
Organizational Development at Premier Manufacturing Services, a Voith Industrial Services Partner
Greater Nashville Area

Organizational Development at Premier Manufacturing Services, a Voith Industrial Services Partner
Greater Nashville Area
My passion is organizational development, employee engagement, performance management, motivation, and strategic planning.
People spend 60-80% of their time working; if I can help motivate, engage and empower employees to productively contribute to the organization, while helping leadership to fully understand their human capital and employee potential, then I have done what I enjoy and believe in.
Training & Development, Balanced Scorecards/Performance Management, Leadership,Organizational Change / Restructuring / Redesign, Job Analysis
(Privately Held; Automotive industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Working with a 1st-tier supplier to Chevrolet on the General Motors campus. Responsible for empowering, engaging, motivating, and communicating with employees, while helping to coach leadership and strategically develop the organization.
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Provides a broad range of strategic HR functions including organizational development, training and development, job analysis, selection, recruitment and market rate analysis. Provides services, consultation, coaching and strategic planning to the Leadership Team.
Results:
• Assisted in restructuring, redesign and downsizing by conducting job analyses of overlapping positions during a time of state budget cuts, new Executive leadership, and change.
•Created and implemented a structured New Employee On-Boarding Program
•Rectified the internal recruitment and selection process by creating a standardized selection system and training employees while providing continuous consultation to ensure compliance and success of system.
•Designed fun, innovative yet educational trainings, e.g. Pumpin' Up Your Project Management Skills!
•Facilitated a Leadership Retreat regarding Strategic Planning, SWOT analysis, Balanced Scorecards and Performance Indicators.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
May 2008 — October 2008 (6 months)
Created an organizational performance measurement system (Balanced Scorecard) for a government organization in order to aid them in gaining accreditation.
Results:
•Utilized measurement systems to accurately gather necessary data to provide feedback to Centers. Created an Employee Satisfaction Survey, Political and Business Perceptions Survey, and Client Impact Assessment Categorization.
•Ensured organizational acceptance and understanding of new system by co-training 30 Center Directors and support staff on the Balanced Scorecard, updated Strategic Plan and new/updated forms.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2006 — January 2007 (6 months)
Helped conduct research on self-efficacy using Suduko puzzles.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Learned DPICS-II Manual and coded in a Developmental Psychology lab studying the effects of parent-child interation therapy with child with conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, etc.
MA , Industrial-Organizational Psychology , 2007 — 2009
Certification: PHR, 2009
Awarded: Willard A. Kerr Outstanding I/O Psychology Graduate Student of the Year, 2009
Thesis: "Avatars: Exciting in Video Games, Entertaining in Commercials, but Educational in Training?" (Do Avatars enhance or inhibit learning in online training?)
Coursework: Advanced Organizational Psychology, Statistics (Regression, ANOVA), Job Analysis and Performance Appraisals, Training and Development, Advanced Personnel Selection, Compensation, Organizational Development, Organizational Surveys and Employee Attitudes/Motivation.
BA , Major: Psychology, Minors: Spanish & Business , 2003 — 2007
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Spanish 2005 — 2005
SIOP, Middle Tennessee and Stones River SHRM
2004 Auburn Women's Lacrosse Rookie of the Year
2005 Silver Wings Certificate of Appreciation for Increasing Membership 750%
2005 Silver Wings Member of the Year
2006 Silver Wings Certificate of Appreciation for Coordination of Volunteer Activities
2005 Auburn Women's Lacrosse MVP
2006 ALL-SWLL Lacrosse Team
2007 Auburn Women's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year
2007 Project Uplift Kelly Gaddy Memorial Award
2009 Outstanding Industrial-Organizational Graduate Psychology Student of the Year Award