| Project Summaries
Ms.
Barnes coaches diverse professionals to align their individual
achievements to organizational goals, identify critical success
factors for both, and streamline essential job functions.
As one executive stated, “Emily Barnes is the empathic listener, sounding
board, interpreter, and strategist wanted in tight situations.” Her
experience with work and people management issues common to
professionals in positions of authority informs her skill in
helping others navigate leadership, relationship, performance
and communication challenges inherent in their roles.
The project summaries below provide a snapshot of Ms. Barnes’ work.
Government
Agencies
Small Business Administration.
Targeted assistance to aspiring entrepreneurs guided the planning,
development and implementation of business start-up seminars.
The World Bank. Conducted personal efficiency programs throughout
agency. Measurably improved productivity among several teams
by aligning work habits and systems to role expectations.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Coached team of research scientists
to improved performance in work management, leadership, and
communication.
U.S. Department of State. Coached information technology manager
and core team to integrated performance and improved productivity
resulting in faster turnaround times for customer service requests.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Led the installation
of work organization processes for legal team members who reported
improved performance and less stress.
U.S. House of Representatives. Coached several
representatives’ staff
members to improved work management and personal efficiency.
Global Organizations
A team consulting effort focused on relationship management
strategies designed to redefine, support, and strengthen leader-follower
relationships.
Interpersonal communication vital to team-based projects created
problems for managers during collaborative efforts. One-on-one
coaching closed the gap between performance expectations and
skills.
Media Organizations
Guided highly successful managers and support staff of international
newspaper to analyze and improve team
performance following
restructuring.
Strategist and sounding board for senior staff member of national
news staff resulted in decision making clarity and improbable
success regarding career-threatening
issues.
Private
New self-management and relationship
management strategies
along with no-lose problem solving resulted in better relations
and outstanding performance among team members previously experiencing
personality conflicts at a top ten university.
Negative performance ratings in certain communities required
strategic planning, program
development, and implementation of diverse projects for medium-sized bank.
Nonprofit
Increased lagging productivity among core training staff for
national association serving senior citizens after a restructuring
of departmental roles and positions.
Restructuring plus results from 360 assessments informed the
team coaching strategy to prepare managers of national credit
union association for expanding leadership roles.
Coordinated the planning, development and implementation of
leadership programs for thirty-six high performing professionals
in seven states.
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