• As Senior Manager of Training/Organizational Development for FedEx Ground, she led the team in the design, development and implementation of a highly effective and successful executive leadership assessment and development process targeted for senior management. This program included coaching as a vital component of the process and won an award for innovation in learning and development through the Pittsburgh Human Resources Association.

• She has provided 360-degree feedback coaching to executives attending the Executive Leadership training programs for the American Management Association.

• She teaches graduate level MBA Leadership, Principles of Coaching for Leaders, Human Resources, Diversity and Management courses for Chatham College and Principles of Leadership in Duquesne University’s School of Leadership and Professional Advancement.

• As affiliate for the Center for Leadership Studies, she provides Situational Leadership® and Situational Coaching™ training programs for organizations and conducts train-the-trainer master certification for in-house trainers.

Coaching and Leadership Training Clients include executives from FedEx Ground; Federal Express; Bank of America; Deloitte & Touche; Respironics; Oncological Nurses Society (ONS); engineering, transportation, sales, pharmaceutical and health care industries; Harvard Divinity School; Pittsburgh Technical Institute; Equitable Gas; Bayer Corporation (Pittsburgh and Consumer Care in Morristown NJ); Hilton Hotels; H. J. Heinz; PNC Financial Services; Comcast; Duquesne Light; US Steel, and other coaches going through coaching certification and/or starting their own businesses.

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaches Federation
• Trained by Marshall Goldsmith and Howard Morgan, two of America’s top executive coaches, in their leadership behavioral coaching processes.
• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) -- Coaches Training Institute
• Systems Relationship Advanced Coaching—Coaches Training Institute
• Professional Human Resources (PHR) Certification from the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)
• Situational Leadership (Paul Hersey model): Center for Leadership Studies, Escondido, California. Train-the-Trainer certified www.situational.com
• Development Dimensions International (DDI)
• Behavioral Interviewing, Behavioral Technology, Inc.
• Lominger Limited, Inc., Catalyst Systems VOICES 360-degree feedback and Recruiting Architect® products
  

• Affiliate of The Center for Leadership Studies, Escondido, CA www.situational.com
• Adjunct faculty for Chatham University MBA program www.chatham.edu/mba/mentoring
• Serves on two PowerLink Boards for women-owned businesses www.powerlink.org
• Coach for participants in CORO Center for Civic Leadership programs
• International Coaches Federation (ICF) www.coachfederation.org
• 2007 President of the Greater Pittsburgh Coaches Association
  www.greaterpittsburghcoaches.org
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Board member for Pittsburgh Human Resource Planning Society (PHRPS)
• Add Enterprise Solutions Affiliate www.enterprisesolutions.com

Peggy works with organizations to increase revenues, profitability and effectiveness through people.

In her more than 30 years of leadership experience in telecommunications, financial services, retailing and nonprofit organizations, she has applied her expertise in organizational development, succession planning, coaching, recruiting and selection, mergers and acquisitions, pay and benefits, sales management and merchandising to help individuals and organizations create focus and develop and implement strategies that have consistently achieved or exceeded objectives.

Peggy has the unique abilities to understand an organization’s strategic direction and priorities and provide the guidance to put in place the tactical policies, procedures, skill sets, talent, actions and outside resources necessary to achieve those desired strategic results.

Most recently, Peggy was the architect and manager of a leadership and management development process for a $1.3 billion corporation that included the creation of a comprehensive university structure and senior leadership forums that effectively linked all learning and development directly to business objectives. Prior to that, Peggy led a virtual team that designed the human resources structure for a 4000 employee spin off and start up company. In all of her roles, Peggy has demonstrated the ability to assess, develop and retain talent.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in consumer service and business from Penn State University and certifications in personal and organizational change processes from the Center for Creative Leadership, Marshall Goldsmith Partners, Lominger, Linkage and the Walter V. Clark organization. She is also a graduate of The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.

Peggy is president of the Pittsburgh Human Resources Planning Society and vice president of the Board of Trustees for the Northside Urban Pathways Charter School. She also serves as an advisor to individuals and organizations through Pennsylvania Women Work, the CORO Center for Leadership, PowerLink and Bethlehem Haven.