Global Leadership Development Experience. Practical Support for Organizational Change.
TrainSMART’s San Francisco-based leadership consultant brings experience in global human resources, leadership development, executive coaching, and organizational change. Her work spans technology, retail, fashion, pharmaceuticals, and consumer products, with engagements reaching leaders in more than 25 countries.
Her background includes leadership development at Levi Strauss & Company, a marketing reorganization across 17 countries at Ingram Micro, and performance management work at Alza Pharmaceuticals. She connects leadership development with the organizational systems that support it: employee feedback, succession planning, management practices, and clear expectations.
Need support developing leaders or guiding organizational change? Contact TrainSMART to discuss your goals and this consultant’s fit for your organization.
Leadership Consulting and Facilitation Expertise
Leadership Development and Executive Coaching
Her experience includes developing leaders across regions, supporting frontline managers, and providing executive coaching informed by 360-degree feedback.
- Leadership skills development
- Leadership and executive coaching
- 360-degree feedback and development planning
- Succession planning
- Delegation skills for managers
- Employee performance management
Organizational Development and Change
Her work includes helping organizations respond to growth, restructuring, and changes in how employees learn and work. She has partnered with executives on competency models, change strategies, and organization-wide development initiatives.
- Organizational change management
- Leadership competency models
- Employee engagement surveys
- Values, vision, and mission workshops
- Workplace communication skills
- Innovation facilitation
Selected Leadership and Organizational Development Experience
Levi Strauss & Company: Global Leadership Development
At Levi Strauss & Company, she led leadership development initiatives across Asia, Europe, and North America, reaching approximately 1,500 employees. The work included 360-degree feedback, learning strategy, employee surveys, succession planning, and frontline management development.
This experience provides a foundation for supporting organizations that need to develop leaders across different locations and business environments.
Ingram Micro: Marketing Reorganization Across 17 Countries
At Ingram Micro, she led a global marketing organization reorganization involving 17 countries and approximately 500 employees. The engagement brought together organizational development and change leadership across an international workforce.
Alza Pharmaceuticals: Performance Management
Her performance management system work at Alza Pharmaceuticals received recognition from the Corporate Leadership Council. Her broader experience includes helping organizations connect leadership expectations, employee feedback, and performance management practices.
Enterprise-Wide Culture and Employee Feedback Initiatives
She has implemented values, vision, and mission workshops for employee populations exceeding 20,000. Her experience also includes designing and implementing multilingual employee surveys and providing executive coaching based on 360-degree feedback.
Leader-Led Training and Supply Chain Change
Her change management experience includes supporting supply chain implementation and a transition from an operations- and function-based training strategy to a leader-led, field-based training management system. This initiative affected approximately 4,000 domestic employees.
Experience Across Industries
Retail and Fashion
She began her career working with Federated Department Stores businesses, including Burdines and Bloomingdale’s. Her work earned awards in areas including profit performance, succession planning, customer service, coaching, and new store opening processes.
Her organizational development experience also includes Gap Inc., Old Navy, Hemisphere, Banana Republic, Guess?, Inc., and Victoria’s Secret.
Technology and Pharmaceuticals
At EarthLink Network, her work addressed the challenges of attracting, onboarding, and developing leaders during rapid growth. This included developing a competency model and working with executives on change management strategy and tactics.
Her experience also includes engagements with Veritas, RedEnvelope, PeoplePC, Petopia, Matrix Pharmaceuticals, Alza, and Ingram Micro.
Consumer Products and Media
Her change leadership experience includes work with Discovery Communications, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Longs Drug Stores, and Williams-Sonoma.
These engagements add to her experience helping leaders guide employees through changes in business priorities, organizational structures, and operating practices.
Leadership Development Connected to How People Work
Her background combines facilitation with responsibility for global training and organizational development teams. She has produced, directed, and implemented video and interactive training, and used virtual and blended learning approaches to support leadership development.
Her energetic facilitation style encourages leaders to examine their own behavior and role in organizational change. The focus is on connecting leadership concepts with the decisions, conversations, and responsibilities participants face at work.
When to Discuss a Leadership Consulting Engagement
This consultant’s experience is relevant to organizations facing challenges such as:
- Developing frontline managers and preparing future leaders.
- Supporting leaders through rapid growth or organizational restructuring.
- Creating shared leadership expectations across locations or countries.
- Using employee surveys and 360-degree feedback to inform development.
- Strengthening performance management and succession planning.
- Helping managers take greater responsibility for employee development.
Discuss Your Leadership Development Needs
Tell TrainSMART about your leadership audience, current challenges, desired outcomes, and timeline. Our team can discuss this consultant’s relevant experience, availability, and potential scope of support.
Inquire About Our San Francisco Leadership Consultant
Call 1-800-807-8030 or email inquiries@trainsmartinc.com.