Barry Shields's Linkedin Analytics

I build the best teams by focusing on selecting the right people, aligning team members to their strengths, and creating a culture of safety and trust. The impact of that approach is improved team productivity, stakeholder alignment, and deeper business impact. My experience has been in telecommunications and technology firms and includes: Sales enablement Leadership development Learning and development Knowledge management Performance management Coaching Career development The business challenges I've been most successful with are: Improving employee engagement through team and leader simulations, coaching, and research Improving sales teams revenue through video-on demand, sales events, and mobile learning Optimizing investment in employee learning through defining learning and development operating models and business process Reducing time to competency for new hires in call center environments I’m at my best when leading a design team engaged in defining end-to-end learning experiences that seek to increase productivity, shift mindsets, and when the team is innovating in terms of the technology and the approaches used for learning. I apply a design thinking approach which enables radical collaboration, placement of the learner at the center of design, and falling in love with solving the problem rather than a specific idea. learning, design thinking, leadership development