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"In order to succeed, you must know what you
are doing,
like what you are doing, and believe in what you are doing."
Will Rogers
Brief Biographical for Dr.
Trula M. LaCalle
http://www.Bellaii.com
888-522-2553
lacalle@Bellaii.com
Offices in Sacramento and Sonoma Counties, California
Trula Michaels LaCalle, Ph.D. is a
consultant and facilitator for all aspects of organizational
development that deal with human resources and organizational
structure. Whether you need a meeting facilitated, a partnership
established, 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.
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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.
- Her intercultural business
facilitation services help companies develop their multicultural
workforces and international trade
relationships or partnerships with Latin American
businessmen.
Pre-meeting consultation is
offered to American executives who must
learn the cultural etiquette and
norms
of the Latin American executives with whom they
will be doing business.
- She is proud to be able to provide
training for Hispanic employees in the Spanish language.
See
Published Articles for information
on developing immigrant Hispanic employees.
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.
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Trula M. LaCalle, Ph.D.
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