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Hi! My name is Pat Poyfair.

Welcome to my non-traditional resume.

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I’m a Human Resources

Professional

I  started  my  career  as  a  journalist  and  never  lost  my  love  for  carefully  chosen  and  placed  words  when  I  received  my  Master’s  of  Human  Resource  Management  degree  and  made  the  jump  to  building  organizational  and  leadership  systems  at  OC  Tanner  and  CHG  Healthcare  Services.    

& Organizational Development

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Dr.  Martin  Luther  King.    Nelson  Mandela.  Gandhi.    Mother  Theresa.    The  Dalai  Llama.    Winston  Churchill.    

Each  approached  leadership  from  the  same  vantage  point  –  they  chose  to  serve  their  followers  before  becoming  their  leader.  Their  overwhelming  success  as  leaders  stemmed  from  their  practice  of  standing  shoulder  to  shoulder  with  those  they  led  to  achieve  impossible  results.    

 

I believe great leadership begins with a desire to serve others

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2012  BYU-­‐Idaho  Communications  Day  Presentation   Speaker  and  Facilitator  I  am  at  home  in  front  of  an  audience  and  get  downright  giddy  when  I  know  a  true  connection  is  made  with  every  participant  in  the  room.  I’ve  learned  from  world-­‐class  mentors  that  this  kind  of  effective  facilitation  only  happens  when  the  presenter  has  worked  overtime  to  know  and  understand  his/her  audience  and  over-­‐prepared  through  verbalized  practice  and  repetition.      

Journalist:    I  spent  the  first  decade  of  my  career  in  telling  stories  via  newspapers  for  audiences  in  Idaho  and  Utah  at  The  Idaho  Statesman  and  The  Deseret  News.  Towards  the  end  of  my  journalism  career,  my  role  shifted  to  include  more  editing,  and  creative  focused  projects.  Blogger  Even  though  I  formally  left  the  journalism  world  in  2005  –  my  love  for  writing  was  able  to  continue  with  the  advent  of  blogging.  I  was  called  upon  to  write  blog  posts  that  dealt  with  Employee  Engagement  and  Recognition  best  practice  for  O.C.  Tanner’s  corporate  blog  (Appreciating  Great  Work)  as  well  as  my  personal  business  blog.    

 

I present

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The  corporate  world  has  seen  significant  changes  in  the  role  leadership  plays  in  relation  to  company  culture  and  employee  engagement.  Today’s  leaders  must  learn  to  emotionally  connect  with  those  they  lead  before  they  truly  engage  in  the  work  they  are  hired  to  do.      

choose to follow I develop leaders others

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Core  values  represent  firmly  held  beliefs  an  organization  embraces  as  necessary  to  grow  their  company  in  the  way  they  see  fit.    

I  believe  individuals  are  effectively  developed  when  core  values  are  translated  into  behaviors  that  illustrate  what  each  value  looks  like  in  action.  Organizational  development  programs  are  then  created  to  drive  adoption  of  long-­‐term  characteristics  aligned  with  these  behaviors.    

Armed  with  these  foundational  leadership  insights,  an  organization  is  free  to  align  performance  management,  talent  acquisition  and  other  HR  functions  to  their  unique  set  of  values,  behaviors  and  characteristics.  

I build values-driven systems of organizational development

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Whether  it’s  surfing,  hula  hooping  or  playing  soccer,  we  learn  best  as  we  directly  engage  in  the  thing  we  set  out  to  learn.    

Likewise,  effective  organizational  development  occurs  when  participants  get  out  of  the  classroom  and  perform  the  behaviors  to  be  learned.      

Coursework  begins  the  learning  process.  Coaching  and  mentoring  sessions  bring  examples  and  ideas  to  implement  the  concepts    

Experiential  learning  assignments  and  opportunities  drive  comprehension  and  integration  of  an  organizations  core  values,  behaviors  and  characteristics.    

I build development programs that focus on experiential learning

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For  eight  years,  I’ve  collaborated  with  key  HR  executives  and  stakeholders  in  these,  and  many  other  organizations  to  strategize  and  develop  world-­‐class  organizational  development,  leadership  effectiveness  and  employee  recognition  strategies.  

I consult

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I  look  beyond  the  typical  answers  and  methods  when  I  lead  the  projects  I’m  tasked  with.  This  approach  fosters  creativity  and  innovation  in  the  deliverables  my  teams  produce.      

I  am  passionate  about  the  projects  and  causes  I  lead    –  whether  it’s  designing  leadership  coaching  systems,  coaching  girl’s  competition  soccer  teams  or  training  corporate  executives  to  become  world-­‐class  leaders  through  values-­‐driven  leadership  behaviors.      

 

I innovate

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I  lead  project  management  efforts  that  create  and  implement  recognition  and  leadership  training  programs  efficiently  and  on  deadline.  

I manage projects

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“ Pat Poyfair gave his heart and soul to our brand and our company, created important relationships with our network of sales associates, and worked tirelessly with clients to introduce our products and services. He is constantly innovating—he took an idea of public seminars from concept to reality, gaining significant revenue and leads for our sales force. Pat Poyfair epitomizes dedication.

- Adrian Gostick

In  2007  I  was  hired  by  New  York  Times  Bestselling  authors  Adrian  Gostick  and  Chester  Elton  to  help  build  ‘Carrot  Cultures’  –  or  corporate  environments  where  people  are  appreciated  for  the  great  work  they  do  –  in  the  clients  OC  Tanner  did  business  with.      While  they  wrote  the  Carrot  books,  I  created  a  marketing  strategy  that  brought  the  philosophy  and  award-­‐winning  leadership  training  to  Fortune  500  clients,  training  and  development  trade  shows  as  well  as  various  professional  and  federal  government  training  associations.      I  also  created  a  series  of  public  seminars  held  in  cities  throughout  North  America  and  Europe.  We  were  able  to  turn  modest  profits  in  the  first  year  of  execution  and  have  grown  the  scope  and  scale  in  subsequent  years.    

I market thought leadership

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Email:  patpoyfair@gmail.com  Mobile:  801-­‐230-­‐9953  

Twitter:  patpoyfair  www.linkedin.com/in/patpoyfair  

 

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