Becca Baird-Mikolashek

About Becca Baird-Mikolashek

Becca Mikolashek is an accomplished senior leader with extensive experience developing…

Experience

1. Vice President, Talent Solutions Practice

   First And Third Consulting

   Jan 2024 — Present · Fairfax, VA, US

   Partner with business leaders in global healthcare & life-science organizations to transform & modernize their talent & HR functions to align with business priorities, enable data-driven decision making, & optimize performance. Highlighted Engagements: Boston Children’s Hospital, Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, Infectious Diseases Society of America. • Transformational HR Change: Advise leaders on opportunity areas to enhance effectiveness, develop change strategies to transform HR, define current & future processes, & engage stakeholders to monitor progress. • HR Talent Strategy & Planning: Develop global talent strategies & implementation plans to meet business priorities & transformation needs.• Performance Management Redesign & Implementation: Develop performance management frameworks to elevate performance & engagement of hospital leadership & employees.• Organizational Health/Talent Reviews: Design an enterprise talent review process for critical roles (i.e, talent identification, assessment, succession) with action-oriented outcomes focused on organizational health.• Succession Planning: Design a succession planning framework, enterprise-processes, implementation strategy.• Talent Management: Develop & integrate talent management programs & processes that enable more strategic, data-driven decision-making to shape talent priorities & leverage resources.• Change Management: Partner with clinical guidance team to develop a change strategy & plan to standardize approach for developing medical guidance & evaluation process for prioritizing.• Learning & Development: Develop training & supporting resources on a variety of topics (e.g, deployment planning, conducting needs analysis, performance feedback, building an accountable culture, change management).• Organization Development: Develop & facilitate customized engagements to enhance collaboration & team effectiveness.

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  2007 — 2011

• University of Washington

  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

  1997 — 2001

Skills

• Performance Management
• Organizational Development
• Employee Engagement
• Change Management
• Program Management
• Organizational Design
• Workshop Facilitation
• Leadership
• Training
• Nonprofits
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Workforce Planning
• Talent Management
• Organizational Diagnosis
• Program Evaluation
• Communications Planning
• Training Needs Analysis
• Project Planning
• Design Workshops
• Adult Learning Methodologies
• Data Analysis
• Data Collection
• Federal Human Capital Management
• Leadership Development
• Employee Training
• Succession Planning
• Learning Management Systems