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About Us At Kruz
Consulting, we create transformational results through our unique blend
of services geared to organizations, teams, groups, and individuals.
Our training,
consulting, and coaching services include: organizational effectiveness,
performance management, management/leadership development, communication,
conflict-resolution, career development/planning, and succession planning.
Kruz Consulting Partners
Michele M. DeRosa , M.A.Michele DeRosa brings expertise in developing programs, coaching individuals, facilitating groups and processes, and leading projects. Michele has extensive experience designing career and management development programs; training managers, individual contributors and facilitators; and coaching executives and other professionals from diverse industries to be more effective, aligned and satisfied in the workplace. Michele is certified to use various personality, 360 degree, and communication assessments, specializing in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Lominger’s Career Architect competency tool. Michele worked as a manager and consultant for over 10 years in Drake Beam Morin’s Retention Services and Career Transition practices. During her career, she also coordinated Internship Recruitment and Career Development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and provided career services at several colleges and universities. Michele is on the part-time faculty at Antioch University Los Angeles, California State University Northridge, and Santa Monica College. Michele received her B.A. in English from the University of California Santa Barbara, and her M.A. in Educational Psychology: Counseling from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo. She is active in the American Society for Training and Development and the California Career Development Association. In the avocation arena, Michele has recently performed with Cornerstone Theater Company and the German-based Galli Group. Mary Albright-Smith, M.S.Mary Albright-Smith is an executive and career coach, trainer and facilitator. She spent the majority of her professional career at the Parker MBA Career Management Center at the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management, most recently holding the position of Director. During her nine-year tenure with the MBA Career Management Center, Mary also held positions of Associate Director, Employer Relations Coordinator and Career Coach. In these roles she coached and counseled fully employed MBAs working in all industries, full–time MBA students and working alumni on all topics related to professional and career development. She also worked closely with the School’s corporate constituents to determine MBA recruitment strategy; ran the campus recruiting program; and managed day to day operations, including vision and goal establishment, for the Center. Previously, Mary worked for the non-profit organization Women At Work in Pasadena, where she was a career coach to very low-income single mothers and homeless women. She has created a Career Development Program for homeless women, and developed a career awareness program for elementary school children. Prior to earning her Masters degree in Career Counseling, Mary worked for Weyerheauser Mortgage Company as a Recruiter for all of Weyerheauser’s southern California locations. Mary holds a Masters of Science in Educational Psychology and Counseling – Career Counseling from California State University, Northridge and a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and Business from UCLA. Mary is certified to use various personality and communication assessments, including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Janet Conn, M.S.W.Janet’s specialization is in career and leadership development consulting and coaching. With over ten years of experience in career management services, she brings a strategic perspective to organizations looking to optimize organizational effectiveness and achieve high value and retention from their employees. As a coach, Janet assists individuals in utilizing their full range of capabilities to achieve personal career growth and satisfaction. Janet brings significant career services and outplacement experience having worked with hundreds of executives, managers and employees from a diverse group of industries and work functions. Her experience includes three years on staff at a company providing career management services to major aerospace industry companies. Here she was responsible for a comprehensive program of services, including coaching, workshop facilitation and program development. Previously, she had been an adjunct consultant for five years at a top global outplacement firm where she acquired a strong background in all aspects of career transition programs. Janet received a M.S.W. from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. from Temple University. She has completed additional training at the College of Executive Coaching and the Coaches Training Institute. She is certified in Geert Hofstead’s Culture in the Workplace and Global Team Process Questionnaire and qualified to administer the most widely used career management and leadership development assessments including the Meyers Briggs Type Indicator. In addition to her consulting practice, Janet is an Adjunct Professor at Chapman University and Guest Lecturer at the University of Southern California. Amy Hirsh Robinson, MBAAmy is an executive coach and organizational development consultant. She has experience working for organizations of all sizes, from family-run entrepreneurships to large international firms in a variety of industries, including the not-for-profit sector. She specializes in helping organizations embrace change and empowering others to reach their professional and personal goals.
Alicia M. Jacobs, MBAAlicia M. Jacobs’ focuses on career management, strategic planning, organizational development, business development, and customer service. Alicia has designed and facilitated a variety of workshops, events and strategy sessions. Her expertise in group facilitation includes bringing together professionals from diverse disciplines to talk and share ideas and processes that enhance their professions. Alicia has provided consulting services for over 20 years to Fortune 500 companies, educational institutions, legal offices and government agencies including Edison, Honeywell, AT&T, Sony, MTA, Baker and Hostetler, Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services and Los Angeles Unified School District. As a strategic partner, Alicia assists corporate clients and senior executives in meeting developmental and performance goals for their human capital. Alicia has also served as a vice president for Right Management Consultants and Spherion, which are human resources consulting and career transition firms. She also partnered with Rutgers University as the West Coast liaison on their rollout of an e-learning and career-training product. As an adjunct professor at California State University, Fullerton, Alicia teaches New Ventures in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Management in the MBA Program and Organizational Behavior in the undergraduate school. In addition, she teaches “Women as Leaders on-line for the Business Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. Alicia earned her MBA from the Presidential/Key Executive Program at Pepperdine University and her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College. She is certified in the Meyers Briggs Type Indicator and is a certified behavioral and values analyst. Alicia has earned a CPBA and a CPVA. Patricia Palleschi, Ph.D.Patricia Palleschi spent 25 years developing and implementing human resource strategies that make organizations and individuals successful. Pat 's heart and soul are devoted to developing learning environments. Because she has vast experience with executives and managers, she believes that the most important thing for the 21st Century leader to learn is how to be true to themselves and their values, family, company, community, and friends. As Vice President of Human Resources Development at Disneyland, she was in charge of the Disney University. In that position she and her team implemented many management and technical programs. While at Disneyland Pat was also in charge of hiring up to 5,000 people a year. The mission for Pat's department was to attract, develop and retain Disney Cast members who were "pumped to perform." After a stint at Disneyland, Pat was promoted to work at the Walt Disney Company Corporate Level. She worked with the CEO, COO, and the Presidents of the Studio, the Stores, Animation, Publishing, Theme Parks, the CFO, as well as other members of the very top team. Her job was to "stem the loss of high potential talent" from the Walt Disney Company. In order to do that, she had to develop a clear description of what "high potential" talent looked like. After many discussions with the top team, Michael Eisner said that top talent had to have a "feel for story telling," because story telling distinguished Disney from Walmart. Bob Iger stressed "integrity." (Being able to make a profit was also essential!) With these three characteristics, among others, Pat and her team helped to identify the top 100 people out of 100,000 employees who worked for Disney. From those top100, about 35 were considered high potential. During her tenure, only one high potential left the company. Previously, Pat was Senior VP of Training for Bank of America. She made the transition from head of Human Resources for the Security Pacific California Bank to head of Training at Bank of America. She was part of an "integration" team that reduced the total employee size by almost fifty percent. It was a thrilling and depressing assignment. As head of training, she managed a budget of over $20 million and over 200 training professionals around the world. During this time all skills, credit and management training --- including computer simulated training for the thousands of tellers -- was under her leadership. She managed the succession process and an on site training facility that housed global credit officers during their one month required training program. Prior to her work in the corporate world, Pat earned her doctorate at the University of Massachusetts. Pat then moved to the West Coast to assume the position of Assistant Professor and was quickly promoted to Chair of the Speech Communication Department at Loyola Marymount University. She taught Interpersonal, Organizational and Business Communications. She has consulted for Unocal, Amgen, The Los Angeles Times, Edwards Lifesciences, Power-One, the UCLA MBA program, among many others. Currently, Dr. Palleschi is consulting with Fortune 500, as well as not for profit organizations. She was Chair of the Board of The Southern California Leadership Network. She has just completed her tenure on the Board of Goodwill Industries. She and her husband fund "The Palleschi Hart Teaching Fellowship" at the University of Massachusetts which recognizes excellent teaching at the graduate level.
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