mary donelan

Supervised two training branches that coordinated and provided training to approximately 1,500 attorneys nationwide. Under my leadership, the staff became extraordinarily proficient and received excellent feedback for their work. Training and managed staff responsible for recruitment, staffing and supporting local and national Executive Resources Boards for all GS-15 and executive positions.

Managed the seven-member team with responsibility for the full range of human resource services for the 665 attorney and support staff employees in the national office and 450 in the regions. Handled the labor relations activities dealing with leave abuses and conduct problems with accompanying depression, mental illness and alcohol complications.

* Serve as Executive/Life Coach in business for myself . Coach federal directors with extensive public visibility and impact on the mission of the agency on leadership, career development, transition navigation, work/life planning, and retirement issues. * Advise on the Executive Core Qualification process for entry in the federal Senior Executive Service. * Passion to be a transformation catalyst to explore, experiment, engage, empower and encourage action to get bigger results and go for the bigger game.

* Coached and managed 30 employees in six branches: Staffing, Classification, and Benefits * Training and Communication * Payroll and Processing * Attorney Recruitment and Retention * EEO * and Executive Resources. Met with each employee every six months one-on-one to discuss their hopes and dreams. Led extensive team building efforts. Over the years, results on the customer satisfaction survey significantly improved from 2.2 to 5/2 on a scale of 1 to 7. Each year, the scores increased demonstrating engagement and growing job satisfaction.