Linda M. Farley

Leadership Skills
Behavior and Communication
Styles

• Chosen as project manager for two manufacturing plant closures affecting over 500 people each
• Pioneered virtual learning for a client who was resistant to anything but on-site learning; client now claims it saved their business. Using Coaching Mindset Index assessment, coached individuals on coaching skills improvement. Coached direct reports for performance and developed their individual coaching skills. Implemented Coach-the-coach program for health care system for first line supervisors, subcontract with Stynchula & Associates. Coached job seekers on resume development and job search tactics. Designed and Facilitated: Six day Train the Trainer certificate course, which included accelerated learning, facilitation, and instructional design skills. Chosen to deliver course to City of San Antonio, U.S. Forest Service, and the U.S. Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base. Interactive virtual career transition workshops for individuals and groups seeking employment for Career Partners International for over 11 years. Instructional Design and Presentation/Facilitation Skills workshops at San Antonio College Continuing Education Program for over 7 years. Received stellar evaluations. Facilitating Learning Activities workshop for multiple clients. Coaching certificate workshop; delivered virtually and on-site to hospitality, financial and government entities. Facilitated: Ethics workshops for international consulting company, through a subcontract with Practec, in a year-long project across the continental United States and Hawaii. Trainer certification workshops, Manager as Coach and Career GPS, for Career Partners International partners, to an international audience. Retirement workshops for various industries. Management & Leadership Managed and coached a national team of 15 instructors delivering soft and technical skills training. Co-created and implemented a 360-based annual evaluation system for managers in a national retail chain. Selected as project manager for multiple leadership training and career transition projects involving universities, government, and private entities. Chosen as project manager for two manufacturing plant closures affecting over 500 people each; coordinated career transition workshops and coaching, which were offered on a 24x7 basis

• Coaching Mindset Index(TM) Certified Coach Practitioner
• Certified Corporate Trainer, San Antonio College
• Trainer certification
• Trainer certificate
• Certified Coach

• Certified Corporate Trainer, San Antonio College
• Coaching Mindset Index(TM) Certified Coach Practitioner
• DiSC(TM)
• Professional Organizations and Community Service
• Association of Talent Development (formerly ASTD) (President)
• Network Power Texas, 10 years (Board Member)
• Volunteer Workshop Leader - Battered Women Shelter

• Publications
• Charlie Was a Rich Man
• Honoring Learners
• Facilitating Learning Activities
• Accelerated Learning and Adult
• Learning Principles
• Instructional Design
• Instructional Design
• Training Facilitation
• Trainer Development
• Training Program Management
• Facilitation Evaluation
• Needs Assessments