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Amanda Brannan

West Fargo,ND

Summary

Future-focused organizational development and change management specialist, passionate about using data and creative thinking to generate impactful and engaging people-oriented results. Passionate about distilling highly complex ideas into simple solutions, and facilitating a-ha moments that allow leaders and teams to operate at higher levels.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Organizational Development and Change Specialist

WEX, Inc.
10.2022 - Current
  • Create and lead programmatic change management approach of global HR transformation by consolidating outcomes of 22 separate HR-related workstreams into three strategic, holistic campaigns, ensuring end-user adoption and showcasing direct business impact
  • Consult as strategic thought partner to drive creation of corporate Change Enablement Office serving global 6,500+ employees
  • Initiate increased consistency of employee career development experience through ongoing collaboration with Talent Management team, integrating corporate assessments into development programming and one-on-one coaching
  • Strategically activate vendor relationships, empowering leaders as teachers across organization, ensuring scalability and accelerating business impact of talent development solutions
  • Collaborate routinely as thought partner for stakeholders across HR team and business, gaining traction and challenging business as usual through interpersonal and professional influence, strategic thinking, and data-driven insights

Leadership Excellence Senior Specialist

WEX, Inc.
06.2021 - 10.2022
  • Consulted with leaders - team lead to executive level - identifying root cause of team issues, challenging assumptions, and accelerating talent development
  • Owned and maximized leadership development via Blanchard portfolio and partnership
  • Drove executive development through focus on values and key leadership tenants
  • Created global VP+ integration guide to ensure successful, rapid onboarding and integration of new senior and executive leadership

Global Talent Development Specialist

WEX, Inc.
11.2019 - 06.2021
  • Co-created company's first corporate global talent development team
  • Overhauled and refreshed global onboarding experience to ensure engaging virtual welcome for new hires at all levels
  • Rapidly transitioned all key learning content to virtual format following shelter-in-place mandates, ensuring smooth transition for employee learning experience
  • Championed Global Talent Development team's virtual facilitation skill growth as company transitioned to entirely work-from-home, keeping employee experience at center of Talent Development work
  • Created scalable, global talent development solutions, empowering employees to take ownership of skill development therefore directly improving business outcomes
  • Introduced and fostered corporate learning culture, vetting, choosing, and leveraging multiple high-quality content vendors through enterprise LMS

Employee Development Manager

Discovery Benefits, Inc.
05.2018 - 11.2019
  • Leveraged Human Performance Improvement methodology to conduct ongoing needs assessments, and develop dynamic, multifaceted talent programs to meet business needs
  • Built and maintained meaningful relationships across business, keeping pulse on employee needs and influencing decisions around development opportunities
  • Lead facilitator and owner of cornerstone employee leadership program, defining and integrating key leadership competencies in employees at all levels

Education

M.S., Organizational Communication -

North Dakota State University
12.2016

B.A., Public Relations and Advertising -

North Dakota State University
05.2016

Skills

  • Change management
  • Facilitation
  • Virtual facilitation
  • Needs assessment
  • Stakeholder collaboration
  • Coaching
  • Leadership development
  • Appreciative Inquiry
  • Human Performance Improvement
  • Mentorship
  • Influence
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Design Thinking
  • Relationship development
  • Strategic thinking

Certification

  • Certified Blanchard SLII Facilitator
  • Certified Virtual Trainer
  • Change Management Certification, ATD
  • Human Performance Improvement Certification, ATD
  • Coaching Certification, ATD
  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Certified Facilitator
  • Appreciative Inquiry Certified Facilitator

References

Amie Deak - amiedeak689@gmail.com

Sr. HR Transformation & Change Advisor, IA HR Consultants 


Jess Almlie - jess@jessalmlie.com

Learning & Performance Strategist, Learning Business Advisor Consulting 


Heather Ostrowski - heatherostrowski@gatecity.bank

Assistant Vice President, Organizational Development Specialist, Gate City Bank

Timeline

Senior Organizational Development and Change Specialist

WEX, Inc.
10.2022 - Current

Leadership Excellence Senior Specialist

WEX, Inc.
06.2021 - 10.2022

Global Talent Development Specialist

WEX, Inc.
11.2019 - 06.2021

Employee Development Manager

Discovery Benefits, Inc.
05.2018 - 11.2019

M.S., Organizational Communication -

North Dakota State University

B.A., Public Relations and Advertising -

North Dakota State University

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