Kalifa K Oliver Experience Coaching

Experience Coach & Executive Advisor

I Think I Love My Job

I Think I Love My Job: Secrets to Designing a People-Centered Employer Value Proposition (That You Can Actually Boast About)

Publication Year: 2024
Publisher: Press49

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Ford Motor Company

Transforming employee experience globally at Ford through data and strategically elevating organizational listening, employee voice, and people analytics.

Global Director, Employee Experience (EX) Analytics Strategy

Clemson University

Data/Predictive Analytics [MGMT 9080] (in the Executive Leadership Doctoral Program)

University Lecturer (School of Business - Management)

MessageBird

Focus Areas: People Experience, Performance Management, Recognition, Communication Strategy, Global Event Planning, DE&I, G&A Recruiting, Built and led the People Business Partner organization.

Global Director, People

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Focus Areas: Organizational Listening, Employee Voice, Recognition, People Analytics, Executive Leadership Development, Talent & Succession Planning, Analytics Business Partner for the Chief Diversity Officer

Promoted from Director to VP within 9 months in role.

Vice President, Global Talent

Focus Areas: People Experience, Employee Listening, DE&I, People Analytics, HR Data Infrastructure, Global Privacy

Global Head, People

Wells Fargo

Focus Areas: People Strategy, Program Development, Project Management, People Analytics, Employee Voice, Organizational Listening, Machine Learning/NLP, Risk Management, Learning & Development.

Promoted from VP to SVP Position within 2 years in role.

SVP, Talent Enablement 

Walmart

Focus Areas: People Analytics, Employee Listening, Research, People Insights, DE&I

Manager, Global People

Vanderbilt University

•	Worked collaboratively with colleges, schools Medical Center and University administrators to implement research projects, collect and analyze data, assess trends and disseminate results.

Research Analyst (Vanderbilt Institutional Research Group)

My passion for transforming the workplace is based on my core belief that not only can leaders do better, but they have a responsibility to their teams to live up to their roles. As an 👩🏽‍💻 executive who has climbed the corporate ladder and gotten summarily kicked down, despite my belief that I had overcome the intrinsic biases derived from showing up as a Black female immigrant, I continue to believe that it is possible to transform the experiences of employees in any 🏢 industry. 

I’ve been in rooms where I was expected to be silent as I listened to leaders make subjective decisions that I knew would hurt both the organization and the employees. I have been in rooms where I felt like I had to shrink because I was an "other" or "only" in the room, which meant any power that I could bring through solutions left the room with me. And that was a heavy burden to bear. 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁.

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 meant saying the thing, and doing it scared, but it meant finding my voice and believing in my own power. And I did it scared and I leaned into my own 𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪 and that was where I created ɪᴍᴘᴀᴄᴛ.

I could begrudge the challenging people and adversities I have faced along the way, but I choose to remain focused on keeping my joy 💃🏽 and finding levity 🤭 in uncomfortable situations. This is what I call ꜱᴛᴇᴘᴘɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ᴍᴀɪɴ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ.  This attitude is what I bring to every workplace, every speaking engagement, every encounter I move through. This mindset has afforded me many chances to influence organizational change, leadership dynamics, and to collect my business besties.  

Sometimes I forget to celebrate all that I have accomplished despite the roadblocks that were placed in my path along the way. Accomplishments like:
✅ Completing my Ph.D. in Industrial Organizational Psychology
✅ Obtaining a professional certification at the prestigious MIT
✅ Securing management and executive roles at global brands including Walmart, Wells Fargo, WPP, Stanley Black & Decker, and Ford
✅ Writing and publishing my first book, I Think I Love My Job!

These successes were gratifying because they were not only about me, but they are tools 🛠️ in my toolbox that I could then use to truly make a difference in the lives of others✨. They equipped me to help others to continuously improve 📈 and make a lasting impact on the lives of so many people. 🥰

Do you want help with getting your teams to 🤗 embrace the 𝕀 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕀 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕄𝕪 𝕁𝕠𝕓 mindset? Get in touch with me and have a KO experience!

To say I’m excited is an understatement 🥹🎉

#TheKOExperience #KOTruths #IThinkILoveMyJob #HRTech #EmployeeExperience #PeopleAnalytics

Kalifa Oliver, Ph.D.

Globally Recognized Thought Leader & Award-Winning Employee Experience Strategist | Let’s Talk About People Analytics, Listening Design, Data Storytelling & HR Tech | Crisis Fixer, Data Nerd At Heart, Author & Speaker

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