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Laurel Rutledge, Founder and CEO of LKR Group LLC and LaurelRutledge.com, is a Career and Leadership Expert and HR Strategist. During her extensive career, she built global teams, develop, and coached leaders, implemented large scale projects and effectively managed broad organizational change. Prior to her last corporate role as the VP and Global Head of HR Strategy and Analytics for Covestro, Laurel held other executive human resources roles, as well as senior roles in internal audit, consulting and risk management for companies and clients such as Bayer, Deloitte, Hillenbrand Industries/Hill-Rom, Batesville Casket and General Motors. Laurel’s multi-functional background means she speaks the language of business. Her global experience has given her a perspective that enables her to effectively coach individuals from the plant for to the boardroom. One of Laurel’s guiding principles is “people will listen to what you say, but they will believe what you do.” With this philosophy, along with her deep business knowledge, she guides the most senior leaders as they step into or continue to move in their most significant and challenging roles. Key in her work with both emerging and senior leaders has been setting strategy, building teams, aligning communication and action for effective execution. Laurel coaches individuals, teams and diverse groups. In fact, her signature program, The Empowered Action Academy, provides women with a safe, but challenging space to align, clarify their vision and move into action to achieve their goals. She is also an expert facilitator and has been facilitating strategic discussions for the last 25 years. By their very nature, the discussions have been both sensitive and challenging. Laurel’s multi-function background and her understanding of the connection of employee engagement to clear alignment between leadership words and actions enables her to navigate sensitive topics with both grace and candor. Topics she has facilitated include: • Strategic employee initiatives (early retirement programs, benefits changes, etc.) • Strategic Workforce Planning (diversity initiatives, resource group design, talent strategies, etc.) • Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging • Enterprise Risk Management (financial, operational, reputational) • and other significant topics Additional roles, activities and awards: ♦ Panelist, Bayer Change the Equation Salon, National Press Club ♦ Top 15 Women in Business - Houston ♦ Contributor, Human Resources Executive Online “The Great STEM Debate” by Carol Patton ♦ Founding Board Member, HRLN-Houston (Human Resources Leadership Network) Laurel holds a B.S in Accounting from the University of Houston-Downtown, and MBA from Indiana University-Bloomington/ESADE - Barcelona and multiple human resources and assessment certifications. In addition, she is the host of the weekly radio show, weekly podcast and weekly Fireside show all under The Rutledge Perspective brand, focused on and career and leadership topics.
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