

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  Booz Allen Hamilton

  May 2015 - Nov 2017

  • Stakeholder engagement lead for a federal cyber security awareness and education branch, spearheading working groups with clients to prioritize stakeholders, develop outreach plans, and draft key messaging for a variety of communications products, including online newsletters, meeting and event materials, and talking points for senior client leadership. • Support DHS mission of increasing cyber capabilities by promoting workforce planning tools (frameworks, toolkits, etc.) as well as training and scholarship opportunities to enhance career development for cyber professionals.• Provide communications support to the Stop.Think.Connect. National Cybersecurity Awareness campaign, developing content and aligning messaging with overarching stakeholder engagement efforts. Show less • Author key documents used in leadership development training, specifically new classes and pilot programs. Develop surveys to evaluate pilot programs and analyze instructor feedback evaluations, consolidating summaries and developing action reports to support recommendations.• Collaborate on long-term strategic communication planning, including identifying the stakeholder audience and key players, executive messaging, branding, and content design for promotional materials and training curriculum content.• Perform training needs assessments and create roadmaps to link workforce competencies to professional and leadership development opportunities.• Compile and analyze SOP documentation to identify process improvement opportunities, critical gaps and areas of overlap to ensure client minimizes duplication and maximizes consistency and efficiency.• Work closely with delivery team and clients to transition in-person training to virtual course offerings, including WebEx Training Center and various remote delivery methods. Show less

  • Senior Consultant

    Dec 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Consultant

    Sept 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Intern

    May 2015 - Sept 2015
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  Deloitte

  Nov 2017 - Jan 2020

  • Manage relationships with senior client stakeholders to ensure change enablement action plans and deliverables met needs and quality standards for a new banking software (built on Salesforce).• Led team of junior resources to deploy communications, develop training materials, and facilitate training for 250+ banking employees.• Conducted change impacts assessments for new system implementations and developed surveys to measure change readiness of employees.• Led validation sessions with the technical team, client partners, and project sponsors to align on change implications and mitigation strategies. • Gathered and synthesized data on current and future state processes to understand key training topics and focus areas for impacted users.• Manage workplan to achieve 90-day sprint deliverables, tracking progress and ownership across business teams.• Design employee surveys to collect feedback, drafting leader communications to distribute to 600+ participants.• Led working sessions with Global teams to execute talent priorities, including hiring, culture and engagement, and diversity and inclusion initiatives.• Create dashboards and visuals to report on Talent Acquisition activities against the workforce plan.• Built a robust onboarding program to recruit and transition 500+ professionals to the Global organization Show less • Key member of the Organizational Change Management (OCM) Team for a large Salesforce implementation, working closely with the technology development team to launch User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and equip change agents, partner stakeholders, and end users with information and resources to prepare for the change.• Provide readiness, communications, and training support to increase awareness, proficiency, and adoption of the new technology system.• Manage an engagement approach for key target stakeholders, developing an overall strategy, executing outreach tactics, and collecting feedback through surveys. • Deliver instructor-led training to 300+ users of the new technology system and coached change champions through post go-live support.• PMO Lead for a large technology implementation to transform performance management for 5800+ senior leaders.• Lead cross-functional project team calls to discuss open items and risks; update and maintain the overall project plan and present weekly status report to leadership.• Craft communications to roll-out a complex Pilot performance management initiative, driving the implementation of a new talent review process• Drive leadership alignment on key design decisions to enable shared priorities across groups Show less

  • Senior Consultant

    Aug 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Consultant

    Nov 2017 - Jul 2019
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  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas

  Jan 2020 - Nov 2021

  Organizational Effectiveness Consultant

  • Advise internal clients on change management best practices and methodologies to support leaders in developing future state processes, executing change plans, and driving adoption of systems and behaviors. • Support highly complex strategic change efforts for key portfolio initiatives, including Oracle finance transformations, HR initiatives and digital collaboration transformations. • Manage change leadership capability building for 4000+ people leaders to increase leader competencies and enable change agility and maturity across the enterprise.• Provide subject matter expertise and thought leadership on large scale cultural change, employee engagement, and leadership alignment to influence key business stakeholders. Show less

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  Amazon

  Nov 2021 - now

  • Lead change management and communications for a global organization supporting 10,000+ professionals, ensuring adoption of talent development programs and defining success measures.• Drive the design, development, and management of stakeholder assessments, change impact analyses, and communication strategies to ensure business readiness. Establish cross-functional mechanisms to apply change management processes and tools globally.• Facilitate roundtables with customers and collect feedback through surveys to capture employee sentiment, making recommendations and improvements to various employee experience and culture initiatives.• Coach and consult with regional business teams on the deployment of innovative change management approaches and methodologies, driving the scaling of best practices and standardization across the org. Develop toolkits and playbooks to enable speed and autonomy for partner teams to lead change programs within their business.• Lead communication reviews for various talent development initiatives and OE frameworks, org design changes, and capability development programs. Show less

  • Sr. Program Manager, People eXperience & Technology

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Manager, People eXperience & Technology

    Nov 2021 - Dec 2023