Nancy Dunavant, M.Ed, SWP

931-***-**** • acpw89@r.postjobfree.com

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Talent Directions Management Consulting Pulaski, TN

Owner/Consultant Current

• Talent Management and Learning and Development strategy

o Needs Assessment (Organizational and Individual),

o Program and curriculum development,

o Process Design,

o Project management and implementation, and

o Evaluation

• Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP)

LifePoint Hospitals Brentwood, TN

Manager, Organizational Development 2008-2012

Reported to Vice-President, Organizational Development and Recruitment

Talent Management – Managed team responsible for OD and Talent Management processes

• Consulted with, advised, and trained department heads and managers regarding leadership and

employee development, change management, and performance management processes and

interventions.

• Automated the Succession Planning process for executives and high potentials – enabling the

process to be more user-friendly for executives to provide input, and more efficient to synthesize

information and develop profiles and nine-boxes for talent review sessions.

• Collaborated with VP of OD and Sr. Director of Recruiting to ensure usage of LifePoint’s

Leadership Competency Model for executive hiring.

• Participated on new medical coding system planning committee as HR representative to conduct

workforce planning, including assessment of gaps and drivers, to develop a cohesive strategy for

recruitment, development, retention, and compensation.

Learning and Development – Managed team responsible for programs and system to meet identified

business objectives and employee needs

• Developed LifePoint’s first online Leadership Development resource website for Executives,

matching resources to LifePoint’s Leadership Competency model. Designed and maintained initial

Microsoft Sharepoint™ site.

• Championed need and designed LifePoint’s first blended-learning Leadership Development

curriculum, aligned with LifePoint’s Leadership Competency Model for hospital middle

management.

• Developed online courses using various course-authoring and assessment development tools

(Powerpoint, Articulate, SnagIt, Snap, and proprietary LMS software).

• Consulted with Employee Relations, Compliance and Risk Departments in situations requiring

identification and provision of Learning and Development resources.

• Partnered with clinical and non-clinical departments to identify needs and appropriate vendors for

rollout of learning content across the enterprise. For 2012, negotiated over $2.5 million in vendor

contracts.

Talent and Learning Management System – Managed team responsible for ensuring that the talent

management system supported LifePoint’s business objectives, processes and workflows, and for

compliance reporting

• Conducted due diligence, led evaluation team, and co-managed conversion from Plateau to

Cornerstone on Demand system for 56 hospitals and 25,000 employees that included Performance,

Succession Planning, and Learning Management modules.

• Managed Cornerstone on Demand, SkillSoft, HealthStream, and other third-party content vendor

relationships, including pricing and contract negotiations totaling over $6M.

• Developed and facilitated system administrator and end-user, facilitator-led training, virtual

training, and weekly “TouchPoint” virtual sessions regarding new system for 56 hospital system

administrators.

• Created or managed development of appropriate learning aids to supplement training.

• Collaborated with other HSC (corporate) functional departments to assess needs and recommend

system capabilities to support departmental objectives.

• Ensured provision of system reports required to track aligned goals, annual reviews, succession

planning, and learning.

Martin Methodist College Pulaski,

TN

Director, Planning and Improvement 2003-

2008

Reported to college President; Member of Executive Council

• Facilitated large group strategic planning sessions, resulting action plans, and coordinated completion

of aligned goals into staff and faculty annual plans.

• Performed needs assessment, developed training, and delivered appropriate workshops for faculty and

staff development.

• Completed Examiner training for Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNCPE), Tennessee's

quality award association.

• Represented the college as Southern Association of Colleges (SACS) Examiner for evaluating peer

colleges for re-accreditation.

Right Management Talent Management Consulting

Brentwood, TN Consultant

2002-2003

• Consulted with client executives and coached managers to lead employees through change.

• Delivered in-person training sessions regarding change, career planning and job search activities.

• Coached individual employees regarding change and career transition.

EDUCATION

M.Ed. – Human Resource Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

B.S. – Communications, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Additional Training

• Human Capital Institute – Strategic Workforce Planning Certificate

• Aquent Online – Coding for Designers (HTML5 and CSS) – Complete

• UC Irvine – Coursera Certificate Track – Advanced Instructional Strategies for the Virtual

Classroom – In Process

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