Brian Carlsen

Current

Practice Leader, Organizational Learning and Development at St. Aubin, Haggerty & Associates

Past

President at Pinnacle Learning Inc
Learning Coach at Accenture
Training Manager at Arthur Andersen & Andersen Consulting

Education Manager/Specialist at Performance Consulting Group
Instructional Designer at Arthur Andersen
Instructional Designer at Arthur Andersen

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Education

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Augsburg College
Augsburg College

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Industry

Human Resources

Brian Carlsen’s Summary

A senior talent management leader and training specialist with broad background in driving initiatives in the areas of organizational learning, human capital management, workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, and leadership team development.

Brian Carlsen’s Specialties:

Organizational and workforce development, training project management, HR project leadership, team development, and integrated talent management.

Brian Carlsen’s Experience

Practice Leader, Organizational Learning and Development

St. Aubin, Haggerty & Associates

(Human Resources industry)

July 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)

Advise clients and implement organizational learning initiatives that meet strategic business needs. Facilitate executive and team coaching. Build and facilitate learning programs. Assist organizations in development business-driven direction for engaging and retaining top talent. Lead HR and Organization Development projects for executive-level clients.
President

Pinnacle Learning Inc

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

October 1998 — June 2002 (3 years 9 months)

Facilitated client meetings around business needs such as strategic planning, team building, decision-making and action planning. Instructed highly interactive interpersonal skill training programs for client organizations on topic such as First Things First, Achieving Meeting Results, Effective Presentations, Facilitation Tools and Techniques, Core Skills for New Supervisors, Leader's Edge, MBTI Workshops, Mentoring Workshops, Coaching for Peak Performance, and Advanced Presentation and Facilitation Skills.
Provided executive a team coaching services.
Learning Coach

Accenture

(Public Company; ACN; Management Consulting industry)

October 1998 — January 2002 (3 years 4 months)

Responsible for training executive faculty, coordinating and conducting week long training simulations.

Responsible for coaching teams of managers through the intensive case simulations to maximize their learning about teaming, industry knowledge and selling executives on their ideas.
Training Manager

Arthur Andersen & Andersen Consulting

(Management Consulting industry)

September 1989 — September 1998 (9 years 1 month)

Led a team of training and OD professional in designing and enhancing internal training and performance management programs. Responsible for growing customer relationships and responding to team and organizational performance issues.

Coached instructor certification sessions, instructed leadership and supervisor skill courses, sold and managed educational and organizational development services, managed feedback and salary administration process for team and department, developed and implemented a variety of IPS courses, and facilitated experiential/outdoor educational programs.
Education Manager/Specialist

Performance Consulting Group

(Human Resources industry)

January 1988 — January 1998 (10 years 1 month)

An internal shared education and organizational development unit serving two families of professional services firms.
Led a team of training developers in designing and enhancing internal training and performance management programs. Responsible for developing and sustaining internal customer relationships and responding to team and organization performance issues.
Accomplishments included:
· Served as lead Education Manager on Andersen's Business Ethics initiative that invested $5,000,000 over five years to build support materials and educate U.S. College and University business faculty members to integrate the teaching of ethics in undergraduate and graduate level business courses.
· Sold and managed educational and organization development services for internal clients resulting in over $1.5 million in departmental net revenue.
· Instructed leadership, supervisory, and career management courses achieving an instructor quality and effectiveness rating average of better than 4.5 on a 5-point scale.
· Managed the feedback and salary administration process for a 12-member team.
· Developed and implemented training courses such as The Leadership Workshop, Effective Presentation Skills, Team Dynamics, Ethical Decision-Making, and Team Development.
Instructional Designer

Arthur Andersen

(Management Consulting industry)

January 1986 — August 1989 (3 years 8 months)

Updated existing technical training programs for tax professionals and directed subject matter experts, evaluation experts and graphics support to build new workshops and make continuous improvements.
Instructional Designer

Arthur Andersen

(Human Resources industry)

January 1986 — January 1988 (2 years 1 month)

Tax Education Group
· Updated existing technical training programs for tax professionals.
· Directed subject matter experts, evaluation experts and graphics support to build new technical training designs and materials, maintain accuracy and continuously improve.

Prior to 1986 A variety of work positions while continuing education.

Brian Carlsen’s Education

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Masters, Business Education (MBE) , Training and Development , 1983 — 1985

Activities and Societies:

Master coursework and interships at Control Data Corporation, Roseville MN and Onan Corporation, Fridley MN.
Augsburg College

Bachelor of Arts , English and History , 1975 — 1979

Activities and Societies:

Lutheran Youth Encounter, Campus Coordinator
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
Cob and the Four Kernels, Rock Band
Augsburg College

BA , History and English , 1979