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Michael Joesten

STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION | CULTURE SPECIALIST

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Accomplished organizational development leader highly experienced enhancing the cultural and organizational strength of companies and their leaders. Proficient in implementing full-scale onboarding and performance management processes, identifying pain points and strategic pathways to improvement. Proven history performing transformative change management initiatives, utilizing a mix of technology, collaboration, and a career’s worth of human resources and team building leadership experience. Completed a bachelor’s degree in Communications with a concentration in Public Relations at Valparaiso University. Received Certified Executive Coaching Training from the Co-Active Training Institute, and certification in the principles of Fierce Conversations.
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Bosak Auto Group (Contract)
Jul 2008 – Present
Merrillville, IN
Director Corportate Potential - Culture, Development, Change
● Prioritize people development, establishing executive positions for ownership and offering changes to organizational development; proposed changes helped grow the company from two locations to nine within twelve years and increase its value by 10X. ● Prepare leaders across the organization for expansion and promotion, performing executive coaching and onboarding with a focus on personal/organizational goal alignment, company culture integration, and empowerment; played critical role in the hiring of a new COO and helped multiple employees achieve promotions; designed and delivered comprehensive talent acquisition strategy including job posting, pre-interview assessments, interview strategies, and onboarding. ● Lead the design and organization of a full culture shift throughout the organization, defining goals, closing gaps in unaware behavior, replacing non-conforming personnel, and leading training initiatives; collaborated with department heads to utilize employee engagement surveys to finalize engagement action plans with the use of CultureID. ● Conduct Fierce Conversations workshops for multiple levels of supervisory positions, equipping leaders to combat tough challenges with increased productivity, productive feedback skills, insightful decision-making, and appropriate conflict resolution.