Chris Weber

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Appleton, WI **915

920-***-****

ad2mt0@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/christianscottweber

Career Profile

Over 20 years of experience in Talent and HR Leadership, Organizational and Leadership Development.

Specialize in creation and delivery of innovative HR process improvements and solutions.

Expertise in Performance Development, Organizational and Leadership Development, Change Leadership and Creativity/Innovation Ideation Processes.

Highly skilled in coaching, developing leaders and building high performance teams.

Master’s degree in Organizational Communication, Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.

Professional Experience

Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 8/16 - Present

Senior Organizational Development Manager

Lead the organizational and leadership development programs and initiatives for Oshkosh Defense.

Work closely with HR Business Partners regarding leadership, talent and team challenges.

Designed and created the Oshkosh Defense Leadership Development Program – Leading People First.

Develop high impact leadership development solutions for teams building psychological safety.

Teach our Leading People First program and serve as leadership coach to Oshkosh Defense Leadership.

Heavy involvement in roles related to engagement, performance management, change and culture management.

Developed and lead our Oshkosh Defense Virtual Creativity & Innovation Center.

Creativity House Consulting, Appleton, Wisconsin 6/15 – 8-16

Design and deliver workshops on The Art of Leadership and Creative Thinking to small groups, businesses and community organizations.

Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin, Menasha, Wisconsin 11/09 – 06/15

Leader of Talent Management and Leadership Development

Innovatively led the performance development processes, talent management, leadership development and team member engagement efforts for a 65 million dollar, 1400 team member organization.

Leader of the Talent Management Team which as a group significantly increased the efficiency and effectiveness of our internal talent sourcing and leadership development processes.

Created and implemented “Talent Day” - a full-day leadership assessment experience for leadership candidates which resulted in a 25% increase in leader retention – from 62% to 87%.

Owned and facilitated Caring Leader, our extensive leadership development curriculum which integrated new leaders into the culture and increased leader effectiveness measured by our Greatest Place to Work Survey.

Redesigned and implemented a new Team Member Growth & Development process that better serves to create meaningful conversation around individual growth, development, culture fit and role accountability.

Conducted leadership teaming which built stronger, more aligned leadership teams across our retail stores resulting in far less turnover and internal conflict.

Talent Management and Leadership Development processes have been recognized, observed and used by the external business community, demonstrating our strengths in consulting, teaching, facilitating, coaching and curriculum design.

School Specialty, Appleton, Wisconsin 1/08 – 11/09

Director of Organizational & Management Development

Created and managed School Specialty’s organizational development initiatives as well as executed the School Specialty “APEX” Performance Management System.

Created the design, training and process control for APEX Performance Management.

Owner of associate engagement plans and actions created from the organizational engagement survey. Internally consulted with each line of business to determine best approaches for improving employee engagement.

Created coaching and skill development tools and resources for managers in support of APEX.

Managed all performance management metrics and corresponding reporting to senior management which gave clear visibility to business unit performance.

Provided OD consulting and support to corporate and field HR Directors to ensure consistency in process across the organization. Worked with each line of business to assist in leadership and team development.

Schneider National Transportation & Logistics, Green Bay, Wisconsin 02/97 – 01/08

Senior Corporate Training & Development Manager

Served in a strong OD capacity for all leadership and team member associates within the Schneider National Transportation and Schneider National Logistics organizations.

Owned the creation, design and delivery of Schneider National’s frontline and mid-level leadership development programs. These were the first of their kind for Schneider and highly valued.

Served as internal consultant and primary resource to HR Business Partners for the design and delivery of case-specific, customized skill development and business process improvement projects for field and corporate leaders.

Assisted business units in strategic planning, leadership assessment projects and overall business unit effectiveness workshops.

Provided internal consulting expertise to our staff of Human Resource Managers on issues that focus on specific business-driven skill development programs, organizational change transitions, team development projects and performance management process.

Heavily involved in change management using the GE CAP tools as well as Prosci’s ADKAR Change Model.

Facilitated learning sessions for process re-engineering, innovation and collaboration, and process re-design, and change management which served to build sustainability in our continuous improvement initiatives.

Led the leadership, associate and customer service technical training teams, building the training team into a formidable internal consultancy which was highly esteemed throughout the organization.

J. J. Keller & Associates, Neenah, Wisconsin 02/95 – 02/97

Training & Development Manager

Developed the organization’s training and development department which included the research, design, and delivery for all associate and management development programming. (800 associate population, 250 million in sales for 1996)

Served as internal consultant to all business units regarding associate skill development and business process improvement.

Coordinated and facilitated all efforts in the organization’s total quality improvement program. This included the design and delivery of all total quality courses, and serving as primary consultant for application of quality tools.

Primary resource for the design and delivery of all management development programming.

Facilitated individual management development plans as well as team development workshops.

Worked with Sales and Production departments to ensure consistency in training content and messaging.

Education

University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Master of Arts Degree - Organizational Communication - emphasis in Human Resources & Training & Development

Bachelor of Science Degree – Psychology - emphasis in counseling

Additional Activities

Soccer Coach for Appleton Soccer Club

Previous Special Olympics Volunteer

Leadership Fox Cities Graduate

Previous Junior Achievement Instructor

Previous UW-Oshkosh Public Speaking Instructor

Certified in Myers-Briggs, StrengthsFinder, RightPath, Situational Leadership & Emotional Intelligence

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