Bryan R. Hall, MSOD

Experience

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  U.S. Green Building Council

  Jan 2002 - Apr 2009

  Director, Program Management

  Director, Program Management / Manager, Development January 2007 – April 2009Managed project execution for the organization. Oversaw execution of 40 organization-wide projects. Managed the project life-cycle process used by staff from initiation to completion. Administered an internal Operations Committee dedicated to project prioritization and execution at the department level. Supervised two project managers.Project Manager / Associate Project Manager / Technology Operations Coordinator March 2004 – January 2007Managed projects with a technology component for all departments, including implementation of a financial/human resources system and the main website. Originally hired as Technology Operations Coordinator and promoted in 2004 and 2005.Membership Coordinator / Membership Assistant January 2002 – March 2004Coordinated development for the membership program. Primary representative for all inquiries, either by phone or through email, on questions or comments about membership. Originally hired as Assistant and promoted in 2003. Show less

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  Peace Corps

  May 2009 - Aug 2012

  Volunteer, Community & Business Development

  •Evaluated internal operational documentation and provided strategies for better business practices and operational matters.•Reviewed the organization’s current project development process and worked with staff to implement changes.•Prepared and organized five-year strategic plan with several NGO stakeholders.•Assisted staff to develop a film on local and regional issues, and disseminating this information to 30 villages and towns.•Aided staff to develop local workshops throughout the region to discuss environmental laws and community rights.•Worked with NGO staff to produce community-funded anti-littering mural/trash management awareness education program.•Served as member of the U.S. Peace Corps and USAID sponsored grant review committee.•Taught Project Design & Management courses to volunteers and their counterparts, foreign exchange students and NGOs. Show less

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  Sunlight Foundation

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2015

  Manager, Project Implementation

  •Managed the project process for the organization; including a six month overhaul of the process to better fit the organization.•Led several senior manager processes; including running monthly priority meetings, planning senior manager retreats, organizing project and resource accountability and identifying organizational processes to best serve the organization.•Directed the development and reporting of organizational metrics; including a four month revamp of the previous metrics.•Facilitated quarterly brainstorm meetings to keep ideas and potential projects fresh for opportunities.•Headed the reporting and accountability to our grantors/funders for all projects. Show less

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  United Way Worldwide

  May 2015 - Apr 2017

  Manager, International Network Operations

  •Managed communications and operational processes between our six global offices and headquarters.•Managed yearly data collection from the 40+ global United Ways on their impact and business performance.•Coordinated and plan learnings for the 25+ global team members at our yearly team retreats.•Managed the budget and metric reporting for the International Network department; nearly 1 million dollar budget.•Facilitated intra-team cooperation and strategic alignment across global offices to align programs and resource allocations. Show less

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  Pyramid Consulting

  Nov 2015 - Nov 2015

  Consultant

  Was a Pyramid Consulting team member, along with four other members (http://pyramidodconsulting.com). Consulted with UTZ Certified organization in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to work with them on creating a decision making process. Delivered in partnership with UTZ leadership:•Data gathering (survey and in-person interviews)•Feedback sessions•Action planning and training•Final report

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  Service Year Alliance

  May 2017 - Mar 2022

  As Managing Director of Programs, was part of Service Year Alliance’s strategy team and oversaw the programs team which worked with national service programs and partners across the United States to utilize national service as a strategy for local and regional needs.•Oversaw and led the development and implementation of the program’s strategy.•Collaborated with Development to support funding of programs work.•Recruited, hired, trained, managed, and evaluated the programs team, including setting ongoing priorities and expectations, as well as insight into the formulation and tracking of individual work plans.•Managed the programs team resources and budget; roughly 2 million dollar budget.•Oversaw cross-functional initiatives, specifically the yearly focus area priorities and evidence / case making for service years.•Established a working relationship with any partner needed to fulfill our goals and act as a liaison to ensure their expectations are met.•Ensured appropriate tracking and reporting of programs data to reflect progress toward quarterly and annual goals.•Assessed effectiveness of programs strategy and evaluate areas for improvement as appropriate. Show less As Director, Organizational Learning, worked across the national service field to create best practice resources to support institutes as they built new or scale programs. Was promoted from Associate Director to Director in July 2019.•Developed new resources that help programs increase their capacity in equity, quality, and scale on serviceyearalliance.org.•Defined and facilitated sessions, webinars, and convenings that bring together users from the service field to solve common challenges and identify best practices.•Scoped and launched an online competition to collect common best practices across the service field to turn into resources that can help new programs build capacity quicker.•Scoped, developed, and launched an online resource hub to help programs find resources that can better their capacity: serviceyearalliance.org. Show less

  • Managing Director, Programs

    Feb 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Director, Organizational Learning

    May 2017 - Feb 2020
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  StartingBloc

  Oct 2017 - Feb 2020

  Fellow

  Our world needs better leadership. StartingBloc is a Fellowship of the leaders the future needs.We convene, support, and grow leaders from high-potential to high-impact. As a result of StartingBloc, Fellows report growth in their professional networks, greater clarity of purpose, and transitioning into leadership positions.

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  Brave Empathy -- Consultant | Coach | Trainer

  Apr 2022 - now

  Founder & Owner

  My approach is to empathetically coach others and ignite positivity in teams. I use frameworks to coach leaders, build empathetic teams, and create safe spaces in order to set conditions for healthy and resilient work cultures. I am a Starting Bloc fellow, have a masters in Organization Development from American University and a certified facilitator for Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI ). I value leading with empathy and compassion, environmental stewardship, justice, equity, diversity, inclusion (JEDI ), and laughter.OfferingsMBTI Team Facilitation. As a certified MBTI facilitator, I can contract with your company to assess your leadership's, employees', and team members' individual MBTIs, meet with each person about their individual MBTI, and facilitate how knowing each others' MBTI can help build stronger teams.Creating Safe Spaces. Utilizing organizational methods and belonging culture frameworks, this series of engagements with your company builds teams that can give regular constructive feedback, have authentic conversations, and build environments for JEDI to occur. This leads to healthy and resilient work cultures. Change Management & Strategy. I can contract with your company to help you with strategic planning and facilitate the change management needed to fulfill the strategic direction. Part of this engagement includes working with leadership to set up effective teams to implement the change.Leadership Coaching. I have coached leaders through change, strategic planning, and personal/professional growth. I can contract with individuals or leadership teams to coach them through what they need to be successful.Design Thinking. I can contract with your company to train on the Design Thinking model by utilizing a prevailing problem/issue your company or industry is facing. This workshop both trains on how to utilize Design Thinking and human-centered approaches to solve problems while testing out solutions to an existing issue. Show less

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  Breaker28 - The Leader's Coach

  Jul 2022 - May 2023

  Subcontractor -- Organization Development Professional

  I worked with Breaker28 on several change management, people change, strategic planning areas. I worked in these areas:-Built communications and workplans for a nonprofit reorganization-Facilitated action steps and tracking for change management aspects from the nonprofit reorganization-Drafted strategic planning documentation-Subject matter expert for trainings on the topic of people and change

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  University of Washington

  Nov 2022 - Jul 2023

  Change Consultant

  [Contract ends July 31, 2023]. The University of Washington implemented Workday through a three year Financial Transformation project that represented a $370 million program, managing change for over 10,000 direct users across a $2 billion institution. I worked as a Change Manager directly in central finance to prepare them for the major changes, training gaps, and the necessary process and security needs to transition to Workday. I worked with central finance and the main project team across technical, system design, communications, change management, and training to address issues and prepare the 200+ staff in central finance for the go-live. Part of the contract was staying on post go-live to help and address concerns. Show less

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  Brave Empathy

  Jan 2023 - now

  Executive Coach

  I work with executives to provide professional coaching. I utilize the GROW model and center the coaching around either 1) being a better professional in ones current role or 2) thinking about what profession and line of work an executive would like to transition into. My work is about process consultation and assisting executives with what will make them successful long-term.