Charles Alday

Current

Human Factors Consultant at Pipeline Performance Group
Adjunct Professor at Kennesaw State University
President and Consultant at Alday Consulting Services, Inc.

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Past

Internal Organization Development Consultant at Colonial Pipeline Co.
Operational Excellence Manager at Colonial Pipeline Co.

Education

Kennesaw State University
Belmont University
Belmont University

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

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Charles Alday’s Summary

Operational Excellence Consultant with over forty years in the pipeline and construction industries. From the frontlines to the boardroom, the company works well with all levels of the organization. We design and implement customized solutions for clients who want to achieve operational excellence. Our goals are human performance improvement, organizational learning, and systemic analysis and corrective actions for problems and threats to excellence.

We believe a company and individuals need standards, operations philosophy and policies, processes,procedures and practices. Our goals are "practicing what matters." There are plenty of things that matter, and some companies shift what matters based on events. Using PLENTY as an acronym, Alday Consulting Services, Inc. believes performance, learning, excellence, nurture, thinking and you always matter.

Charles Alday’s Specialties:

Organizational development, human factors, change management, positive culture change, quality improvement, incident analysis and prevention, training, lessons learned programs, speeches and presentations, meeting design and facilitation, coaching and mentoring.

Charles Alday’s Experience

Human Factors Consultant

Pipeline Performance Group

(Oil & Energy industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Consulting partnership that is focused on human factors and performance improvement for pipelines, including control centers for liquids and gas pipelines.
Adjunct Professor

Kennesaw State University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Professor of Business Ethics in Coles College School of Management and Entrepreneurship.
President and Consultant

Alday Consulting Services, Inc.

(Management Consulting industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

I practice client centered consulting, specializing in operational excellence that improves performance of people and processes.
Internal Organization Development Consultant

Colonial Pipeline Co.

(Oil & Energy industry)

2002 — 2004 (2 years)
Operational Excellence Manager

Colonial Pipeline Co.

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

June 1974 — December 2004 (30 years 7 months)

For the last five years of my career, I worked with leaders at all levels of the organization and with the front line employees to eliminate spills and leaks caused by human error. I was an internal consultant who specialized in human performance improvement, leadership development, and highly effective teams.

Charles Alday’s Education

Kennesaw State University

MBA , Management , 1997 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Beta Gamma Sigma
Belmont University

BBA , Accounting , 1986 — 1990
Belmont University

BA , Philosophy , 1986 — 1990

Outstanding Senior Philosophy Student, 1990

Charles Treadway Award for Outstanding Writing, 1990

Additional Information

Charles Alday’s Websites:

Charles Alday’s Interests:

Organizational development, operational excellence,human factors, systems thinking, change management, human performance improvement, team development, training and coaching

Charles Alday’s Groups:

International Society for Performance Improvement, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Usability Professionals, Organization Change Alliance, Pipeliners Club, Toastmasters, Pegasus, API