40k hrs of prof practice and university teaching RBT for WA Schools

Dave Knibbe, Ph.D.

203-***-**** **************@******.*** www.linkedin.com/in/daveknibbephd

Master at: Leadership Coaching & Training Strategic HR & Employee Rels.

Summary

**,*** ***** ** HR/L&D professional practice and university business school teaching dedicated to accelerating the performance, career potential and retention of thousands of leaders, professionals and teams through evidence-based talent assessments, development planning, training/learning, and “must win” performance coaching

Conviction that the ultimate measure of leadership and organizational effectiveness is the ethical delivery of crucial & sustainable results

My “Sweet Spot?” Releasing the GREATNESS in others through MAGNIFYING one-on-one’s (the Keystone of Leadership)

Competence in HR practices ranges from “Master” to “learner” with most in the Master/Expert category.

Over the Course of My Career, People Have Sought My Advice and Solutions:

Leadership Workforce Development & Performance

Trained & developed 75+ R&D project managers, transforming them into project directors with greater influence and impact resulting in several promotions and special assignments (world’s leading healthcare company)

Created and executed a powerful, evidence-based talent assessment and performance coaching process for more than 1,500 newly assigned or tenured leaders and staff professionals, leaving no doubt regarding questions of promotability, job fit, executive presence, emotional intelligence, etc.

Lead and managed a corporate L&D services center with a staff of 18, delivering workshops to hundreds of management and supervisory employees, designed to improve their performance and stretch their potential

Directed an L&D process for the top 300 sales and marketing leaders in a leading consumer products company

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Conflict Mediation/Employee Relations

Mediated conflicts among executives and teams, averting costly and divisive legal action, preserving positive public relations, etc.

Investigated employee grievances, leading to mutually agreed settlements

Served as neutral party to assess and mediate cases involving potential termination of executives, resulting in negotiated outplacement agreements and averting costly legal action

HR Change Leadership

Partnered to save $1 MM in outplacement costs by winning an $800k US Dept. of Labor training grant for hundreds of displaced employees due to a headquarters closing. Initiative was “text book” HR from start to finish

Planned and executed corporate and division-wide cascading of annual goals and strategies resulting in greater top-down and cross functional alignment, teamwork, and collaboration

oDid away with “old school” performance appraisal systems replacing them with MAGNIFIED one-on-one’s as basis for development, rewards, promotions, etc.

Helped plan and implement an addiction recovery and spouse/family support program for stakes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, working with a diverse group of volunteer leaders, members and non-members to assure a highly responsive program to unmet needs

Work Simplification & Efficiency

Facilitated a work simplification process to streamline and align the social services/welfare dept. of the New York State government, resulting in savings of millions of tax dollars

Helped a global company regain lost market leadership position by working with a master team of engineers to simplify and reduce a highly inefficient 3-month process down to just 10 days

Career Runways & Planning

Created career runways for medical, engineering, scientific and technical talent, resulting in effective workforce planning and career discussions among employees and management

Knibbe: 203-***-****

Created proprietary career/life planning system and administered to approx. 5,000 university students and corporate leaders and professionals, resulting in promotions, salary increases, saved marriages, and other benefits.

Benchmarking and VOC Research

Planned and conducted a benchmarking study of all public PAC-12 universities enabling sponsoring university President and cabinet to make highly informed decisions concerning compensation, staff size, scope of services, university branding, governance structure, etc.

Conducted extensive research on a number of issues ranging from customer needs, leader and team improvement, job fit, work aptitudes, etc.

Conducted best practices, compensation, employee relations, and related surveys for public and private sector organizations

Experience

Founder & Managing Director, OIA, LLC (Org. Improvement Assoc.),1991- present. HR, Leadership and Professional development firm.

Served many of the world’s most respected global organizations located in North America, Europe and the Middle East. See above for representative skills, talents, andresults

Also have delivered speeches and learning sessions at several industry and professional conferences (topic: Releasing the GREATNESS in Others through MAGNIFYING one-on-one communication)

Adjunct Professor of Leadership & HR Practice, UConn School of Business, U of Utah, BYU-SLC, TX-Dallas

Note: During entire university teaching career, taught 5,000 MBA and undergrad business students in leadership, negotiations, strategy, small business, HR & OB courses.

Public Speaker

Presented speeches and learning sessions at several national business conferences. Topic: Releasing the GREATNESS in others through Conducting effective 1:1 leadership conversations.

Knibbe: 203-***-****

Early Career

US Congressional Campaign Director, Flint, MI; managed staff of three

US Congress: Congressional Staff Assistant (Dan Marriott, R-UT)

Sr. Consultant, Human Resources, Intl., Cleveland, OH (while in graduate school at Case Western Reserve University)

Sr. Manager & HR Practice Lead for EY, Salt Lake City, UT (built practice from scratch)

Group Manager of Management Development, Frito-Lay, Plano, TX (co-lead entire group for a year after Director and VP were dismissed)

Global Manager of Leadership Learning & Development, Texaco, White Plains, NY; directed organization of 18. Left to found OIA, LLC in 1991.

Education

Ph.D., Management (Executive and Organization Development concentration), Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Master of Organizational Behavior, Marriott School of Business, Brigham Young University; minor concentration in labor and employee relations

B.S., cum laude’, Psychology, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, University of Utah; minor concentration in advertising and public relations, President of Pi Kappa Alpha; baseball team, freshman year; Skull & Bones, honorary academic society

Community Involvement

President of Award Winning American Cancer Society Chapter

Pro bono Consultant/advisor to United Way

Elective office: Representative, Salt Lake Assn. of Community Councils

Mormon Helping Hands disaster relief: Hurricanes Sandy and Irene

Participated in a multi-faith initiative to relocate a refugee family from Congo to Danbury, CT

Personal

Enjoy family and church activities, travel, hiking, fishing, camping, diplomacy/foreign affairs; learning German. Proud West Point & Army Ranger Dad.

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