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We are thrilled to have a broad talent base sharing their insight and lessons learned as they network with their peers.
Several Chicagoland Learning Leaders have recently presented at a conference or a peer networking session and we have been fortunate enough to archive their lessons learned for our members. You can hear a preview of one of their recent sessions by click on the listen to hotlinks below.
You can view all the thought leaders or select a learning area and/or company to narrow your search.
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Dr. Cohen is a 35+ year veteran of the human resource management field, having founded or led numerous consulting firms focused on the assessment, education and development of mid-to-senior level leaders.
His professional goal has always been to help leaders improve their effectiveness by aligning their performance with their organization's strategy.
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As Chief Learning Officer, Jay Colker leads Learning and Development for all of ShoreBank Corporation’s affiliate companies. Jay and his team collaborate with business unit leaders to ensure that employees at all levels have the right skills to maximize business unit outcomes. As a member of the senior management team in Human Resources, Jay and his HR colleagues have evolved an integrated approach to talent management including recruitment and selection, on-boarding, compensation and benefits, performance management, developmental planning, human capital strategic planning, succession, leadership and high potential development, employee relations, and learning and development.
Jay understands the challenges of creating a continuous learning culture for employees and aligning with business unit leaders to achieve business results. Jay established ShoreBank University with multiple delivery channels including classroom, live webinars, and self-paced learning solutions to support both business unit needs and career development.
ShoreBank was a 2004 award winner recognized by Workforce Chicago 2.0 as a best practice company in employee development and a 2006 award winner of the Right Workplace award recognized for its positive people practices.
Jay holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology, a Masters Degree in Business Administration, and a degree of Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership. Jay also holds a certificate in mediation and conflict resolution. Jay is currently a part-time instructor at the University of Phoenix and was previously a part-time faculty member at the Adler School of Professional Psychology.
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Career focus on organizational change, leadership development and adult education in non-profit, private and publicly held companies in healthcare and financial services industries.(Domestic and international). Extensive experience in change management, leadership development and cultural integration in global organizations. Experience in mergers and acquisitions, (acquiring, being acquired and a merger of equals). Management experience includes both staff and line management and liaison roles. Responsible for P&L of an educational product line in a public company and for creating a new business unit function. Strong background in teaching, facilitating, writing, customer and industry relations and management. Successful and adept working with senior executives, directors and all levels of staff to achieve organizational objectives.
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Maureen Costello is an image management expert who brings insight, candor and more than 20 years of experience to help clients project a sophisticated, high-impact presence. As a corporate trainer, she has worked with hundreds of emerging leaders from the X & Y Generations.
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Responsible for the Chicago operations of New Horizons Computer Learning Centers - 2 offices, 35 people, P&L, growing business, developing strategic alliances.
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An “astute professional, change agent, and progressive leader” who is forward thinking, research driven, hardworking, thought provoking, and analytically are terms often used by her professional and personal networks to describe Ms. Airies Davis. Throughout her 10+ year career, Ms. Davis has been a successful Human Resources Executive consistently impacting the bottom-line for such top companies as Deloitte, Merrill Lynch, and Monster Worldwide. She currently serves as an Enterprise Client Trainer for Monster Worldwide (www.monster.com). Monster is leader in the online recruitment space as one of the top 40 most visited websites in the world. In this role, she travels across the country conducting training and development workshops for internal and external Fortune 500 clients such as Motorola, Zurich, & General Motors. She effectively identifies and addresses her clients hiring needs, recruitment challenges, employment law adherence, and diversity best practices. Prior to Monster Worldwide, Ms. Davis served as the Assistant Vice President of Corporate Recruiting at Merrill Lynch Capital. In addition, she balanced her Human Resources career by previously developing national events and workshops for major publications including Black Enterprise, Diversity Inc, Hispanic MBA, and Savoy Magazine.
As the President of the NAAAHR Chicago Chapter, she looks forward to exploring new partnership opportunities, providing membership educational enhancements, and evolving the chapters’ local and international reach. She searched the Chicagoland area for the best and the brightest leaders with impressive Human Resources credentials to serve as Board members. At last comprising a “dream team” Executive Board of PhD, CPA, and SPHR professionals equipped and excited to move NAAAHR Chicago Chapter into a direction!
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As Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives, Shirley acts as the SHRM “thought leader” on global diversity issues and will be working to position SHRM as the leader in the diversity and inclusion field. She designs and implements innovative diversity strategies to further both the ATP (Advance the Profession) and STP (Serve the Professional) portions of SHRM’s overall strategy. Shirley also acts as the staff leader to the Diversity Special Expertise Panel; the liaison to SHRM’s Diversity Advisory Council, the SHRM Diversity Conference; and the representative of SHRM’s Diversity Initiative to the public. She travels across the country and internationally speaking on the critical challenges and complexities associated with managing diversity in a global workforce and marketplace. She provides HR and diversity professionals practical strategies and solutions that enable them to effectively develop, implement and sustain their diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Shirley has more than 15 years of experience in Human Resources, Organizational & Leadership Development and Diversity Management. She has led such functions Training & Education, Leadership Development, Performance Management, Recruiting, Change Management, Strategic Planning and Global Diversity. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Pre-Law, a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management, and a Ph.D. in Business and Organization Management.
Shirley has held numerous leadership positions in major Fortune 500 and 100 companies such as Constellation Energy, Capital One, Circuit City, and Bank of America. Additionally, she has led such functions as Recruiting, Training and Development, Performance Management, Change Management, Leadership and Executive Development, and Diversity and Inclusion.
Shirley is a member of numerous professional organizations and is very active in her church, community and family. She’s a former Miss District of Columbia, Ms. Oklahoma and in 2000 won the national title of Ms. American United States.
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CARA provides the innovative learning and performance solutions that are right for each organization. We take the time to understand your business and partner with you to develop the most appropriate solutions to meet your organizational goals. CARA will help you stay on budget, with flexible and creative approaches. We are process-driven with programs to help you track productivity, progress and results.
CARA understands that the only way to measure true success is through client satisfaction. At CARA, we have two sets of clients—our customers and our consultants. We designed the PURE service program to meet the needs of both. CARA’s PURE service consists of an evaluation, recognition and reward program in which all our consultants participate.
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Bob has broad experience with more than twenty years of international and domestic leadership roles in world-class Fortune 500 organizations where he held senior executive positions. In addition, he has significant consulting experience in serving as an advisor and coach to senior executives in a cross section of industries.
While working at companies including Johnson Controls, Unilever, CAN Insurance, and AON, Bob’s area of expertise included executive leadership development and coaching; strategic execution and measurement frameworks; executive assessment; succession and talent management; and change management strategies.
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