
Executive Career Strategist
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Executive Career Strategist
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Executive Career Strategist who supports individuals over their entire careers and especially during crucial transitions. Keynote speaker for professional associations and corporations.
Executive Services: (varies with your needs and/or the team you manage)
* During periods of career transition: strategic guidance and recruiting services.
* While you are active in the work force: coaching several times a year. Asking the right question at the right time so that you find more confidence with your decision process and know you have examined the issue from every possible angle.
* When feeling stuck or in career stagnation: high-impact interaction to get unstuck and moving in the right direction
Supplemental Services:
* Executive resume review and editing
* Interview feedback and coaching
Speaking Topics:
* Recognizing The Best Fit For Your Talents
* Presenting Yourself to Meet the Market Demand
* Establishing Yourself As An Expert in Your Industry
* Making Great Career Decisions
* Taking Charge of Your Own Destiny – Especially Now
* How To Build a Focused Career
* 5 Steps To Getting A Job You Love OR Loving The Job You Have
* How To Stand Out In A Sea Of People Just Like You
* How And When to Use Social Media For Career Support
Special Projects:
* Retained recruiting services on a limited basis
* Introducing key executives to each other
career counselor, counseling, career management, executive coach, leadership coach, branding, positioning, strategic planner, outplacement, recruiting, retained recruiter, trainer, management consultant, resume writing, interview coaching
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
* Renamed as services evolved. See Summary.
(Public Company; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
* Strategic consultant regarding career transition to clients of all backgrounds on a one-on-one basis.
* Certified by Lee Hecht Harrison International.
* Provide group training in social media strategies.
* On contract.
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
April 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 2 months)
* Renamed as services evolved. See Summary.
(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
July 2004 — January 2009 (4 years 7 months)
* Focus on executives in Marketing. Limited recruiting in Training + Development, Organizational Development, and Human Resources.
* One of best known marketing recruiters in the Twin Cities.
* Full-desk recruiting. Contingent and retained.
* Mentored other recruiters in research techniques for sourcing.
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
January 2002 — April 2008 (6 years 4 months)
* Renamed as services evolved. See Summary.
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
* Formerly called Hayden & Associates. Now called Hudson.
* Recruited corporate marketing, IT, writing, and training professionals. Inside and outside sales roles.
* In four year period grew share of market of technical writers in Twin Cities from 0 to 50%.
* Placed 65 people at Guidant alone.
* Left when my role was relocated to headquarters in MA. Turned down offer to move.
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
1994 — 2000 (6 years)
* Renamed TMP Worldwide.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1989 — 1994 (5 years)
* Recruited to MN to teach Hormel strategies I developed at Saatchi & Saatchi NY in customer centricity and voice of the customer.
(Public Company; PUB; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1978 — 1987 (9 years)
* Strategic advisor regarding the selection of target audiences, media vehicle environments, and relevance of branding and positioning to those audiences. One of the thought leaders in the early days of customer centricity.
* 80+% of brands mentored were #1 in their category nationwide. Clients included Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson.
* On team that made marketing history by rescuing the Tylenol brand franchise after malicious product tampering. Won VP for my work on that project.
* Won EFFIE award from the American Marketing Association for BVD Underwear revitalization, 1984. My recommendations grew the business 25% in one year.
BA , History , 1968 — 1972
This is the Wheaton in Massachusetts!
social media, technology for executives, entrepeneurship, kayaking, silversmith
EFFIE 1984 (national marketing award)
Presently Board Member Metro State Tech Communications Advisory Council
Former Board Member MNISPI.org and STCTC.org