
Strategic Innovator focusing on helping HR professionals address the intra-organizational implications of social media
Greater Chicago Area

Strategic Innovator focusing on helping HR professionals address the intra-organizational implications of social media
Greater Chicago Area
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Thoughtful, innovative, energetic, and passionate leader committed to helping organizations tackle key challenges and opportunities in strategic, efficient, and effective ways.
Core strengths:
- Broad, multi-disciplinary knowledge base
- Leading-edge, future-oriented thinker
- Understanding of both the big picture and the details of a situation
- Skilled at balancing rational analysis and creativity, idealism and pragmatism
- Sound ethical judgment incorporating the perspectives of relevant stakeholders
- Excellent communicator and public speaker
- Technologically savvy
Organizational effectiveness: human capital management; Human Resources; organizational design, change and development; process improvement; training and development. Organizational communication: digital communication, social media, social networking; branding/logo development; internal communication; external communication strategies and programs
Investing (I am a Morningstar devotee), travel (esp. exotic places), photography, nature, the performing arts, exercise, reading, needlework
Current Volunteer Activity: Human Resource Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC), Chair of the Research Committee; Dearborn Tower Green Team (DTGT), Team member
Current Professional Memberships: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Human Resource Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC), Society of Human Resource Professionals (SHRP)
Former Leadership Roles: William and Mary Chicago Alumni Chapter, Board member; Dearborn Tower Networking Group (DTNG), Steering Committee member; Cherish Our Children International (COCI), Board Member; Journal of Management Education (JME), Associate Editor; Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (OBTS), Board member; Management Education and Development (MED) Division of the Academy of Management (AoM), Division leader
Received the Golden Apple Award for teaching excellence from the NIU Executive MBA classes of 2005 and 2004
Served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Management Education from 2003 to 2006 (invited position)
Nominated and elected by the membership of the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (OBTS) to serve on the Board of Directors in 2005
Nominated and elected by the membership of the Management Education and Development (MED) Division of the Academy of Management (AoM) to lead the Division in 2005
Created a new decision making and negotiation course recognized for its innovation and effectiveness in 2004
Recognized as an “outstanding reviewer” by the Management Education and Development (MED) Division of the Academy of Management (AoM) in 2002, 2001, 1998, 1996
Received the Roethlisberger Award for the best article published in the Journal of Management Education in 2001
Recognized as a “Super Hero” by Big Brothers Big Sisters of DeKalb County in 2002