Management Project

Curtiss Peck

Email: *********@********.***

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City: Milwaukee

State: WI

Zip: 53202

Country: USA

Phone: 414-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: 120

Willing to Relocate

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Curtiss S. Peck

1111 N. Marshall Street #903

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-3380

(H) 414-***-**** aa (M) 414-***-****

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Experienced organization development leader. Valued business partner and executive coach. Proven ability to think strategically and lead transformational change across an organization to drive business strategy. Exceptional skills establishing positive internal stakeholder relationships, and leading talent development to achieve business impact.

Highlights of Qualifications

aa Executive assessment and coach

aa Strong and decisive servant leader

aa Agent for culture change

aa Strategic, systems thinker

aa Inspire trust among diverse people

aa Creative and innovative

Highlights of Work Experience

Northwestern Mutual aaa Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2008-Present

Organization Development Consultant

aa Led a company-wide project to identify the mission-critical competencies for eighty-four management-level job functions, containing 1674 jobs. Organized a team of 33 internal resources who executed and completed the project ahead of schedule. Cost savings to the company was approximately $100K.

aa Established an organizational change process within the Controllers department for a large multi-year project impacting the entire company. Coached an organization change lead from within the business and guided the development of change management skills among the members of the core team.

aa Facilitated an organizational change effort for the physicians and nurses in the medical underwriting standards division. Continue coaching the physicians in leadership roles.

aa Developed the methodology for assessing organizational design needs and strategies for execution.

aa Consult with the leadership within three Agencies departments/divisions (Field Vertical Growth, Field Horizontal Growth, and Contracting, Licensing and Registration) on issues around two reorganizations, change management, leadership, and employee engagement.

aa Consult with the Information Systems (IS) department executive team on multi-site, organization-wide change efforts, leadership development, and culture change.

aa Performance coach for senior leaders in Mason Street Advisers, the companyaaas investment department.

Assessment Systems International, Inc. aaa Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1991-2008

President, Executive Coach, Organization Development Consultant, and Author

aa Consulted on company acquisitions and mergers, including strategic planning, impact on culture transformation, and leadership capabilities and development needs.

aa Transitioned company from a purely training firm to a consulting firm, and the publisher and distributor of assessment inventories used domestically and internationally.

aa Provided performance coaching for senior managers and others in companies like Danaher Corporation, Emerson Electric, Harley-Davidson, Citibank, and Kohler Corporation

aa Developed custom competency and behavior-based assessments for companies, including 3M, Amoco, Lockheed Advanced Development Company, American Medical Security, Hillaaas Pet Products, Skil Corporation, and the Bank of Elmwood

aa Developed successful competency-based, distance learning certification program aaa resulting in increased learning opportunities for international clients and reduced training costs 50%

aa Built a team of professionals that developed and delivered a reoccurring 16-week reeducation program for displaced workers resulting in 90% consistent placement over two years of the program.

aa Developed impactful curricula and instructional material, including three-tiered project management training for the Harley-Davidson Engineering organization. Assisted Harley-Davidson University with assessment of the e-learning program for technical people.

Milwaukee School of Engineering aaa Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2000-2010

Adjunct Assistant Professor

aa Develop curricula for and taught graduate courses in the School of Business. Courses included are Organizational Theory and Change, Applied Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Principles of Management, Project Management, and Leading Project Teams

aa Leadership aaa Managed, coordinated and monitored the Masters in Engineering Management Suites Program. This includes evaluation of curricula, coordination of faculty, and continuous improvement of the program

aa Thesis Adviser aaa Advised graduate students on their thesis research and writing.

Team Management Systems aaa Reston, Virginia 1988-1991

Vice President

aa Americanized assessments and certification material for Australian authors

aa Authored workbooks and workshops that complemented the assessment reports

aa Developed marketing plan for North America

aa Crafted and executed the marketing strategy for professional trade shows

aa Conducted certification training for professionals using the assessments and reports

Education

ABD aaa Adult Education, Education Psychology, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology

MS aaa Adult Education, Administrative Leadership aaa University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

BS aaa Social Welfare and Criminal Justice aaa University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Registered Organization Development Professional by the Organization Development Institute

Certified by Dr. Robert Nideffer in the use of The Attentional & Interpersonal Style Inventory

Certified by Dr. Charles Margerison and Dr. Dick McCann in the use of the Team Management Systems

Certified by Consulting Psychologists Press in the use of Strong Interest Inventory, FIRO-BA(R), and Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument

Certified by the Institute for Personality and Ability Testing (IPATA(R)) in the use of the 16PFA(R) assessment and reports

Certified to use Lominger competency material including VOICESA(R), Leadership ArchitectA(R), Interview ArchitectA(R), and Team ArchitectA(R)

Graduate aaa United States Air Force Non-Commissioned Officers Academy, Knoxville, Tennessee aaa active duty service in the Azores, Luxembourg and Germany

Presentations, Publications and Papers

aaARelationship Between Competencies, Competence and Competent Behavioraa (publication pending)

aaAInfluence Without Authorityaa presentation to Northwestern Mutual Financial Network compliance supervisors, November 2009

aaABrand Managementaa presentations to marketing executives in the Czech Republic, May 2004

aaAYou Can Teach Old Dogs New Tricks aaa You Just Need Different Methods.aa Improving Performance in Organizations. Alexandria, VA: ASTD Book Publishing, 1998.

Guide to Management & Leadership. New Berlin, WI: ASI Publications, 1995.

aaAAssessment of Leadership Skills.aa The Total Quality Review: The International Journal of Effective Organizations. May/June 1995.

aaA360-Degree Assessments aaa How To Avoid A Disaster.aa AQP Conference Proceedings. March 1998.

aaAAssessment of Team Effectiveness.aa IPMAAC Conference Proceedings. June 1995.

aaAAssessment of Attentional Skills and Interpersonal Style for Selection.aa IPMAAC Conference Proceedings. June 1995.

High-Performing Teams Action Planning Workbook. New Berlin, WI: ASI Publications, 1995.

Community Service

aa Director, Fisher House Wisconsin Board, www.fisherhousewi.org

aa Member, Milwaukee Armed Services Committee, www.armedforces.org

aa Commander, The American Legion, Harley-Davidson Post 400

aa Treasurer, American Legion Riders Association of Wisconsin

aa Member, Milwaukee Organization Development Community of Practice

aa Member, Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership

aa Member, Project Management Institute

aa Member, Society for Organizational Learning

Additional Experience

aa Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin Management Institute, Madison, Wisconsin

aa International Advisory Board Member, Accrediting Alliance for Training and Development

aa Co-Founder of the Milwaukee Organization Development Network

aa Co-Founder of the Institute for Financial Education aaa Trainers Roundtable

aa Co-Founder of the Wisconsin Criminal Justice Network

aa Past-President and Board member aaa Multiple Sclerosis Society of Milwaukee

aa Former Advisor aaa Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Business Week

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