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Educational History

• Temple University, Master’s degree, 2006.
  
• Muhlenberg College, Bachelor’s degree, 1997.
  

Professional History:

• Senior Training Specialist, Delaware Investments
• Principal, Becoming Consulting

Bio

Brian is passionate about education and building high-performance organizations.  Highlights of his skills and experience appear below.

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Bio

Brian is passionate about education and building high-performance organizations.  Highlights of his skills and experience appear below.

 •              Organizational Learning: More than five years of experience training and planning events for diverse age groups, ethnicities, and nationalities in fortune 500 environments and nonprofit settings, development of a multi-channel training and development program that appeals to multiple learning styles, and development and administration of e-learning programs and Learning Management System (LMS) that save thousands of dollars in training costs annually.•              Leadership:  Led of a team of call center associates at Sprint to meet or exceed all performance expectations and applied numerous HR best practices, including team building, coaching, mentoring, and performance management and evaluation.  In addition, Brian has educated hundreds of Sprint and Lincoln Financial Group managers and Muhlenberg College alumni on how to become better leaders through the consistent application of coaching, conflict resolution, and team building techniques•              Human Resources:  Management Delaware Investments’ new employee orientation program for more than five years and completion of an MBA in Human Resources Management at Temple University, in which he has studied strategic HR issues including recruiting and selection, aligning performance management and compensation with organization strategy, conducting organizational assessments, and complying with employment laws.

•              Consulting:  Developed a new business model in which trainers serve as consultants that help other departments develop their own client-focused organizational learning solutions.  In addition, Brian serves as principal of Becoming, his consulting practice dedicated to the evolution of individuals and organizations via career coaching, facilitated and online learning courses, organizational assessment, and strategy consulting.

Personal slogan or motto

Help others do, be, and feel better!

Areas of expertise

Coaching, Training, Organizational Assessment, Consulting, Human Resources

Personal Website/Blog URL

www.linkedin.com/in/brianfishbone

Public Profile

www.fastcompany.com/user/90836

Professional History

Senior Training Specialist, Delaware Investments (LNC)

Public, 5000+ employees, Finance / Investing industry

·         Develop new hire, systems, product, regulatory, and professional skills development training for employees. (Result:  100-page Risk Management Regulations training manual per the USA Patriot Act of 2001, a 140-page Effective Business Writing manual, and a 100-page Teamwork and Conflict Resolution manual)·         Deliver hundreds of training classes serving more than 1000 participants.  (Result: 100 commendations for his high-energy presentations that appeal to all five senses and multiple learning styles)·         Lead the training department’s e-learning initiatives, which included evaluating vendors, integrating authoring tools with an LMS, and developing e-learning courses using Outstart Trainer.  (Result: more than 20 e-learning courses that have resulted in thousands of dollars in training development and delivery cost savings)·         Other Responsibilities:  Manage Delaware Investments’ monthly New Employee Orientation program, maintain department’s Intranet site, and administer Learning Management System (LMS).

Principal, Becoming Consulting

Private, Sole Proprietor employees, Education / Training industry

Consulting practice dedicated to the evolution of individuals and organizations via career coaching, facilitated and online learning courses, organizational assessment, and strategy consulting. Brian Fishbone has presented seminars such as “A Powerful, More Productive Me: Finding the Productivity Tool I Trust”, “Your One-Hour Leadership Lab”, "GLBTQ: Being You At Work", and “Finding Work You Are Passionate About in Organizations that Share Your Values” for Merck, Villanova University, the Delaware Valley Human Resources Partnership Convention (a Society for Human Resources Management event), Muhlenberg College, and the American Society for Training and Development.

Educational History

Temple University, Pennsylvania, United States
Master’s degree, 2006.
Areas of study: MBA, Concentration in Human Resources Management, advanced coursework in Strategic Management, international field research in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Awards: 4.0 GPA, the Dean’s Certificate of Excellence, and the Distinguished Scholar Award, and first ever recipient of Fox School of Business Alumni Scholarship for Academic Achievement and Community Service.
Activities and societies: Helped launch and plan events for Out For Business, Temple’s gay and lesbian (GLBT) MBA student organization.

Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania, United States
Bachelor’s degree, 1997.
Areas of study: Double Major in Business Administration and Spanish.
Awards: 4.0 GPA, Phi Beta Kappa, Class Valedictorian
Activities and societies: 2-Month Summer Study in Seville, Spain and erved in numerous campus leadership positions, including Vice President of Finance for Hillel, Secretary of the Muhlenberg Activities Council, and Admissions Program Coordinator.

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