Lisa Barbeau
Director Training, Coaching And Mediation
Denver,CO
Summary
Results-driven leader with strong background in strategic management and organizational growth. Skilled in developing and implementing effective business strategies, optimizing processes, and driving team performance. Known for adaptability, effective collaboration, and delivering measurable outcomes in dynamic environments. Strong communication and problem-solving abilities, coupled with focus on fostering productive and positive team culture.
Work History
Director Training, Coaching & Mediation
Employment Matters LLC
- Design and conduct engaging & impactful in-person and virtual training
- Coach executive leaders using 360 Profiler feedback/skills coaching
- Engage in business development, budgets and revenue management
- Manage adjunct staff and EM trusted partners
- Design and execute marketing plan, website, catalog, and publications
- Establish SHRM education partner & SHRM cert prep program
- Develop and administer an online registration platform
- Craft impactful leadership development interventions
- Design team facilitations to build capacity
- Practicing conflict coach and workplace mediator
- Established a culture of continuous improvement by fostering open communication channels and empowering employees to voice their ideas.
- Spearheaded successful product launches that resulted in increased brand visibility and customer acquisition.
- Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
Organizational Development & Learning Manager
Employers Council (formerly MSEC)
- Researched, designed, facilitated, and trained trainers on instructor-led and virtual content in over fifty content areas
- Developed diverse instructional strategies and delivery methodologies, including experiential learning in a variety of learning contexts
- Designed and delivered custom content to 3,800+ members
- Hired, negotiated contracts and managed 45 adjunct staff. Responsible for a million dollar line of revenue.
- Managed ODL classes and the portion of the catalog devoted to ODL
- Conducted 360 Profiler executive leadership coaching
- Initiated and guided the conversion to virtual platforms during the pandemic; trained internal staff across the regions and departments on virtual facilitation skills
- Co-administrator/facilitator and designer of the Emerging Leader Program, the Intentional Leader Program, and the OD Practitioner Certificate Program
- Established strong relationships with outside vendors to source specialized training materials at a competitive cost.
- Demonstrated adaptability by quickly pivoting learning strategies in response to changing business needs or market conditions.
- Championed the use of data-driven decision-making within the learning department by consistently analyzing training metrics to inform improvements in content and delivery methods.
- Evaluated current learning materials and resources for effectiveness, making necessary improvements to optimize the learning experience.
- Optimized budget allocation by strategically prioritizing learning initiatives based on potential impact on overall business goals.
Education
BACHELOR'S DEGREE, B.A. -
MASTER'S DEGREE, M.S. - undefined
Skills
Instructional design
Curriculum development
Leadership academies
Leadership Development
Inclusive leadership & workplace
Blended/remote learning
Change management
Develop leader coaches
Emerging leaders
Design Thinking practices
360 assessment
Talent Management
AI- prompt engineering/tools
Organizational development
Business strategy
Accomplishments
- Cultivated strong partner relationships with clients and internal partners within their organizations
- Successfully developed from the ground up EM’s training, coaching, and mediation service lines
- Developed and created a training and services catalog with over 50 classes and programs
- Recruited and coached EM trusted partners
- Established all business protocols and processes for the Leading Matters team
- Designed EM brand and initiated branding management
- Created and administered a website and online registration platform
- Personally developed 24+ days of training content and all attendant materials
- Created and delivered 12-week Leadership Academy with eight cohort groups (150+) for the City of Arvada
- Developed and executed a marketing plan, including brochures, postcards, eblasts, and social media management
- Received exemplary client, coachee, and learner reviews for facilitation, content, and coaching practices
- Obtained extensive repeat business and expansion of offerings with every client
- Conceived and built Public Employers’ Partnership
- Demonstrated strategic foresight to guide growth and exceed our target goals.
Certification
FIRO/Licensed Human Element Practitioner (LHEP); LEAN practitioner, MBTI, MBTI advanced applications; DISC practitioner; Denison Organizational Culture survey; CCL Skillscope, 360 PDI Profiler; William Bridges Transition Management; SCARF; ADKAR: Diffusion of Innovations, Appreciative Inquiry (AI); SOAR; PHR; SHRM-CP; Lone Institute Leadership Thru Influence, Communicating in Difficult Situations, certified mediator and conflict coach with Common Ground Mediation Center. Certified executive coach with Coach U, ICF ACC certification
Recent Curriculum design
- EQ Masterclass
- Fostering Well-Being in the Workplace
- Mindful Practices in the Workplace
- The Innovative Workplace
- Resilience: Thriving in Hard Times
- Surfacing and Addressing Bias in the Workplace
- Employee Engagement for Leaders
- Time Management: Working Smarter
- The Inclusive Leader: Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace
- Leading in a Virtual Environment
- Myers-Briggs for Teams, Leadership and MBTI, and MBTI Stress Reactions
- Foundations of Supervision
- DISC Communication Strategies & DISC Leadership Styles
- Business Ethics
- Transitioning Up: Peer to Supervisor
- Change Management
- Problem-Solving Meets Design Thinking and LEAN Methodologies
- Leadership Influence Strategies
- The Multigenerational Workplace
- Delegation Skills and Managing Meetings
- Business Presentations Like TED
- Facilitation Skills
- On-the-Job Training Skills
- Emerging Leader Program and Leadership Labs
- Conflict Coaching
Organizational Development Tools
Future Search; World Café; Open Space; GROVE tools; Qstorming; context mapping; Appreciative Inquiry; Reddy Process (Group-Level Assessment); FIRO; 360 PDI Profiler; Change & Transition Management; SCARF; Denison culture survey; DISC MBTI Step 1 and Step II; numerous other assessments, strategic planning tools like PEST/TOWS/SOAR; Design Thinking tools including framestorming, empathy and customer journey maps; LEAN; coaching, conflict coaching, mediation, Blanchard SLII (Situational Leadership) and MBTI advanced applications.