Leadership with Chuck Conley
In this episode, Chuck Conley of the Ripken Leadership Center will talk to us about Leadership.
Chuck Conley, CEO
Ripken Leadership Center
Phone: 410-720-3736
Cell 443-248-0645
E-mail: chuck@RipkenLeadership.com
Web Site: http://www.RipkenLeadership.com
Guest Bio
Today’s guest is Chuck Conley, Chief Executive Officer of the Ripken Leadership Center.
Chuck Conley is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Ripken Leadership Center. He also provides leadership and holds the position of Managing Principal for Workforce Innovations. He is the former CEO and co-founder of the Paradigm Alliance Group, a Human Resources Consulting Group he managed for eight years. He provides consultation in all aspects of Human Resources with particular emphasis on Organizational Effectiveness and Employee Engagement.
Chuck has worked in Human Resources for twenty nine years. For the last ten years, he has provided leadership to key clients on corporate-wide initiatives to transform culture and increase employee engagement. Chuck has also worked for notable companies like USF&G, Travelers, and Paul Revere Insurance Company. His most recent corporate assignment before Paradigm Alliance Group was Vice President- Human Resources for USF&G. This assignment included leadership for all Human Resource initiatives of the Property and Casualty business as well as Corporate Staffing, Field Operations, Employee Service Center and Employee Relations functional groups. His responsibility in this role encompassed strategic planning, organizational development and intervention, executive coaching, employee relations, recruiting and selection, cultural development, compensation strategy, and performance management. During Chuck’s five-year tenure at USF&G he received numerous recognition awards for leadership and performance. These included the CEO’s most coveted leadership award for character. He was the first and only Human Resource executive ever selected for such an honor.
Chuck’s current interests include development of employee relations programs that cultivate high performance, build core competence to create competitive advantage, drive organizational change through leadership development, and position the Human Resource function for greater organizational effectiveness. His works in these areas have not gone unnoticed. Chuck was interviewed by Best Review magazine regarding his work on competency development for employees. He has given lectures to numerous organizations including the Internal Revenue Service on creative approaches to workforce transformation. Chuck has also written various articles for business journals on the strategic approaches to employee relations. Recently Chuck’s consulting assignments have included work with National City Corporation where he led the Branch Transformation, Employee Engagement, and Learning strategic initiatives. He also served as the Chief Learning Officer for an interim period of time.
Chuck received his Bachelors in Business Administration from Texas Southern University and has been certified as Senior Professional Human Resources by the Society for Human Resource Management. He has also been certified by the Institute for Applied Management and Law for advanced level Employee Relations Law.
Links and Resources
- Ripken Leadership Center – http://www.ripkenleadership.com
- ASTD – http://www.astd.org
- Metro DC ASTD – http://www.dcastd.org
- SHRM – http://www.shrm.org
- Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference (Hardcover)
by Cal Ripken (Author), Donald T. Phillips (Author) - How Leaders Build Value: Using People, Organization, and Other Intangibles to Get Bottom-Line Results (Paperback) by Dave Ulrich (Author), Norman Smallwood (Author)
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