Jennifer Fors Grinwald

• Selected to support & create talent management & leadership programs, succession process, & organizational design.
• Created & implemented leadership calibration training & process allowing Hagerty to assess 220 leaders in matter of weeks.
• Responsible for identifying, developing & executing effective processes, tools & programs aimed at engaging, developing & retaining employees.
• Continue to provide HRBP support & expertise to multiple areas of business including Legal and Media, Marketing, & Membership team.
• Supported offboarding and onboarding of CLO, in addition to HR support for business divestiture.

• Supported 1300 employees & three C-level executives with talent development, organization effectiveness, culture & engagement initiatives.
• Drove design & implementation of leadership & organizational changes aligned with broader enterprise restructurings, including onboarding of multiple leadership roles.
• Led framework for positive employee relations resulting in increased employee satisfaction results YOY & increased engagement across business units.

• Strategically provided HR support to four client groups, totally over 1000 employees, while developing & executing processes & influencing buy-in.
• Collaborated with Executive Leadership on development & execution of people strategy including succession planning, employee retention, & performance management.
• Effectively coached all levels of management on appropriate handling of employee relations issues.

• Delivered comprehensive HR support to Denver office with 150 employees.
• First HRBP at Hagerty.
• Adapted innovative strategies & led initiatives & trainings that improved team member experience.
• Led pandemic response efforts for US Corporate offices, resulting in seamless transfer of onsite workforce to primarily remote workforce while maintaining effective communication.
• Founded HRBP role for Hagerty, developed leaders, established HR processes for employee relations.

• Drove strategy & partnered with leaders to deliver results by providing expertise, guidance, & execution in areas of performance, career development, succession planning, compensation, employee relations, retention, & engagement.
• Developed apprentice strategy to support skilled workforce development utilizing three different local apprentice/co-op programs resulting in increase in apprentice satisfaction & retention.
• Created succession planning process allowing for quick response to leadership changes enabling identification, selection & development of Top Talent while improving time-to-ready.
• Center of Excellence for training & development programs, & performance assessments, created development programs for both corporate & manufacturing employees.

• Provided counsel & support to K&B Engineering team, inclusive of VP K&B Engineering, Engineering Leadership, & additional 250 engineering associates.
• Developed & supported strategies, priorities, roadmaps for professional development to address market competitiveness, & excessive turnover.
• Resulted in role clarity, development accountability & consistency.
• Project/Change Manager for building remodel impacting over six hundred employees.
• Improved ethnic diversity by collaborating with recruiters & managers to develop talent strategy, recruitment plan, leveraging global mobility & expanding college recruiting efforts.

• Created & supported leadership/professional development programs for 15,000 associates across the globe.
• Partnered with business leaders to determine future leadership needs to update existing programs to ensure programs increased leadership competencies & qualities throughout the organization.
• Researched & assessed best practices to enhance or maintain leading edge leadership programs.
• Ensured program effectiveness through establishment of metrics, impact maps, & post program review.

• Managed & administered annual engagement survey to 15,000 global associates in ten languages.
• Developed data analysis, insights, presentations, & strategies to improve employee engagement.
• Diagnosed individual, team, & organizational issues impacting culture & performance; facilitated programs/plans to increase performance & engagement increasing scores from 74% to 76% after one year.
• Co-led a project team tasked with understanding Women in Leadership at Kohler which led to D&I initiatives.

• Selected to support organizational development team with key initiatives, facilitate & develop programs to support business strategies while maintaining existing role as Consumer Relations Coordinator.
• Co-developed 2014 Competitive Advantage Strategy Team event to establish product & marketing strategy.
• Utilized Human Centered Design principles & other tools to support documenting & planning goals.

• Provided feedback to quality & research teams regarding consumer related issues
• Managed consumer complaints & lawsuit claims aggressively, implemented process improvements resulting in $200,000 savings over two years.

Honors: Magna Cum Laude