Mikail Wilkinson

About Mikail Wilkinson

Crushing HR stereotypes!

Experience

1. Senior Human Resources Business Partner

   Sleep Number Corporation

   Mar 2023 — Present

   Employee Relations: Respond to employee concerns and provide employee relations guidance to managers to ensure effective application of company policies/procedures and company culture and minimize legal risks, complaints, charges, and turnover. Serve as a subject matter expert for federal and state regulations and ensure accurate and appropriate strategies and tactics are in place. Talent Management: Ensure organizational talent is prepared to deliver exceptional performance through partnership with business leaders and building strong organizational capabilities and culture. To ensure a talent pipeline, develop, implement, and manage organizational programs relative to employee development, retention, performance management, career development, and succession planning. Organization Effectiveness: Partner with leaders and HR partners to proactively identify job/organization design opportunities that increase organization effectiveness and prepare the business to drive/support future growth. Employ change leadership and team effectiveness principles to help teams better ensure the success of new programs, structures, etc. Communication: Understand stakeholder perspectives at multiple leadership levels and partner with organizational leaders to ensure proactive, effective communication strategies and processes for issues or situations of varying complexity. Culture: Assess alignment and support for company mission, values, and strategies; provide recommendations to managers on how to respond to emerging workplace trends and address employee needs or issues with balance for compliance and culture. Assist in the implementation of employee engagement surveys, feedback sessions, and action planning. Process Improvement: Identity, advocate for and implement HC best practices across all areas of the business; simplify/reduce non-value added processes. Help business units identify and resolve opportunities for increased efficiency or decreased bureaucracy.

Education

• Northwest College

  General Studies

• Brigham Young University - Idaho

  Bachelor’s Degree, Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  2017

• Western Governors University

  Master of Science - MS, Management and Leadership

  2023

Skills

• Leadership
• Public Speaking
• Training
• Recruiting
• Customer Service
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Excel
• Event Planning