I have a wide range of experience in business, but my concentration is on the people aspects. Specific focus areas include Project Management, Human Resources, and Business Strategy:
Project Management
Experience highlights:
Started from myself and a personal assistant and within a year grew a team of over 500 that shipped and sold $100 million worth of its very first product.
Managed a team of a dozen that took on deeply-rooted, long-term, and company-wide project management issues and made progress many thought was impossible.
Helped a small company that faced constant project control issues to develop tracking and measurement systems that not only worked, but were loved by the employees.
I can assist you with:
- Developing and rolling out your project’s vision
- Developing your project’s strategy and plan
- Recruiting, organizing, and training of the project team
- Creating and implementing the necessary project tracking tools
- Identifying and correcting projects gone awry
Human Resources
Experience highlights:
Managed an HR team of over 1,000 with responsibility for a $2.2 billion payroll covering 32,000+ employees in 60 countries and a $360 million benefits budget.
Helped a number of small to medium-sized organizations develop compensation and performance review systems that improved morale and saved money.
And I’ve served on the advisory board of a national human resources organization that helped companies of all sizes develop outstanding human resources strategies.
I can assist you with:
- Sourcing and recruiting world-class talent
- Doing effective employee communications
- Developing compensation and review systems that really work
- Designing and implementing an effective "people audit" process
- Deciding when it makes sense to outsource non-essential functions
Business Strategy
Experience highlights:
Helped design and develop the business and HR strategy setting processes for one of the most admired companies in the world.
Worked with a number of startups to develop compelling business strategies that greatly improved their business outlook.
I can assist you with:
- Developing and writing your business plan
- Creating a "people strategy" that works with your business strategy
- Building a corporate culture that reinforces the business mission
- Establishing a strategic vision that the whole company can believe in
- Making crucial buy vs. build decisions