Experience

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  Markovits Consulting Services, LLC

  • Stamford, Connecticut, United States

  • Founder

    • Sep 2020 - Present
    • Stamford, Connecticut, United States

    Markovits Consulting Services helps leaders and organizations be more effective and efficient in achieving their goals and transforming society by offering coaching and consulting services. These services include leadership consulting, executive coaching, and management and leadership training and development programs.

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  AchieveMission

  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Partner

    • Apr 2012 - Dec 2020

    AchieveMission consults with nonprofit and foundation leaders to transform strategy into the reality of mission success by developing and implementing talent management plans, leadership and organization development, and diversity, equity and inclusion projects. For AchieveMission, talent management refers to all of the people who work directly to help an organization advance its mission – its leaders, employees in the field, and managers in the office, as well as consultants, volunteers, and board members. Talent management includes:• Defining an organization’s current and future human capital needs, including the unique capabilities and number of people it needs• Hiring, developing, advancing, retaining, and ultimately planning for the succession of talented people to meet those human capital needs• Optimizing the impact people can make by building the leadership, processes and cultures that support high performance AchieveMission typically works with nonprofits and foundations with operating budgets of between $2M and $50M that are experiencing significant growth and/or change. We offer customized consulting and coaching services to meet client needs in the talent management, leadership and organization development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion space.

  • Interim Co-Executive Director

    • Jan 2017 - Mar 2018

    Co-led the organization through the transition after our founder left and until we selected a new Executive Director.

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  Mike Markovits

  • Leadership Consultant

    • Jan 2011 - Dec 2016

    Independent leadership consultant specializing in assisting organizations (for-profit and non-profit) in areas related to talent management, leadership development, and organization development.

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  IBM

  • Vice President, Business and Technical Leadership

    • Apr 2008 - Oct 2010

    Responsible for leadership development, talent management, and succession planning for IBM globally.Led organization design and development, talent assessments, annual succession planning process, executive staffing, and leadership development portfolio.Led global team of approximately 200 people.Key accomplishments included: integration and streamlining the talent management process across IBM's technical and business professional population, integration of the early-in-career talent identification activities into the broader talent management process, combination of management and executive development into sequentially ordered approach to leadership development, and designed and implemented comprehensive set of leadership competencies applicable to the entire IBM population.

  • Vice President, Global Executive and Organization Capability

    • May 2004 - Apr 2008

    Responsible for executive development, executive staffing and succession planning, leadership and organization consulting for IBM globally.Key accomplishments: introduced new approach to senior executive development (collective leadership model focused on key corporate initiatives), supported re-design and re-missioning of IBM's key leadership bodies, and initiated the integration of the technical and business leadership high potential pools.

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  GE

  • Manager, Leadership and Executive Development -- GE Crotonville

    • Apr 2001 - Apr 2004

    Responsible for the design, development and global delivery of GE's leadership and executive development curriculum. Key accomplishments: rationalized leadership development offerings in the GE business units, architected GE leadership development stairstep model, led re-design of BMC (core GE program for high potential executives), personally managed delivery of EDC (core GE program for high potential senior executives).

  • Manager, Center for Learning and Organizational Excellence -- GE Capital

    • Jan 1996 - Apr 2001

    Responsible for design, development, and delivery of all GE Capital learning programs for organization of approximately 100,000 employees and providing leadership and organization consulting expertise.Key accomplishments included growing organization into multi-faceted learning supplier and Corporate University, developing and delivering services-based Six Sigma Quality curriculum, and sponsored innovative 3-week program to develop facilitation and coaching skills. At its peak, delivered over one thousand training programs around the world each year. Led team of 52 HR professionals globally. Negotiated numerous vendor contracts.

  • Leader, Best Practices -- GE Capital

    • May 1994 - Jan 1996

    Developed Center for Business Excellence to share GE Best Practices and productivity tools as a consultant to GE customers and suppliers as a value-added service offering.

  • Manager, Human Resources -- GE Plastics

    • May 1992 - May 1994

    Responsible for all aspects of Human Resources for nine GE Plastics manufacturing facilities. Led Total Quality initiative and implementation of high performance work teams.

  • Manager, Organizational Change -- GE Aircraft Engine

    • Nov 1990 - May 1992

    Led introduction of Work-Out throughout all divisions; designed and delivered numerous Work-Out sessions. Primary internal consultant to Continuous Improvement effort to integrate Total Quality Management and GE Values and Best Practices.

  • Manager, Human Resources -- GE Aircraft Engine

    • Jan 1989 - Nov 1990

    Responsible for all aspects of Human Resources for Engineering Departments. Managed organization through two major downsizings while completing major organization re-design and upgrade of management talent.

  • Manager, Human Resources -- GE Aircraft Engine

    • May 1985 - Jan 1989

    Responsible for all aspects of Human Resources for new plant, Factory of the Future. Led development and negotiated implementation of innovative and progressive shop floor work practices, including high performance work teams. Maintained grievance-free environment for three years.

  • Manager, Manufacturing -- GE Aircraft Engine

    • 1988 - 1988

    Directed 24/7 Plant operations while implementing state-of-the-art shop floor automation.

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  GE

  • HR Professional -- GE Aerospace

    • Jun 1984 - Aug 1984

    Summer Intern at GE Aircraft Instrument Department involved with a multitude of HR projects.

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  Commonwealth of Massachusetts

  • United States
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Training Manager, Fernald State School -- Waltham MA

    • Jan 1982 - Jun 1983

    Responsible for induction and counselor training at facility for adults who are mentally retarded. Delivered supervisory and management skills training. Facilitated teambuilding experiences for professional staff.

  • Program Manager, Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center

    • Jan 1981 - Jan 1982

    Directed a day treatment program for chronic psychiatric adults.

  • Counselor, Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center

    • Sep 1980 - Jan 1981

    Counselor in day treatment program for chronic psychiatric adults.

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  Cambridge Massachusetts

  • Elementary School Teacher

    • 1978 - 1980

    Taught elementary school social studies and math in both private and public school settings.