Dianne Michels is a passionate HR Futurist, DePaul University graduate, DePaul certified Mediator, YWCA Metro Cgo CHRO, first female VP of a Fortune 500 company, has worked extensively as an external HR consultant and internal HR leader in a broad range of enterprises to combine the theoretical and the practical for impactful, bottom line results and possibility partners cultures that ignite the unleashing of potential, accountability, and innovation.
Dianne is a passionate Human Resources practitioner who has combined her communication and relationship skills with organizational and human development expertise to create workplaces where people are confident, competent, authentic, engaged, and empowered, as they develop a new relationship with their work of participation, contribution, and self-expression.
Her extensive background, ranging from Fortune 500 companies (one in which she became their first female vice president) to a major Chicago not-for-profit where she served as their Chief Possibility Officer, has enabled her to develop in-depth expertise in creating and executing strategic plans, practical infrastructures, efficient processes, and holistic systems that result in significantly impacting an enterprise's success, along with the success of its individuals.
Dianne has also held various HR leadership roles in international public relations firms such as Ketchum and Fleishman-Hillard, along with entrepreneurial startups and mom and pop shops, including pretzel making, sports and event marketing, medical market research, disaster restoration, and printing services. In the 90's she launched a career consulting business, Making Change . . . Discover and Do Work You Love and in the early 2000's she launched SerendipityHR, a human resources consulting firm.
She resides in a northern suburb of Chicago and is the mother of two daughters, a nana for five grandchildren and four granddogs. A fierce advocate of diversity, equality, and inclusion, Dianne joined a group of work colleagues in an overnight bus trip to Washington, DC, to attend the Women's March on Washington in January of 2017.
| http://possibilitypartners.org | |
| View profile |
Pre-orders
20
Funded
Days left
0
$25 Buy one copy + access
20 readers
Buy 1 copy of the print book and get special access to my community, email newsletter, and exclusive invites to my online events and workshops.
1 copy + ebook included
Free shipping
33 of 53 left
$100 Free 60-minute Workshop
0 readers
Get 4 copies of the print book and receive free 60-minute virtual workshop, "How Does A Possibility Partners Workplace Work?" (10 participants limit)
4 copies + ebook included
Free shipping
10 of 10 left
$375 Free 90-minute HR Consult
0 readers
Buy 15 copies of the print book and get a free 90-minute HR consultation "Workplace Rearchitect Readiness Assessment."
15 copies + ebook included
Free shipping
$800 On-site Consultation
0 readers
Buy 25 copies of the print book and you'll get mentioned in my acknowledgments, plus an onsite consultation to explore the possibilities for a work reset that includes the key internal champions, the chief obstacles, and brainstorming possibilities for their elimination.
25 copies + ebook included
Free shipping
2 of 2 left
$1500 Full-day Workshop
0 readers
Buy 50 copies and get a day-long onsite consultation to conduct interviews with key leaders about creating a work reset with the Possibility Partners Workplace model, resulting in a rough draft of a comprehensive plan of key initiatives, along with who does what by when.
50 copies + ebook included
Free shipping
2 of 2 left
Hi Possibility Partners. . . A few quick progress notes!
- Book is at the editor since May 17th. I'm concerned about hitting my Labor Day target date for sending you your copies, but I've not given up on that idea yet!
- Goal for an official website launch for possibilitypartners.org is also Labor Day weekend. Am seeking assistance to move my info from WordPress to Kajabi, which offers more all-in-one services vs. the multi-plug-in's required by WordPress. Still have multiple edits and functionality to create for the site so can provide an online possibility partners membership community, along with offering courses for HR futurists to build the Possibility Partners Unleashing Potential workplaces.
- Have read two books I'm highly recommending to everyone I know: The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, by Annie Murphy Paul. It's based on credible scientific research (heard the author on an Ezra Klein podcast) that reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains -- in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships. It debunks the myths that our brains are like computers or muscles that can be improved with more use. Reinforces the idea that our physical conditions in the workplace have a major impact on how we think!
The other book is The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism, by Hubert Joly, the Best Buy CEO from 2012 - 2018 who led their successful turnaround. He writes, "A sense of endless possibilities, both for oneself and for the business in pursuit of a noble purpose, fuels inner drive, positive energy, and the desire to bring one's best self to the table. . . purpose also helps create an expansive mindset and a sense of possibility, particularly in tough times." He writes business no longer has the singular purpose of maximizing shareholder value as Milton Friedman stated, but rather business is about purpose and people, with profit as the outcome.
So appreciate your partnerships . . . will keep you updated! Hope you're enjoying your summer and a semi-post COVID life!
With gratitude,
Dianne