Manager Management
Resume:
LINDA M. CHAPE'
Newton, Iowa ****8
Home: 641-***-**** Work Phone: 641-***-**** Cell: 641-***-****
Email: ******@***.***
Summary
Human Resource professional with endless energy, integrity and passion for
excellence and proven experience in:
Leadership
Management
Career Development
Facilitation Skills
Diversity
Change Management
Accomplishments
Deployed and led High Performance Leadership training which realized impact to
performance within 3 years in the areas of development and retention
Managed and led department staff in the areas of Staffing, Training and
Diversity with recognized contributions beyond performance plan of each team
member
Led college recruiting campaigns and established a summer intern program
associated with INROADS, a point of entry for minority students.
Mentored campus-wide 360 feedback for participants realizing promotions,
improved performance and continued career counseling
Facilitated numerous problem-solving, project and team meetings resulting in
accomplishing purpose within budget, cycle time and recognized success
Directed Diversity effort at the Corporate level working with vendor, colleges
and Company in a enterprise-wide effort to educate, impact recruiting and
promotion efforts
Successfully orchestrated change management projects with demonstrated
excellence
Led vendor management effort which realized $500,000 savings within first 30
days
Facilitated Change Management for HR SAP implementation.
Active Role in Change Management effort for pre-merger integration planning in
acquisition by Whirlpool.
Experience
Vermeer Corporation Pella, Iowa
Director of Organizational Development - November 2007 - present
Leads Vermeer University in all training and education, both technical and soft
skill.
Responsible for succession planning and benchstrength capacity building both
domestically and internationally.
Newton Transformation Council
Director of Project Management - October 2006 - Present
Leading Community Action Teams in projects targeted at revitalizing the City of
Newton and Jasper County since the demise of Maytag. Projects are aligned with
Education, Entrepreneurs, Tourism attracting new business and increasing
employment opportunities. The project is funded by Whirlpool Corporation
through December 2007.
Maytag Corporation Des Moines, Iowa - February, 2004 - 2006
Director of Training and Staffing
Responsible for Leadership Development, Diversity and Change Management -
Enterprise-wide. Currently am the Lead Change Management person for the SAP/ERP
implementation. Also responsible for vendor management, OD interventions, talent
management and transition planning, oversight for training standards
enterprise-wide. Approximately 21,000 employees, 7 direct reports and 25
indirect reports.
Dell Computer Corporation Austin, Texas 2002-2003
Sr. Human Resources Manager
Managed Infrastructure Team and virtual teams in successful efforts to reduce
number of learning management systems from 8 to 2 and also to implement best
practices on a continual basis to eliminate redundancy and reduce costs while
providing a best practice foundation for learning. Realized savings during first
year of $200,000 due to success of team effort.
Dell Computer Corporation Nashville, Tennessee 2000-2002
Sr. Human Resources Manager
Led Training Team in accomplishment of Training Plan for Dell's Nashville
Campus. Orchestrated and led a Diversity Action Council in introducing Diversity
education and also facilitated numerous team meetings to insure on-going
successful effort. Led vendor management process to identify areas of
improvement and set best practice standards. Realized a $500,000 savings within
first 30 days. Managed a team of 3 and virtual teams of 10+ to accomplish
performance plan. Successfully organized the virtual teaming approach to
accomplish goals, maintain headcount and encourage stretch assignments to
sustain individual and team development. Coordinated Outplacement process and
Positive Management Leadership for Nashville Campus.
Kerr-McGee Corporation Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1997-2000
Manager of Staffing, Employee Development & Diversity
Directed company-wide cultural change process for 3500 employees globally.
Directed "best practices" applications in Training, Selection and Diversity.
Facilitated senior management team in Change Strategies. Led team to develop,
resource and implement succession planning, career development and leadership
process. With local High Schools and Universities to established a strategy for
potential interns and full-time employment opportunities. Also partnered with
local minority organizations to establish pipeline or point-of-entry for
full-time employees. Conducted needs analysis for employment law, diversity, and
leadership training. On-going data collection and presentation of employment
statistics, retention, promotion and turnover. Conducted the majority of exit
interviews and presented on-going trend analysis to Senior Management.
Chape' Consults/ProCorp Associates Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1995-1997
Principal/ Consultant
Facilitated training (for Kerr-McGee, Mesa Fuels, SeaGate Technology, BP
Petroleum, Henderson Baptist Church and Parker and Parsley Petroleum) focusing
on Leadership and Management Development. Led, coordinated and participated in
Ropes courses to facilitate best practice team building skills. Invited to
facilitate competency project for Kerr-McGee one week after leaving to establish
outside consultant practice. Specialized in Change Management, Teambuilding,
Organizational Dynamics and Competency-Based Assessments.
Kerr-McGee Corporation Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1989-1995
Manager of Training, Development and Recruiting
Developed, directed and resourced Manager/Supervisor Training globally.
Developed recruiting strategies for executive, exempt, interns and temporary
workforce. Successfully reduced cycle time in staffing and improved staffing
effort through best practice applications. Led, orchestrated and deployed US
wide reduction in workforce for 1500 + employees simultaneously with vendor and
virtual teams. Reduction successfully enforced without legal ramifications for
the Company
General Mills, Inc. The Gorton Group Gloucester, Ma 1976-1989
Manager of Employee Development
Created, led and managed "start-up" Training and Development Department.
Developed and facilitated presentations skills training to executive and
management employees. Introduced blended training concept for presenting
"Frontline Leadership". Designed and introduced the "training resource" room.
Led "Total Quality" training for Corporate and Manufacturing employees. Led
Employee Services team (12-15) responsible for learning systems, point of sale
materials and training.
EDUCATION:
Master's/Bachelors of Education, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio
University of California, Cerritos and Long Beach, Ca
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Positive Management Leadership - PML Associates
Guest Speaker - Leadership in the 90's
Adjunct Professor - Business Psychology, Organizational Psychology
Diversity Training - Roosevelt Thomas
Competency Based Performance - Linkage
High Performance Leadership - ProCorp Assoc
Performance Enhancement Training - Jack Zigon Assoc.
Facilitator Training - DDI
Problem Resolution - Kepner-Tragoe
Ombudsperson Certification- Omsbud Association
Master Trainer - Zenger-Miller
Total Quality Certification - Phil Crosby
Training and Recruiting - US AirForce
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