CHRISTINE J. SLIZ

 Organizational Development Consultant

Experience  Twenty years of consulting, facilitation and training experience. 

Summary     Strengths include creative design, high impact delivery and ability to
                         build a quick rapport with groups.

Consulting   Conducted/facilitated: 

·      Meetings between government and non-profit agencies that emphasized collaborative task accomplishment

·      Public meetings to announce/get feedback on neighborhood changes

·      Strategic planning meetings          

·      Goal setting meetings

·      Team building sessions

·      Inter-department/organizational conflict resolution

·      Conflict resolution/mediation sessions

·      Labor negotiations                    

Training   Used adult learning principles to design and deliver training in:

·      Effective meeting facilitation

·      Train the trainer

·      Presentation Skills

·      Customer Service

·      Conflict resolution/mediation

·      Building effective work teams

·      Supervision/management skills

·      Leadership

·      Communications 

Coaching  Provided individual coaching for managers in: 

·      Team building strategies

·      Mediation

·      Interpersonal skills

·      Conflict resolution

·      Presentation Skills 

Positions Held      

                        Organizational Development Consultant,  Facilitator and Trainer

                        City of Santa Rosa                                                                                                               1996 - Present

                       Instructor, Santa Rosa Junior College - Business Department                                                   1987 - Present 

                       Management Trainer, U.S. Coast Guard 1983 - 1985

                       Organizational Development Consultant  1985 - Present         

                       Sliz & Associates (client list attached)

Education   Columbia University, Advanced Organizational Development Certificate

                        M.S. Candidate, University of San Francisco

                        Organizational Development

                        B.S. Human Resources & Organizational

                        Development

The following is a partial list of organizations for whom Chris Sliz has conducted programs or facilitated:

                        Adicom Wireless

                        Becoming Independent

                        Birkenstock

                        California Human Development Corporation

                        Catholic Youth Organization

                        Chrysler Corporation

                        City of Albany

                        City of Petaluma

City of Pittsburgh

                        City of Santa Rosa

                        Community Child Care Council

                        Community Support Network

                        Concord Naval Weapons Station

                        Sonoma County Department of Emergency Services

Department of Social Services

Discovery Center

                        Empire Waste Management

                        Family Services Agency

                        Flex Products, Inc.

                        Hyatt Hotels

                        Hewlett-Packard

                        JDS Uniphase

Leadership Rohnert Park

                        Medtronic A.V.E.          

                        Memorial Hospital

                        National Bank of the Redwoods

                        Naval Postgraduate School

                        North American Mortgage Company

                        OCLI

                        Pacific Gas & Electric

                        Redwood Credit Union

                        Regional EEO Officers

                        Santa Rosa Criminal Justice Training Center

                        Santa Rosa Junior College

                        Santa Rosa Plaza Mall

                        Solano County Correctional Officers

                        Solano County Courts

                        Sonoma County

                        Sonoma County Area on Aging

                        Sonoma County Volunteer Center

                        Sonoma State University

                        Spectrum Credit Union

                        Spreckels Sugar

                        Sutter Home Winery

                        Sutter Hospital

Thursday Night Market Association

                        Ukiah Hospital

                        United Way of Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake County

                        U.S. Coast Guard

                        U.S. Army

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