About Beth

Beth is passionate about learning. As an instructor, facilitator, and coach, Beth blends experience and insight with a dynamic, engaging style. She designs and implements training programs that are innovative and impactful. Her expertise includes employee and management development, leadership, group facilitation, organizational culture, strategy development, instructional design, and evaluation.

Beth has diverse corporate experience. Most recently, she was Director of Training for Harsch Investment Properties, a privately-held company that owns and manages commercial real estate in major cities across the West Coast. Prior to Harsch, she managed Global Employee Learning & Development for Intel Corporation, where she worked for 14 years in a variety of learning-related roles – designing, implementing, and managing training programs for Intel University, product groups and the sales force. Her “first” career was as a high school teacher of mathematics and computer science.

Whether facilitating a retreat, implementing peer-learning webinars, or teaching management skills, Beth brings a commitment to learning that results in new levels of engagement and excellence.

Raise the bar.

Professional Activities:

• Speaker:
  • "Preparing Managers to Talk Compensation"
    • Portland HR Management Association, March 2010
  • "Leading After the Layoffs"
    • Portland HR Management Association, July 2009
    • ASTD Regional Conference, September 2009
  • "The Role of Training in Succession Planning"
    • ASTD Training Director's Forum, January 2007
    
    
• Co-facilitator of NAIOP (National Association of Industrial & Office Properties) leadership retreats:
• NAIOP Young Professionals Group of Los Angeles, April 2008, 2009, and 2010
• NAIOP Developing Leaders Institute of Las Vegas, January 2009
  
  
• Member of American Society for Training and Development
  • Speaker on "The Role of Training in Succession Planning", ASTD Training Director’s Forum, January 2007
    
    
• Certified Master Instructor of DISC , the four quadrant behavioral model based on the work of William Moulton Marston Ph.D. (1893 - 1947) to examine the behavior of individuals in their environment or within a specific situation.
  
  
• Professional development includes:
  • Leadership: LionHeart Leadership Program, Intel’s "Leading Through People" program
  • Workshops: Peer Mentoring, Social Media in Learning, The Natural Step, Engaging a Changing Workforce
  • Classes: Information Mapping, Criterion Referenced Instruction

Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics Education, Oregon State University.

© 2009 Beth Allen Consulting