Jamie F Goddard
Oakland,CA
Summary
Collaborative leader, manager, coach, and thought partner dedicated to increasing talent engagement at all levels of an organization. An engaging systems thinker with a roll-up-the-sleeves, emotionally-intelligent approach to delivering impactful shifts and solutions. Expertise launching new initiatives and improving existing organizational challenges.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director, SF ReServe
Community Living Campaign
San Francisco, CA
04.2019 - Current
- Set strategic direction and lead team to expand SF ReServe, which helps skilled older workers and adults living with disabilities to find meaningful part-time employment
- Developed a strong team culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
- Manage $970K/per annum city grant
- Lead collaborative of organizations advocating for employment for older adults, adults living with disabilities and LGBTQ community and other marginalized communities
- Forge new relationships with community-based organizations and small businesses to expand access to part-time employment
- DEIB Steering Committee Lead
- Supervise Inclusion & Accessibility Lead
Principal
Jamie Goddard & Associates
Domestically/Internationally
10.1994 - 08.2023
- Coached emerging corporate managers and executive leadership to elevate their authenticity and clarity in new and existing roles
- Consulted on small business leadership, strategy and implementation to build fulfilling and productive work cultures
- Strategic team, board, cross-organizational work outs and operational planning
- Led Large Account Management™ and Strategic Selling™ sessions for $10MM growth
- Led and oversaw Associate and Analyst summer trainings of 150+ employees across financial institutions
- Lead 12 consultants to train and coach a new organization-wide performance evaluation
People Development Lead
FairTrade USA
Oakland, CA
05.2016 - 12.2016
- Created a strategic roadmap for performance management across the organization of 125 employees
- Coached new people managers in team development, annual KPI/performance evaluations and promotion/succession planning
- Launched Senior Manager Peer Groups.
- Internal management coach
- Designed and facilitated organization-wide training
- Conflict resolution
- Led on-boarding program and Employee Engagement Survey
Manager, Business Services and New Initiatives
Women's Business Development Council
Stamford, CT
05.2013 - 02.2016
- Implemented expansion into new and existing markets and managed staff to extend WBDC's demographic and geographical delivery of services to 200+ new small business owners
- Counseled small business owners in all phases of small business growth
- Introduced services supporting Latina entrepreneurs
- Grant project and funder relationship management
- Led Aspen Institute certification process
Manager, Organization Development/New Initiatives
Women's Business Development Council
Stamford, CT
05.2013 - 11.2014
- Launched this new position and developed and managed strategies and programs to build organizational capacity
- Elevated on-boarding and talent engagement through an organization and staff self-evaluation survey, staff retreats and implementation of DiSC™
- Internal coach to senior leadership and staff
- Led development of 5-year strategic and operating plans with senior management and Board of Directors
- Facilitated redefinition and strategy of Board Development Committee.
- Feasibility study analyzing potential new markets, including the first statewide analysis of Latina entrepreneurs in Connecticut, leading to expansion of services
Senior Grant Program Manager
The WorkPlace, Inc.
Bridgeport, CT
01.2011 - 11.2012
- Launched and managed a $585K annual consortium-based pilot funded by the Office of Disability Employment Policy, to help small businesses build capacity to hire LGBTQ+ People with Disabilities
Education
B.A., European History -
Wheaton College, Massachusetts
Norton, MA05.1979
Some College (No Degree) -
Université Grenoble Alpes
Grenoble, FranceSkills
- Strategic, practical, action-oriented
- Change management
- Organization development
- Leadership and management
- Employee lifecycle
- Project management
Certification
- Currently pursuing certification in certification for Building Bridges UC Berkeley/Greater Good Science Center
- Managing to Change the World, The Management Center
- Coach certification through Coaching Institute
- Forte Institute, Interpersonal Communications Systems Assessment
- Harvard Negotiation Project, Strategic Relationship Negotiation
- Ken Blanchard, Situational Self-Leadership
- Learning International training programs
- Wilson Learning Managing Interpersonal Relationships
Affiliations
- Society for Community Work Scholarship Mentor Program advisor
- Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center Small Business Advisor
- Board Chair: Transfaith, an interfaith Transgender nonprofit
- Board Chair: CT Women's Business Development Council
- Founding Board Member Women's Mentoring Network
- Chair of Annual Appeal and Strategic Planning Committee Scholars for Dollars, Stamford, CT
Languages
French
Limited Working
Dutch
Elementary
German
Elementary
Timeline
Director, SF ReServe
Community Living Campaign
04.2019 - Current
People Development Lead
FairTrade USA
05.2016 - 12.2016
Manager, Organization Development/New Initiatives
Women's Business Development Council
05.2013 - 11.2014
Manager, Business Services and New Initiatives
Women's Business Development Council
05.2013 - 02.2016
Senior Grant Program Manager
The WorkPlace, Inc.
01.2011 - 11.2012
Principal
Jamie Goddard & Associates
10.1994 - 08.2023
B.A., European History -
Wheaton College, Massachusetts
Some College (No Degree) -
Université Grenoble Alpes