Experience

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  Mercer

  • Executive Coach And Leadership Consultant
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  Bruce Barge Coaching and Consulting

  • Northern California, United States

  • Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant

    • Feb 2021 - Present
    • Northern California, United States

    Provide coaching and consulting to help executives improve leadership effectiveness, business success and personal well-being. Work directly with individual leaders to attack what limits their success and increase their business and personal impact. My style is practical, results-oriented and r...

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  Mercer

  • United States
  • Professional Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Office Business Leader and Partner

    • Mar 2015 - Dec 2020

    Led Bay Area HR consulting business providing Talent solutions to Fortune 500 and mid-market clients. Helped clients achieve business goals related to workforce compensation, communication and engagement, development and mobility, performance and careers, and organizational change. Responsible to achieve consulting business financial, operational and client objectives, including the attraction, retention, development and engagement of a high quality group of consulting professionals. Member of West Region leadership team and responsible to sell and lead client consulting projects.

  • Partner, Talent Management

    • Feb 2011 - Mar 2015

    Led sales and delivery of Talent Management services for clients in Southern California and nationally. Designed and helped implement solutions for leadership development, succession planning, workforce planning, attraction and retention, and positioning human capital to drive business strategies.

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  Buck/Xerox

  • Market Leader

    • Oct 2006 - Feb 2011

    Wore two hats: Market Leader for all of Buck's HR consulting business in Southern California and Phoenix. Also West Region leader for Buck's HR Management consulting business in the West.

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  Buck Consultants

  • United States
  • Information Technology & Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Managing Director, HRM

    • Jul 2005 - Oct 2006

    National leader for HR Management Consulting business for Buck

  • Principal

    • Jan 2002 - Jun 2005

    Client sales and delivery in talent management, leadership development, and organizational and HR effectiveness.

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  PriceWaterhouseCoopers

  • Director

    • Mar 1999 - Jan 2002

    Client sales and delivery in HR and organizational effectiveness, talent management and leadership development.

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  Aon Consulting

  • Vice President, HR Consulting

    • Feb 1997 - Mar 1999

    Led consulting and business development for West coast, focusing on HR and workforce effectiveness for client organizations.

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  St. Paul Companies

  • Vice President, Corporate Quality

    • Aug 1987 - Feb 1997

    Led quality improvement initiative for the organization. Prior, led Human Factors Loss Control, a policyholder consulting group focused on reducing risks due to human and organizational causes.

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  Personnel Decisions Research Institute

  • Research Associate

    • Oct 1982 - Aug 1987

    Research consulting for Project A, Defense Nuclear Agency, Kelly Services, State Farm, and others, while in Graduate School.