Sean Banks

Experience

1. Company Ombuds

   Shell

   Sep 2005 — Present

   Sean Banks is the Corporate Ombuds for the Shell Oil Company. He joined Shell in September 2005 and has been an Organizational Ombudsman for over 25 years. Under his leadership Shell’s Ombuds Services program serves as a confidential, independent, informal and neutral resource for the entire Shell Community in the US; providing dispute and conflict resolution services, communication facilitation, and recommendations and feedback on equity and fairness issues related to company policy, procedures and practices.Sean’s Ombuds experience before coming to Shell includes serving as Director of Ombuds Services and Campus Ombudsperson for UCLA, and University Ombudsman for California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). Prior to becoming an Ombuds he served in a variety of administrative roles in Student and Academic Affairs at UCSD, Capital University School of Law, and Cal Poly. Sean has extensive experience in mediation and facilitation, counseling and coaching, developing and implementing organizational diversity and inclusiveness enhancing programs and services, and analyzing and interpreting governmental and organizational policies, procedures and regulations.

Education

• University of San Diego School of Leadership and Education Sciences

  Master of Education - MEd

• University of Virginia, Curry School of Education

  Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services

• University of California, San Diego

  BA

• University of San Diego School of Law

  Juris Doctor - JD

Skills

• Organizational Development
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Public Speaking
• Training
• Coaching
• Facilitators
• Staff Development
• Conflict Management
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Conflict Resolution
• Analysis
• Mediation
• Change Management
• Workshop Facilitation
• Facilitation
• Executive Coaching
• Program Management
• Dispute Resolution
• Leadership Development
• Teaching