Global Management Change/Organization Development/Talent Management

KENNETH G. GARDNER

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CHANGE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TALENT MANAGEMENT

Fortune 500 Human Resources Partner and strategic business advisor with merger and acquisition integration, and change management consulting experience. Global expertise in developing and aligning strategies, organizational systems and management practices designed to engage employees and produce desired business results.

Organization Development

Business Process Improvement

Business Strategy Development

Change Management

Facilitation & Meeting Effectiveness

Organizational Alignment

Organization Analysis & Design

Training & Development

Competency Based Curriculums

Developmental Strategies

Executive Coaching

Leadership Development

Management Development

Team Building

Human Resource Development

Employee Engagement

HR Leadership

Performance Management

Systems Alignment

Talent Management

Workforce Planning

CHANGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING – New Jersey 2014 to Present

Managing Director

Lead the design and implementation of customized organizational development, talent management, leadership development and change management consulting services. Deliverables optimize organizational performance and business results during technology changes, mergers and acquisitions and new company start-ups.

Guided an executive team through an acquisition by providing change management leadership. Facilitated the design and implementation of a new organizational model which addressed technology integration, structure, roles, responsibilities, processes, and cultural implications of the merger. Maintained business continuity, expanded market penetration, retained targeted talent, and ensured knowledge transfer for retiring personnel.

Created and facilitated a High Performance Team Building Workshop for start-up company. Trained “master trainers” to enable continuity of the program’s tools, process and methodology.

Provided coaching to executives and high potentials enhancing their effectiveness and productivity when implementing new technology and on-boarding to new situations.

WALNUT RIDGE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT COMPANY – New York 2013 to 2014

Strategic Organization Development and Learning Director

Provided global HR and OD guidance and leadership. Walnut Ridge business supports new venture investments, non-profit social action foundations and early stage businesses providing governance, management and back-office services.

Established Operating Guiding Principles that enhanced cross functional working relationships and Service Level Agreements which aligned customer expectations with service deliverables and clarified roles and responsibilities.

Created customer focused HR. Codified procedures, established a competency based staffing and an on-boarding process.

Designed a goal alignment process for a holistic approach to business portfolio planning, budgeting, prioritizing and resource allocation.

PFIZER, INC – New York 2007 to 2012

Senior Director Human Resources (2010 – 2012)

Director Human Resources (2009 – 2010)

Director Talent and Organization Capability (2007 – 2009)

Global HR leader for the Worldwide Safety and Regulatory Operations (1300 colleagues located in 70+ international locations). Led talent management, organizational effectiveness, executive team building, business alignment, employee engagement, mergers/acquisitions/strategic outsourcing, change management, management coaching, performance management, total compensation and workforce planning.

Partnered with the Global Safety and Regulatory Medical Operations Sr. VP to establish the business. Built the international organization in six months while maintaining business continuity. Facilitated the Wyeth and King organizational integrations, reducing total staffing costs by 17%.

Change leader for the Global Integrated Systems Operations Project Management Office which saved $15,000,000 annually through implementation of a new data warehouse, process simplification and centralization of work into three “Hubs”. Team consisted of European, Asian and US line executives.

Consolidated three global business units into two, enabling the simplification of work processes and the reduction of duplicative management functions with annual savings in excess of $6,000,000.

Divisional lead for the Enterprise Talent Leadership Team that designed and managed the annual CEO Talent and Organizational Review ensuring identification and development for high potentials and succession plans.

Led the Medical Division’s High-Potential Team’s INSEAD development initiative in France.

Provided executive coaching, high performance team building and manager assimilation support to ensure successful start-ups for new global leadership teams in Information Management, Safety and Generics Organizations.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON – New Jersey 2005 to 2007

External Consulting Director (2006 – 2007)

Internal Consulting Director (2005 – 2006)

Global responsibility for the design, implementation and leadership of: talent management, organization effectiveness, change management and performance improvement initiatives for the J&J family of businesses.

Designed a competency-based career management and recognition system for the global pharmaceutical business resulting in reduced turnover, explicit career paths and the implementation of best practices. Managed the engagement and coordination of business leadership teams from Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Enhanced the effectiveness of Global Executive Management Boards through the clarification of working relationships and decision making. Results included more effective use of meetings, quicker issue identification to resolve problems and implementation of a comprehensive cross management alignment business and planning process.

Implemented the Consumer’s Division Global Engineering Community of Practice providing significant cost savings associated with the use of outside engineering resources and reduced turnover.

TODAY’S STAFFING – Texas 2003 to 2005

Vice President Human Resources

Designed and implemented HR programs/processes as well as business initiatives to enhance organizational alignment, effectiveness and productivity.

Partnered with the President to rebuild the leadership team resulting in a new organizational structure that exceeded its business plan and ensured intended divestiture.

Transformed Human Resource Department to become a client focused business partner which then partnered with Finance to implement the Sarbanes–Oxley Act, and Sales to redesign the recruiting and sales career training and development process increasing sales and reducing turnover.

Established employee survey process enhancing employee engagement and resulting in a new sales bonus system.

CITIGROUP – New York 1997 - 2003

First Vice President Organizational Effectiveness

Led talent management, organization effectiveness, change management, productivity improvement, organizational team building and management development for the Global Corporate Investment Bank.

Designed the Leadership Development, Career & Performance Management System for Global Securitization to promote global business strategy alignment, continuity of management practices and identification of management talent bench strength.

Identified organizational performance gaps and guided business teams to resolve targeted improvements.

Facilitated the Y2K Taskforce to ensure timely identification and implementation of global system changes.

Enhanced the Consumer and Investment Bank business alignment in Mexico through cross functional team building.

Designed and facilitated the “on-boarding process” for redeployed senior executives which reduced time required for assimilation into new role to ninety days.

COMPUTER SCIENCE CORPORATION CONSULTING, INC. (CSC) – Massachusetts 1996 - 1997

Senior Consultant

Led client engagements for the Change Management Practice of a $5 billion international technology consulting company, with 45,000 worldwide employees. Clients were both US and European based.

Consulting focus was the design, implementation and alignment of organizational systems, management practices and communications processes to advance strategic business plans based on new technology implementations. Clients were in the manufacturing, finance and technology fields.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Coral Gables, Florida

Master of Education

Bachelor of Business Administration

Accreditations

Pfizer Senior Leadership Program, Hay Making Great Leaders, Lominger Leadership Architect and Choices, IMA Accelerating Implementation Methodology Accreditation, Development Dimensions International Interaction Management, Targeted Selection & Facilitation Skills, MOHR Development Behavior Modeling Certification.

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