Teresa Adams
Clayton,NC
Summary
A dynamic executive with a broad experience in leading organizational development and change management at senior levels. Known for adeptly handling the complexities of large-scale organizations and providing transformative solutions. Proficient in strategic decision-making, with a track record of creating extensive training programs and executing effective learning strategies.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
Senior Director
Grifols Biomat USA
Durham, NC
10.2015 - 09.2023
- Steered Operations Leadership Team, comprised of approximately 20 functional department heads, by creating a forum for collaboration to develop integrated approaches toward establishing strategic vision and achieving organizational objectives
- Chaired large scale culture change initiative by partnering with senior leaders to ensure organizational buy in, forming cross functional team made up of key department heads across the organization, and creating collaborative project team engagement to transition from old to new culture
- Successfully led multiple large-scale projects requiring cross-functional collaboration between department leaders and staff by utilizing proven change management, project management and process improvement methodologies
- Defined organizational leadership competencies by utilizing needs analysis methodology in collaboration with senior level leadership; resulted in creation of multi-level leadership development program that supported growth of the organization and impacted 12,000 employees
- Orchestrated all activities for multiple campuses distributed across the US with a combined 30,000 sq
- Ft of training space that contributed to hosting 1,500 employees on campus combined with over 50,000 total hours of training, annually, via all modalities (in-person, on-line live, on-line self-paced)
- Headed a team of 75 subject matter experts and Academy staff to manage training programs by delegating tasks and establishing open communication to support ongoing educational opportunities for 14,000 employees
- Devised multi-level leadership development program to include high potentials, resulting from comprehensive needs analysis, which supported progression of three leadership levels within organization, impacting 12,000 employees
- Created and incorporated performance indicators supporting all programs to achieve learning outcomes and improve organizational learning capacity
- Transformed learning and development methodology to include distance learning by designing and implementing Interactive Distance Learning program to offer live, instructor led courses to dispersed work force
- Drove activities to digitalize in-person program content by delegating tasks and establishing collaborative team communications to create self-paced, in place, learning opportunities via multiple learning platforms for 14,000 international employees
- Actively participated as Board Member for Grifols Academy Board of Directors, managing annual budgets from 3M to 10M.
Director of Corporate Training
Grifols Biomat USA
Durham, NC
01.2008 - 10.2015
- Provided expert leadership to corporate training team in aligning training strategies across the organization which included change management, operational efficiency, and divisional alignment to new standardization initiatives
- Spearheaded cross functional project team to create new leadership development program to address lack of bench strength needed to support rapid growth of organization resulting in the graduation of over 400 leaders into new leadership roles across the US
- Successfully designed and deployed new programs to support new employee onboarding, job skill training at multiple leadership levels across the organization
- Drove successful configuration, rollout, and training for moving from manual training methodology to an automated Learning Management System
- Established and managed multi-million dollar departmental budgets
- Actively participated as Board Member for Grifols Academy of Plasmapheresis Board of Directors.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Management -
University of Phoenix
Skills
- Organizational Development
- Performance Management
- Learning Strategies
- Strategic Planning
- Culture Transformation
- Leadership Development
- Project Management
- Program Analysis
Certification
- Coaching Certificate, Association of Talent Development, 2019
- Organization Development Certified Professional, Institute of Organization Development, 2016
Military Experience
- United States Army Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, Primary Leadership Development
- United States Army Academy of Health Science, Medical Specialist
Timeline
Senior Director
Grifols Biomat USA
10.2015 - 09.2023
Director of Corporate Training
Grifols Biomat USA
01.2008 - 10.2015
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Management -
University of Phoenix
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