Mary Rodriguez, MBA
Houston, Texas Area
Making a living by making a difference.
Adjunct Faculty at University of Houston-Downtown
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Making a living by making a difference.
Adjunct Faculty at University of Houston-Downtown
ContactStrengths-based Organizational Development leader with a knack for uncovering what's best in people and organizations by leveraging strengths at all levels. The beauty of my career is that I have had the unique opportunity of wearing many "hats" in various roles. As a result, I have extensive knowledge of strategies and tools to support large-scale change efforts and the ability to manage multi-disciplinary projects. Experience in these leadership roles have taught me the following: - Values-based leadership matters and happens to have nothing to do with position - The one thing, and most important thing, a balance sheet does not reflect are your connections - The true testament of a “team player" is one who is less concerned with who gets credit, as long as they win! - When confronted with a challenge, you can always tell who is on your side by those who run toward the fire, as opposed to away from it -The lens with which we see the world should be one where challenges are opportunities -Failing forward can be a great thing In that vein, please reach out and connect with me. Specialties:Leadership, HR Strategy, Curriculum Design, Training / Facilitation, Strength Assessments, Organizational Development, Adult Learning Theories, Lean Six Sigma Awareness, Performance Management, Change Management, Project Management.
As co-leader of a 16 member Human Resources Team, I lead as an employee champion and change agent through training and development initiatives and professional development for a workforce of over 1400 employees in 70 locations around Texas. I serve as a strategic business partner to the Executive Team by executing strategies to increase retention and align strategic agency initiatives to the goals and projects executed by the L&D team.
• Research, plan, design and structure curriculum based on, industry best practices and the assessment of staff/management needs.
• Organize and coordinate kick off meetings with SMEs and set learning objectives
• Develop systems to evaluate training program effectiveness using Kirkpatrick Model
• Develop training materials and maintain annual training calendar (curriculum, handbooks, computer tutorials, and practice and assessment tools) for trainees, trainers and management.
• Select from a range of delivery methodologies to meet learning objectives, e.g. face to face, individualized, on-site, and web-based.
• Actively champion a 70:20:10 learning culture
Accomplishments:
• Built a new Training and Development Department in 2015
• Directed the activities of 90 different training events which reached over 2700 employees with a training satisfaction score of 4.7 out of 5.0 in 2016
• Developed and launched evidence-based New Employee Orientation program targeted at increasing retention for new hires
• Developed and launched an agency wide two track manager training curriculum from concept to implementation.
• Successfully launched a new HR/Payroll system: UltiPro
• Established an HR Metric Dashboard that serves as a tool for decision making for the Executive Team
