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Dynamic Talent Partners LLC
HIGHLY AGILE SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES LEADER
18+ Years Positioning HR as a Strategic and Credible Business Partner
Passionate about cultivating employee experiences and culture to improve performance, profitability, growth, and employee engagement. Approaches new challenges with intention and grit to make an impact and drive sustainable change.
Scope of influence and impact across private and public companies, from 800 to 15,000+ employees globally, with experience in the Americas, EMEA and APAC.
Serve as a trusted partner with the CEO, CHRO and Council members to guide and design Cetera’s strategy and aspirations in the multiple facets of Talent Management and DEIB - within the corporate home office, financial advice profession, and community spheres of Cetera’s influence and impact.
Lead HR Center of Excellence function to rethink how Cetera delivers an experience where employees can thrive, are proud to belong and cultivates a high-performance culture.
Supported and coached managers in all aspects of hiring, onboarding, performance management, development, retention, engagement, compensation and rewards.
Recruited to build learning and development practice aligned to business strategy, as part of a complete re-build and revitalization of the HR function.
Asked to serve in a newly created role, as 1 of 4 incumbents serving the 15,000+ person enterprise, focused on developing organizational effectiveness.
Selected to assume a newly created role to build a Center of Excellence (CoE) during a period of organizational transformation and globalization.
As part of new global strategy, built and led the eLearning function during early stages of operations center in India to support Global Talent Development organization.
Led recruitment for enterprise leadership program in addition to manage other early career programs (college internship, INROADS and high school cooperative education programs).
Enterprise High-Potential Leadership Rotational Program:
Global Compensation, Office of Diversity, London HR (Expat Assignment) and Talent Acquisition.
Performed audits of client's financial statements and prepared 5500 tax schedules for multi-national corporations, with ERISA qualified plans.
Managing Global Diversity, Strategic Staffing, Strategic Compensation
HR Information Systems, Strategic Staffing, Training and Organizational Development, Compensation and Benefits, Human Resource Management
Graduate School of Business
North Park University
College of Business Administration
University of Illinois at Chicago
Certified Diversity Executive (CDE) - Expected 03/24
Diversity and Inclusion Yellow Belt
Master Performance Consultant; Master Trainer; Leading Training Programs
Certified Facilitator: Speed of Trust; 4DX, 4 Essential Roles of Leadership, 6 Critical Practices, Unconscious Bias
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, Certified Coach and Facilitator
Prosci Change Management, Certified Change Manager
I've worked with Elissa for over a year as a Sr. HRIS Manager supporting the technology behind the Center of Excellence (COE) she oversees.
Elissa is a key member in Cetera’s HR executive leadership team and is responsible for leading the company’s talent management solutions including, learning and development, performance management, professional development, leadership development, and driving Cetera’s diversity, inclusion, and belonging initiative.
As a part of past cross functional collaborations, I’ve benefited from the valuable skill mix and industry knowledge that Elissa uses to direct and monitor strategies that empower a healthy workplace culture. These strategies include programs and initiatives related to employee communications, forward-thinking organizational and individual effectiveness, and most recently spearheading the charge to strategically use culture as a differentiator through diversity and inclusion in a manner consistent with Cetera’s values.
Elissa has proven herself to be a high-performing, results-driven HR leader who both supports Cetera’s strategic short and long-term business objectives while demonstrating effective listening, communication, and presentation skills to build relationships with employees at all levels.
I highly recommend Elissa as a leader in HR.
I have known Elissa for five years and know her to be an outstanding professional.
She joined the Global Learning and Development team in 2010 for an expat assignment in Bangalore to launch the eLearning team. She fully embraced the opportunity both professionally and personally and became a strong liaison between Chicago andBangalore.
Working in India, hiring the eLearning team, and developing the implementation of our strategy were all new to Elissa and yet she dove in with enthusiasm and managed numerous obstacles with a vibrant spirit of "can-do".
Elissa has several qualities that are highly valuable to any team. She is both strategic and detail-oriented. When faced with a problem, Elissa attacks the challenge on multiple fronts - using her own experience and intelligence, reaching out to people across the organization with expertise and asking the right questions. She does this independently but always stays connected to the project sponsor. Elissa can be relied upon completely to deliver outstanding results on time and often exceeding even high expectations.
Elissa is a warm and generous colleague, always ready to take on more work, help her colleagues and develop her skills. As she returns to Chicago, I look forward to working with her again to drive critical business initiatives forward. I know withElissa, I have a colleague I can trust to execute and deliver on her commitments.
I consider it a matter of great pride that I have learned from the best and when I think of "the best", I can't help but think of Elissa. We met in India at Northern Trust and right from the beginning her talent was hard to miss. Working in the same group, I had the opportunity to see Elissa at close quarters, building the E-learning team from ground up and providing it structure and strategy. Her ability to see the big picture and getting the right people for the right job is exemplary. As a mentor she has helped me immensely in my career by giving sound advice and directing me to the best resources and tools in the industry. My transition to North America would not have been as smooth without Elissa's knowledge about life and work here. I rely on her expertise and highly recommend her as a professional in the Learning industry with a strong business acumen.
