Theresa Lochhaas Decker

About Theresa Lochhaas Decker

I am a learning and performance leader with fifteen years of experience in the nonprofit and fintech industries. Above all, I value the alignment of organizational strategy and talent development to equip individuals and businesses to thrive.Pattie Sellers famously said, “Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.” My varied career in learning and development, content management, communications, and training has validated time and time again my passion for talent development. My prior role as a learning and development manager in an international humanitarian organization allowed me to evaluate and execute performance improvement, employee training, major change initiatives, and organizational development and knowledge management strategies globally in partnership with senior leadership. My current role in the HR department of a leading banking technology company allows me to partner with the business to align soft skills and technical learning to business priorities across the full employee lifecycle.I am skilled in learning design, talent strategy, coaching and consulting, communications, and people leadership. My greatest passion, however, is to understand executive priorities and deliver meaningful business outcomes by positioning people and teams for success. This effort translates to an ability to lead complex, cross-functional organizational and talent development projects that support a vision for future readiness.Skills: Capacity building, change management, client relations, coaching, consulting, content development, cross-cultural communications, curriculum and instructional design, group and workshop facilitation, internal and external communications, knowledge management, leadership development, nonprofits, partnerships, performance improvement, process mapping, project management, public speaking, strategic planning, talent development, team effectiveness, trainingStrengthsFinder: Input, Learner, Intellection, Achiever, Empathy | Enneagram Type: 4w3

Experience

1. Learning and Development Senior Manager

   Jack Henry

   Apr 2024 — Present

Education

• Association for Training and Development

  Certificate in Knowledge Management

  2017

• Missouri State University

  Graduate Certificate in Conflict & Dispute Resolution

  2009 — 2011

• Missouri State University

  Master of Arts, Communication

  2009 — 2011

• Southwest Baptist University

  Bachelor of Arts, Communication