Rachel Pohlman Balke
Talent Managment & Organizational Effectiveness Consultant | I/O Psychologist | Empowering Organizations Through Talent Assessment, Workforce Development, Organizational Diagnostics, & Data-Driven Insights
- Role
- Organizational Effectiveness Specialist at SpartanNash
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Organizational Effectiveness Specialist
Aug 2025 — Present
Leads initiatives focused on organizational performance/health, workforce alignment, and change management (e.g, AKDAR, PDCA), including evaluating, developing, and implementing organizational structure and workforce/talent planning, developing a people analytics hub, and providing strategic support on large-scale HR projects, such as restructures, dashboard/metric roll-outs, and company-wide listening strategy.
Education
Central Michigan University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
2018 — 2022
University of Dayton
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
2013 — 2017
Central Michigan University
Master of Arts - MA
2017 — 2019
Skills
- Editing
- Public Speaking
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Crisis Management
- Technical Writing
- Organization Skills
- Report Writing
- Advertising
- Event Planning
- Screening Resumes
- Supervisory Skills
- Spss
- Creative Writing
- Customer Service
- Research
- Presentation Skills
- Survey Design
- Time Management
- Microsoft Office
- Fundraising
- Marketing Communications
- Solution Implementation
- Telephone Interviewing
- Event Management
- Analysis
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