President
          Bella International, Inc.

 

Trula Michaels LaCalle, Ph.D. is a consultant and facilitator for all aspects of organizational development that deal with leadership, employee development, performance management, and organizational structure.  Whether you need a meeting facilitated, a business strategy planned, an executive team developed or to have a personnel conflict resolved, you can rely on her judgment and ability to understand and productively address the issues.  If you are assessing the structure and business processes of your organization, Trula will lend insights in areas where the structure and processes are not in alignment with the capacity of your human resources.  When you have valued employees who have potential for making even better contributions to your company, you can be assured that Trula will identify and implement the right means to bring out the best in them and develop their skills. 

• She has a solid, experiential background in many areas of  multicultural communication, organizational behavior,  business relations and business planning, leadership development, and conflict mediation.
   
• Multicultural organizations are her specialty.  She has worked with many different ethnic and cultural groups including immigrants from Asia, Europe, South America, and the Far East.
   
• Trula has worked as a consultant for small and large companies, local and international, start-ups and well-known brand names.  While she is extraordinarily versatile, she is most concerned that each company receives the assistance needed from a consultant who is a good "fit."  With this in mind, she will not accept any and all contracts.  Instead, she will refer you to a colleague or other resource if her ethics dictate that she should not accept your assignment. 
  
  A partial list of her client companies is available upon request.
  
  
  Trula is fluent in Spanish which she has learned as a second language. She 
  has a broad knowledge of Hispanic cultures, gained from cultural studies 
  and her many years of personal interactions--both professional and social--
  with Hispanics from all Latin American countries and Spain. She has traveled
  to twelve Spanish-speaking nations plus Brazil  Each year she continues to add
  a new Latin American country to her travels.  She has presented lectures at
  professional conferences in Mexico, Argentina, Panama, and Columbia.  
  
    
• She is proud to be able to provide professional services for Hispanic
  employees in the Spanish language. 
• See Published Articles  for information on developing immigrant Hispanic employees.

        To read what clients have to say about her work, click here.

What you will like best about Trula is her sincere interest in your success and her keen ability to draw out strengths and talents. First, you will notice how well she listens and how adeptly and quickly she diagnoses the issues at hand. You will be pleased with her problem-solving ability and her practical, down-to-earth guidance. Soon you will realize how comfortable you become with her and how you trust not only her ability but her integrity. You will see that she develops a plan with you which fully optimizes your existent capabilities.

Dr. Trula LaCalle earned a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Leadership and Human Behavior from United States International University (U.S.I.U.)  This international university had campuses in the United States, Mexico, Kenya, and England.    The university is now known as Alliant International University.

Prior to becoming a consultant, facilitator, and trainer, she had been a psychologist who worked with people from all types of businesses and professions. She specialized in workplace issues such as conflict management, trauma, industrial injury, sexual harassment, employee productivity, violence, stress, family owned business conflicts, motivation, and personal problems interfering with job performance.

She is active in professional associations related to her field and has been a board member of several organizations.  (See her complete curriculum vitae for a list of  her current and past memberships.)

Trula has hands-on experience in the role of manager and business owner. She has been an administrator for a number of professional organizations and has owned her own professional psychological corporation where she managed 28 employees and independent contractors.