Learning & OD Manager

Leslie Weigle

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Leader: Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development

Senior Learning and Organizational Development Leader with proven record of accomplishment creating effective strategies in support of major business initiatives: new business models, new market entry, product rollouts, acquisitions, cultural integration, operational efficiency/cost containment, and leadership development.

Expertise includes:

Learning Strategy

Performance Consulting

Leadership Development

Instructional Design

Curriculum Development

Facilitation/Presentations

Department Management

Employee/HR Communications

Professional Experience

SNC-LAVALIN CONSTRUCTORS

MANAGER, TALENT & ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS 7/2013-Present

Executing learning, leadership, and organization development for the Thermal Power division of global

engineering and construction firm.

In partnership with executive team, defined initial steps for creating a learning culture across the division.

Implemented a three-tiered coaching skills program for senior leaders, managers and employees.

Created and implemented a development planning and mentoring program for 17 high potential employees.

Collaborated with VP of Construction to facilitate transition to lean construction practices.

Partnered with Thermal Power President to define division goal setting process and facilitated workshops for managers and employees.

Led the 2014-2016 talent review and succession planning processes for Thermal Power.

MOSS ADAMS LLP

DIRECTOR, TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT 2005-2012

Responsible for directing and executing learning strategy for middle market public accounting firm. Restructured function, expanded offerings an average of 15% year over year, and initiated sales and leadership development process:

Restructured and staffed learning function, expanding team from two to seven and curriculum from six core programs to forty courses.

Collaborated with COO/President and other senior leaders to create comprehensive leadership development process resulting in five major milestone programs.

Led action-learning component of partner development program resulting in new change management process, a new director role for practice offices, and development of new sales dashboard.

Partnered with Sales Director to create customized business development curriculum.

Led team that realigned technical training programs, which averaged nine hundred participants annually.

Purchased and implemented comprehensive learning management system, which increased quality and quantity of recordkeeping and automated registration and event management.

Initiated first annual “Trainers Conference”, providing instruction in course design and delivery to fifty Partners and Senior Managers.

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Washington Mutual Bank – Seattle, WA 1997-2004

Commercial Group Training & Development Manager (2002-2004)

Corporate Learning Program Manager (2000-2002)

Leadership Development Manager (1999-2000)

Instructional Design Manager (1997-1999)

Fostered strategic partnerships across organization with business line leaders, subject matter experts, Human Resource Business Partners, and regional training organizations to create and implement training plans affecting audiences ranging in size from 300 to 30,000 people:

Built two training functions: Established client base, created department budgets, and hired staff.

Streamlined Consumer Division’s ninety-course retail banking curriculum while supporting multiple overlapping acquisitions as well as core business training needs.

Customized sales and sales management training program for each of Commercial Division’s five lines of business; trained three hundred seasoned sales professionals nationally in four months.

Instituted project-scoping process that became a best practice for training teams company-wide.

Managed vendor contracts ranging from fifty thousand dollars to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Managed Request for Proposal (RFP) process, vendor selection, contract negotiation, program implementation and evaluation.

Led team of leadership development facilitators in eight locations serving a nationwide audience; supervised redeployment of seventy-five percent of team while honoring all commitments.

Managed education process supporting new pay philosophy and system.

Developed team of instructional designers responsible for creating curriculum in product knowledge, sales, customer service, leadership, lending, call center and back office operations.

Led centralized training administration function; represented company-wide learning needs during selection of new Learning Management System.

Created and managed annual budgets ranging from five hundred thousand dollars to one million plus dollars.

Starbucks Coffee Company – Seattle, WA 1997

Instructional Design Manager

Managed curriculum development/instructional design as member of corporate HR management team. Evaluated the quality and effectiveness of learning programs designed for store teams, manufacturing groups, and corporate office staff. Led team of four instructional designers, meeting aggressive, regularly changing deadlines:

Led development of centralized regional manager training program, supporting common understanding of the role and introduction of best practices.

Supervised development of food and beverage product training.

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Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - Miami University, Oxford, OH

DISC Facilitator Certification

“Your Role in the Coaching Conversation” Certification (Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions)

Organizational Culture Inventory (OCI), Life Styles Inventory (LSI), and Group Styles Inventory (GSI) Certification from Human Synergistics International

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