Kenneth Roberts
Wilmington,DE
Summary
Innovative Human Resources Executive with demonstrated talent for turning around flagging operations and spearheading growth through proactive leadership. Consistently elevated organizations and reinforce corporate goals by fostering utmost staff engagement, performance, and retention. Adept at developing and building strategic alliances with organizational leaders to support key business initiatives. Articulate communicator skillful in supporting organizational change and business agility.
Overview
41
41
years of professional experience
Work History
CEO, Lead Consultant
Discover Leadership LLC
01.2018 - Current
- Human Resource practice specifically focused on services from small to mid-size businesses and non-profit organizations
- Provide client companies with consultation and advice on matters typically assigned to the human resource function as well as executive coaching for leaders
- Advise senior management on organizational development and change management initiatives.
- Facilitate team-building activities and initiatives, improving collaboration and engagement.
- Integrate talent management process to include detailed analysis of potential talent gaps and development of career plans to identify and retain current talent and attract outside talent to business.
- Discover and resolve complex employee issues that affected management and business decisions.
- Advise/counsel on strategic planning for long term growth; provide coaching and support to the client's top management; assist with organizational challenges including employee relations, training, DEI, leadership development, recruitment and engagement.
- Recommend appropriate resolutions to employee relations concerns and handled disciplinary issues and investigations of misconduct.
- Participate at strategic and operational level to develop and strengthen human resources services, relationships and mission.
US Army – Senior Military Instructor (JROTC)
School District Of Philadelphia
01.2015 - 09.2017
- Philadelphia Military Academy: Responsible for leading, managing, and implementing student leadership development program at special admissions high school
- Focused to challenge, motivate and positively influence young men and women in order to develop their leadership ability, self-reliance, self-confidence, responsiveness to constituted authority, moral attributes and attributes of good citizenship and patriotism.
- Implement and coordinate US Army's national leadership development curriculum, lesson plans, curriculum extra-curricular activities, and objectives with other content areas in order to provide for transfer of learning and knowledge
- Plan and use appropriate instructional/learning strategies, activities, materials, and technology that reflect accommodation for individual needs of students assigned.
- Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
Human Resources Business Partner
Verizon Wireless
04.2012 - 12.2014
- Served as liaison between departments/divisions, all levels of line and staff management, compensation and benefits department, legal counsel, and outside service providers
- Created regional diversity leadership summit designed to educate high potential team members and enhance pipeline of talent within organization.
- Identified HR training needs and conducted training for employees and leadership while recommending approaches to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity, and within company to reach business goals.
- Advised senior management on organizational development and change management initiatives.
- Investigated and liaised with legal department to respond to complaints of harassment, discrimination, employee grievances, and other sensitive issues and prepared position statements for EEOC.
- Discovered and resolved complex employee issues that affected management and business decisions.
- Fostered positive work environment through comprehensive employee relations program.
- Resolved understaffing issues, disputes, employee terminations, and disciplinary procedures.
MAJOR, Detailed Inspector General
US Army Reserve
09.1982 - 07.2013
- Provided range of IG support services to include assistance, investigations, investigative inquiries, inspections, and teaching and training.
- Conducted all types of IG inspections to include developing detailed inspection plan, gathering information, analyzing data, identifying root causes of any deficiencies, and recommending possible solutions.
- Conducted interviews and gathers evidence to make logical, legally sufficient determinations.
- Prepared clear, concise, accurate, unbiased reports of investigations.
- Performed internal assessments to help ensure adequate internal control systems are developed, operational, and implemented within IG organization.
- Provided Commander assessment of operational and administrative effectiveness of command.
Senior Human Resources Business Partner
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
09.2006 - 03.2012
- Advised senior management on organizational development and change management initiatives.
- Conducted employee surveys and interviews to evaluate employee engagement and job satisfaction levels.
- Fostered cross-functional relationships to connect managers and employees and improve overall efficiency.
- Collaborated closely with internal teams to develop and implement successful human resources systems and processes.
- Provided proactive support to client groups by developing and implementing sound human resource programs that meet business objectives
- Partnered with senior managers as internal consultant to strategize, define and resolve extremely complex issues where analysis requires evaluation of intangible variance factors
- Exercised independent judgment within broadly defined policies and practices in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criterion for obtaining results.
- Worked with management to build leadership competencies and consult on management practices
- Identified HR training needs and conducted training for employees and leadership while recommending approaches to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity, and within company to reach business goals.
Human Resources Business Partner
UNISYS
03.2001 - 08.2006
- Advised senior management on organizational development and change management initiatives.
- Identified HR training needs and conducted training for employees and leadership while recommending approaches to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity, and within company to reach business goals.
- Collaborated closely with internal teams to develop and implement successful human resources systems and processes.
- Collaborated with leadership to assess and improve policies across board.
- Instructed senior leaders on appropriate employee corrective steps.
- Developed comprehensive process for new hires and reviewed new hire productivity, optimizing onboarding effectiveness.
Education
Master of Education Degree - Career and Technical Education
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA05.2019
Certificate in Human Resources Management - Human Resources Management
Villanova University
Villanova, PA11.2013
Bachelor of Science Degree - Business Administration
Bloomsburg University
Bloomsburg, PA12.1986
Skills
- Strategic HR Leadership
- Organizational Development
- Talent Assessment & Management
- Leadership Development
- Performance Improvement
- Employee Relations Oversight
- Diversity & Inclusion Training
- Employee Morale & Engagement
- Onboarding, Training and Development
Timeline
CEO, Lead Consultant
Discover Leadership LLC
01.2018 - Current
US Army – Senior Military Instructor (JROTC)
School District Of Philadelphia
01.2015 - 09.2017
Human Resources Business Partner
Verizon Wireless
04.2012 - 12.2014
Senior Human Resources Business Partner
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
09.2006 - 03.2012
Human Resources Business Partner
UNISYS
03.2001 - 08.2006
MAJOR, Detailed Inspector General
US Army Reserve
09.1982 - 07.2013
Master of Education Degree - Career and Technical Education
Temple University
Certificate in Human Resources Management - Human Resources Management
Villanova University
Bachelor of Science Degree - Business Administration
Bloomsburg University
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