Lisa Barnhart's Linkedin Analytics

L&D and Organizational Effectiveness professional with broad experience. Focused on improving overall business performance through initiatives that lead to improved results, professional development, employee engagement, and a commitment to organizational goals and values. Thrives in a growing, customer-focused company with progressive people practices. 12+ years of leadership experience. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Created an eight-month leadership development program for high-potential employees; 70% of participants were promoted within one year. • Implemented a company’s first employee engagement survey, achieving an 86% response rate; led senior managers through action planning. • Developed and implemented a performance management process in less than 5 months; designed and managed delivery of training for over 400 managers in less than 2 months. • Instrumental in the successful adoption and roll-out of Performance Scorecards, ensuring proper senior management involvement and buy-in; resulted in significant improvement in efficiency and cost reduction. • Developed leadership training and a transition to a culture of alignment and accountability, tied to bottom-line indicators. • Designed and managed the reduction-in-force process; handling over 900 reductions with dignity, efficiency, and risk avoidance. • Led change management for a key strategic initiative to introduce a new service approach in stores; experienced initial results of 1% lift in sales. SPECIALTIES: Leadership development, talent management, training, facilitation, organizational development, team effectiveness, employee engagement, performance management, career development, change management, coaching and mentoring, process improvement, problem solving, project management.