Experience/Background:
Elaine R. Millam is a senior consultant, a master coach and facilitator specializing in leadership development & multi-rater (360°) feedback, executive coaching, strategic planning and organizational effectiveness, transition and change management. Elaine has developed leadership competencies and supporting tools for multiple organizations. She has also been involved in the design and delivery of numerous team-learning experiences, using peer group coaching as an explicit learning mechanism. Her coaching work is focused on helping clients achieve positive, long-term change in leadership behavior as well as a plan for realizing their future vision. She has a leadership development model that guides the coaching process, focusing on character development as a baseline. She teaches leadership development at the graduate level at several Universities and with the Office of Navy Research in Washington, DC.

Elaine has over twenty years of experience as an executive in a Fortune 50 firm in Human Resources and a senior leader in Organization Effectiveness as well as Leadership Development. She is an author of several publications, including Facilitation and You, Performance Management, and Strategic Human Resource Planning. She has published documents and articles on The Workforce of the Future, The Changing Employment Relationship, Action Learning, Changing Leadership Expectations and The Global Learning Organization. Elaine has organizational leadership experience within the private, public and non-profit sectors, leading design and implementation of small and large system change efforts. She has delivered numerous public speeches and public workshops on leadership effectiveness, change and renewal. She enjoys leading small groups aimed at purposeful change, helping people realize their dreams.

Education:
Elaine has her doctorate in Educational & Organizational Leadership from The University of St. Thomas. She has two Masters' degrees - Educational Psychology and Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota. Her undergraduate degrees are in Education and Sociology. She is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation.

Clients:
Honeywell International, The Mayo Clinic, The Boston Globe, Caterpillar, GMAC, RSM McGladrey, Johnson and Johnson, Ehlers, Inc., Personnel Decisions International, 3M, Goodrich, Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, Center for Effective Organizations, International Paper, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Pharmecia, Wells Fargo Bank, Lee Hecht Harrison, Drake Beam Moran, Family Services, Inc., Minnesota Department of Transportation, Bancroft-Arnesen Expeditions, Inc., Haberman Associates, Inc., General Mills, Wilder Foundation, Delta Dental, Northwest Airlines, Honeywell-TATA (India), Land 0' Lakes, Inc., Richard Ellis (Singapore), Abbott Laboratories, Cummins Engines, Ceridian, Medtronic, Inc., Best Buy, Seagate Technologies, ADC, Children's Hospital, Beckman Coulter, Wilson Learning Int'l, University of St. Thomas, University of Minnesota, Agilent, Eli Lilly, Guidant, Boston Scientific, Marathon Oil, ING, USB, Lockheed Martin, Office of Naval Research and many others.

Certifications / Trainings / Memberships:
Myers - Briggs TYPE Indicator (MBTI), The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara (Coaching Certification), The Leadership Circle, International Coaching Federation, ODN (Organizational Development Network), ASTD (American Society for Training and Development), Learning in Action Technologies (LIAT, Seattle), Emotional Intelligence Assessment Tool from LIAT and The Center for Character-Based Leadership, Minneapolis.

International Experience:
Have hosted ten foreign exchange students over the past twenty years; have traveled extensively in all European countries, Asia , Australia and Mexico. Led leadership programs for Honeywell in Australia , Malaysia , India , France , England , Netherlands , China , Singapore , and Belgium.

Travel Preferences:
Dual bases in Southern California and Minnesota. She is a frequent international traveler and invites that experience.