Steven Williams

About Steven Williams

My purpose is to impact lives. I help organizations build their brand by developing their most important asset: people.In every endeavor we can make a significant impact, not simply impress—check out my recommendation section to hear about the many award-winning ways I’ve guided leaders, teams, and brands to successfully achieve valued results.My passion is helping organizations develop talent for current needs and to grow the talent, structure, and bench to bring the desired future vision to life.Bottom line: I deliver business results by recruiting, building and strengthening the organizational employee life cycle to improve performance and impact the brand. Having over 25 years of leadership experience in the field of Talent Management & Development has enabled me to serve others as an Executive, Vice-President, Fortune 250 brand leader, small businesses entrepreneur, consultant, and speaker. SIGNIFICANT QUALIFICATIONS•Executive who leads organizational Talent Management & Development, Human Resources, Learning & Development, and Communications departments, and leads launch strategies of systems, programs, and products, change management initiatives, individual talent development programs, field implementation tactics, performance improvement strategies, curriculum mapping and blended learning strategies.•Directs and aligns teams of executives, department heads, cross-functional collaborative teams, franchise owners, vendors, instructional designers, trainers and SMEs to collectively achieve academic standards and skill-set requirements to deliver breakthrough results.•Applies expertise as a ViLT Coach, Master Trainer and Producer to certify leaders in virtual collaboration, facilitation and use of multiple synchronous instructional platforms (Adobe Connect, Cisco WebEx, MS Lync, Saba Centra, GoToMeeting, Zoom) to train and develop geographically dispersed teams.•Evaluates Talent Acquisition & People Development strategy for organizational development to deliver the organization’s desired future-state through performance analysis, process improvement and people development.•Manages department, develops staff, conducts employee evaluations, annual reviews, compensation, benefits, raises, payroll, vacation/holiday/sick time and documentation for company.

Experience

1. Executive HR Strategist

   Sole Proprietor

   Jan 2023 — Present · US

   HR STRATEGIST, CONSULTANT (Talent Management & Development) & EXECUTIVE COACHBoard Member and HR Executive with experience supporting multiple C-Suite Executive Teams, with personal oversight of human resources, learning and development and communications departments, and 25+ year track record of delivering award-winning results in Talent Management & Development for large corporations, mid-size companies and small-privately owned firms. Experienced change leader spear-heading, guiding and leading global and organizational-wide initiatives, executives, managers, teams and front-line employees through significant system launches, core conversions, product launches, change initiatives, organizational design and effectiveness initiatives, leadership development, employee value proposition, and culture building.I partner with CEOs to strategize the development, communication, implementation and evaluation of their mission, vision, and values to bring the verbal and written words to life through behaviors and actions in each department and role. It impacts the brand and culture, the employee value proposition and experience, and ultimately the customer value proposition and experience. Cultivating culture starts on day one, but is nurtured, grown and experienced every day thereafter. We will develop your brand’s culture cultivation strategy.EXECUTIVE COACHINGProvide coaching sessions and 1:1 sessions for personal and career development, management and transition services. I also host and facilitate a weekly Career Action Team session. I help professionals implement customized strategic career plans, strategize solutions to overcome career obstacles, measure progress, and provide coaching and insights to improve performance, maximize focused effort to obtain desired results. IMPACT LIVESContact me if you are ready to impact lives, leaders, teams and brands. Let’s bring your desired future state to life!

Education

• University of Southern California

  Master of Science, Education-Instructional Technologies

  2005

• USC Marshall School of Business

  Management Development Certification, USC's Office of Executive Development

  2001

• University of Southern California

  Bachelor of Arts, English-Creative Writing