Shanayla Sweat

A Few Wood Men is a wooden watch and accessory collection designed for Men of Distinction. To date it has accumulated more than 2.6 Million in revenue, been featured in respected publications such as Essence and Black Enterprise Magazine, and has a collective following of 50,000 followers on social media channels.

• Cultivated company-wide culture through mission and vision foundation, leadership and role refinement, and organizational structure
• Hired, mentored, and coached employees for professional growth and development within the organization
• Formulated business objectives, key performance indications, and benchmarks to reach 1 Million in revenue in 2022
• Curated operating procedures, organizational framework, and brand identity to showcase cohesive branding throughout digital channels
• Negotiated strategic partnerships for mutual benefit, expanding the company's reach within the industry.

Served as an Organizational Change Manager that supported the full life cycle and implementation of MyHorizon. MyHorizon is an in-house application developed to increase the client experience, employee satisfaction, and create a learning path for Microsoft engineers.

• Oversaw change management efforts to support implementation of critical initiatives driving technology, process and culture changes for 25,000 employees
• Detected workforce collaboration use cases and problems from employees and business partners through interviews, focus groups and surveys
• Partnered with business teams to understand needs and mitigate potential problems within their intended current and future state
• Created communication plans, marketing assets, change management assessments to spearhead change initiatives for CSS department.

Served as a Business Process Analyst for the Cox Business Change Management Team, which led the Salesforce Lightening (CB Force) Enterprise Implementation.

• Facilitated enterprise training sessions for over 2000 Cox employees virtually
• Performed stakeholder analysis and project planning to assist with the best approach to executing the overall program vision and to align organizational development initiatives with strategic goals
• Managed the creation and maintenance of all CB-Force-related training materials including job aids, external and internal websites, instructor-led training, and participant guides

Served as an Organizational Change Management Lead for Ontario's largest electricity transmission and distribution service provider

• Coached and developed Vice President and Executive Leadership around key leadership styles and sponsorship models that promoted an active buy in environment for current and future change initiatives
• Aligned corporate communications cross functionally to ensure relevant messaging to key groups and stakeholders by utilizing customer roadmaps, avatars, and personas
• Removed barriers and project impediments to aid consultants with the training approach, strategy, and development of training solutions for 8,000 employees