La Toya Prince

ad49c0@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/latoyap/

Chester, VA 23831

402-***-****

Summary

Organizational Development, Talent Development, and Performance Management

Highly acclaimed professional with proven background of creating strategic and operational programs that deliver results for the talent of the organization. Intentional focus on consulting with senior leadership to ensure programs are designed to enhance employee engagement and to create diverse and inclusive cultures.

Equipped about building teams up and partnering through highly cross-functional engagements to deliver results for organizational development programs including employee development, learning strategies, and change implementation. Strong business acumen with proficiency in delivering subject matter expertise, instructional design, and strategic facilitation for L&D programs. Instrumental in providing effective leadership in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments with outstanding oral and written presentation and communication skills. Creative thinker able to generate new ideas and initiate change.

Areas of Expertise

•Training Strategy

•Organizational Development

•Project Management

•Organizational Leadership

•Customer Satisfaction

•Process Improvement

•Coaching & Learning Theories

•Talent Development

•Program Sponsorship Management

Accomplishments

●Served as L&D leader to manage strategic training and execution for 5200 call center associates, logistics, and classroom management achieving highest ratings regarding line of business assessments and performance reviews.

●Established and deployed employee engagement training and workshops for 250+ managerial associates.

●Developed organizations’ first job shadow program along with driving improvement in bench strength, talent pipeline, and partnerships across multiple fields of business.

●Created Onboarding Program Platform for multiple organizations and enterprise-wide institutions.

●Managed company page and talent solution platforms producing growth by serving as program manager.

Career Experience

Business Education Instructor (Contract), Chesterfield County Schools; Richmond, VA Oct 2023 – Current

Responsible for creating Business Education curriculum instructing students in a school setting. Assumes responsibility for all aspects of classroom instruction, assessments and behavior management on a short term and long term basis. Ensures compliance with existing applicable federal and state statutes and local policies, regulations and guidelines.

●Implement teacher created lesson plans or works.

●Work independently and collaboratively with a team of educators to generate lesson plans.

●Provide differentiated strategies to instruct students at all levels in all content areas.

●Deliver intervention services to all students based on specific goals and objectives established.

SR HR Strategist and Consultant, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU); Richmond, VA Jul 2022 – Feb 2023

Consulted and collaborated with university leaders, HR Professionals, and the Organizational Effectiveness stakeholder team to drive organizational effectiveness efforts and activities that strengthen retention, recruitment, performance, talent development and leadership for all university professional staff.

●Provided talent and coaching interventions through consultations with leaders and professional staff.

●Partnered with the New Hire Experience team to revise and work on continuous improvement of the New Hire Onboarding Program; increasing new hire attendance to 90% within first week of new hires start date and providing job aids to support hiring managers through the process.

●Served as first representative from VCU Central HR to create partnerships with local organizations through career fair for recruitment opportunities.

Principal Learning Consultant – 25 staff, Capital One Financial; Las Vegas, Richmond, Tampa Jul 2019 – July 2022

Managed three region training leadership team. Directed strategy for training functions. Spearheaded end-to-end functions of implementing successful change management process, adding realized needed requisitions, reducing employee burn-out, and optimizing training efficiencies across the enterprise. Offered directional sponsorship on multiple projects, platforms, and processes across the organization. Delivered effective support in planning and conducting quarterly, midyear, and end-of-year talent management, performance management, and calibration sessions across the organization.

●Established strong partnerships with various sectors of business bodies and departments as well as developed strong relationships across enterprise.

●Received three promotions with recognition within two years for ensuring employee retention, mentoring peers to improved performance, and executing leader sponsorship of programs, platforms and building new teams/processes.

Organizational Development Specialist, Election Systems & Software; Omaha, NE Apr 2018 – May 2019

Led all facets of promoting wellness programs, organizing employee recognition events, and improving performance feedback interactions while supporting executive director in building an engaged workforce. Facilitated recruitment and onboarding by engaging with higher management and division leaders regarding employee engagement, development, and orientation. Spearheaded various administrative key tasks, including employee engagement surveys, eLearning platforms, communication channels, and employee resource groups.

●Engaged in managing company platforms and recognition budgets of over $125k.

●Pioneered first quarterly senior leadership team” Ask Me Anything” sessions.

●Ensured engagement and effective employee representation across enterprise for remote employees by providing leadership sponsorship for all company employee resource groups.

Senior Talent Solutions Specialist, LinkedIn Talent Solutions; Omaha, NE Apr 2014 – Apr 2018

Designed and facilitated team meetings while deploying coaching and process development efforts. Delivered strategic guidance to corporate clients, sales, and peers regarding LinkedIn usage. Liaised with multiple teams, such as Sales, Legal, Product Operations Managers, Product Engineers, Technical Escalation Associates, and Operations Team to ensure project completion on time. Provided guidance to internal/external customers and achieved cohesive product communication by leveraging cross-functional teams.

●Conducted quality/audit reviews and analysis on employee performance, while supporting management teams.

●Ensured delivery of quality content aligned with provided guidelines and procedures.

Global Operations Specialist, LinkedIn Talent Solutions; Omaha, NE Jul 2011 – Mar 2014

Engaged with corporate clients for improving customers experience for LinkedIn. Executed problem resolution support, troubleshooting, technical solutions, page creation, and marketing requirements. Established a productive knowledge base and effective communication resources regarding training and leading new associates and sales staff.

Acted as project lead for product introductions and strategic executions.

Designed and organized wiki page content and resources published on internal ‘how to’ platform.

Education & Certifications

BS Marketing Management – Bellevue University – Bellevue, NE

Virtual Training and Facilitation Certification, ATD (Association for Talent Development)

Professional Recruiter Certification, LinkedIn Recruiter Certification

Technical Proficiencies

Google Suites Workday PeopleSoft Microsoft Office & Windows Tableau Salesforce Learning Management Systems Jira HRIS

Awards

Two-time Recipient of WALI (Women at LinkedIn) Mentoring Award

In recognition for most influential women at LinkedIn

Recipient of LinkedIn’s Global VIP Leadership and Leverage Award

In recognition for performance related to 4 strategic pillars: Prevention, Deflection, Efficiency, and Adds value

LinkedIn LEAD Invest program Nominee and Award Recipient

Recognition 0f the top 40 mid-level Multicultural leaders across LinkedIn offices who exhibit high executive presence and creative leadership performance

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