When asked what my business is, the reply, “
The People Business”.
My personal mission - "To help People and Organizations maximize...
My personal mission - "To help People and Organizations maximize...
When asked what my business is, the reply, “
The People Business”.
My personal mission - "To help People and Organizations maximize their potential and reach their goals."
Background Summary
As a corporate leader, consultant, coach and entrepreneur, I have a lot of information to share.
Having worked in different countries and industries, including healthcare, pharma, tech, energy, finance, and service, I find that the common denominator is “People”. No matter the culture, industry, or demographics, people want to know they are valued, and they have opportunities for growth, development and advancement.
Current
As Founder of Up To Something, LLC, my goal is to illuminate people who are leading initiatives, organizations or projects that are making a difference and connect them with other people and resources that can help them accomplish their goals.
Develop a plan, Grow the business or Expand your audience?
If you are seeking effective ways to develop people, engage customers and implement organizational strategies, let us provide tools and resources to meet your specific needs.
My personal mission - "To help People and Organizations maximize their potential and reach their goals."
Background Summary
As a corporate leader, consultant, coach and entrepreneur, I have a lot of information to share.
- 25 year Career at Southwest Airlines – leadership in Sales, Marketing, HR, Education
- 10 years as Founder/CEO of QVF Partners, LLC – Consulting and Speaking
- 4 Years on ASTD (now ATD National Board) – 2005 Chair
- ATD Facilitator – Managing Learning Programs
- Served on several advisory boards and committees
- Author- “Destination Profit, Creating People-Profit Opportunities in your Organization”
- Traveled to 37 countries sharing what and how to messages for people-profit results
- SMU Cox School of Business - Contributor/Facilitator Corporate Leadership
- Develops Executive Immersion programs for transformational change
Having worked in different countries and industries, including healthcare, pharma, tech, energy, finance, and service, I find that the common denominator is “People”. No matter the culture, industry, or demographics, people want to know they are valued, and they have opportunities for growth, development and advancement.
Current
As Founder of Up To Something, LLC, my goal is to illuminate people who are leading initiatives, organizations or projects that are making a difference and connect them with other people and resources that can help them accomplish their goals.
Develop a plan, Grow the business or Expand your audience?
If you are seeking effective ways to develop people, engage customers and implement organizational strategies, let us provide tools and resources to meet your specific needs.
Tonya Wilson is an organizational effectiveness and development (OE&D) strategist, who connects people to strategy and creates capacity through change...
Tonya Wilson is an organizational effectiveness and development (OE&D) strategist, who connects people to strategy and creates capacity through change enablement. She is the founder of AFC Consulting Group where she brings an integrated view to org effectiveness as well as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy, execution, and sustainability. With extensive experience in contracts, supply chain, and strategy development, Tonya provides a unique perspective. Her expertise in behavioral communications helps organizations navigate challenges during transformation. She has worked in manufacturing, aerospace, telecom, government markets, technology and healthcare. In addition, Tonya has been in leadership at McKesson, Change Healthcare, Meggitt, and AT&T. Tonya also facilitates the Change Management Certificate Program for ATD.
Tonya holds certificates and certifications in organization design, organizational development, change management, Bridges Transition leadership, Communication IQ, Predictive Index, Zenger Folkman 360, and Korn Ferry Leadership Architecture. She has an HR certificate from SHRM, her CPM and holds a master’s degree in industrial organizational psychology.
Tonya’s personal mission statement is “Setting you up to win,” which is what she has done as an internal and external consultant for more than 20 years. Tonya looks forward to continuing to help leaders successfully execute changes in sales, operations, supply chain, finance, programs, HR, IT, and contracts.
Tonya holds certificates and certifications in organization design, organizational development, change management, Bridges Transition leadership, Communication IQ, Predictive Index, Zenger Folkman 360, and Korn Ferry Leadership Architecture. She has an HR certificate from SHRM, her CPM and holds a master’s degree in industrial organizational psychology.
Tonya’s personal mission statement is “Setting you up to win,” which is what she has done as an internal and external consultant for more than 20 years. Tonya looks forward to continuing to help leaders successfully execute changes in sales, operations, supply chain, finance, programs, HR, IT, and contracts.
With almost 20 years of leadership experience in fields including associations, banking and retail, Catherine (she/her/hers) has a unique perspective on how...
With almost 20 years of leadership experience in fields including associations, banking and retail, Catherine (she/her/hers) has a unique perspective on how to get the best out of people. Through her own firm, Good for the Soul, founded in 2014, she helps organizations cultivate talent and get results through coaching, facilitation, training and HR and OD leadership. Recent projects include retreats for board and staff members, policy and procedure creation and realignment, leadership development programs, strategic planning, talent needs assessments and staff review and assessment procedures.
As the American Institute of Architects’ first Director of Employee Learning and Engagement, Catherine oversaw five years of continued growth in their employee engagement as measured by Gallup’s Q12 survey. Prior to taking an association hiatus to work for her favorite shoe designer, John Fluevog, previous association experience included the the Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) in chapter relations, membership and education departments.
Catherine is a life-long learner and an avid West Wing fan. In the theme of “what’s next?” she most recently earned her Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification from the HR Certification Institute. She earned her executive certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown and holds an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential. She also holds a Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential and is a member of both the International Coaching Federation and ATD, the Association of Talent Development. She completed her Master of Public Administration with a concentration in nonprofit management from The George Washington University and holds undergraduate degrees in communications and political science. She is currently pursuing a PhD in clinical psychology. Catherine and her husband currently split their time between the DC and Seattle areas, though she’ll always be a Minnesota girl at heart.
You can learn more about Good for the Soul and the services provided at catherinewemette.com.
As the American Institute of Architects’ first Director of Employee Learning and Engagement, Catherine oversaw five years of continued growth in their employee engagement as measured by Gallup’s Q12 survey. Prior to taking an association hiatus to work for her favorite shoe designer, John Fluevog, previous association experience included the the Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) in chapter relations, membership and education departments.
Catherine is a life-long learner and an avid West Wing fan. In the theme of “what’s next?” she most recently earned her Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification from the HR Certification Institute. She earned her executive certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown and holds an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential. She also holds a Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential and is a member of both the International Coaching Federation and ATD, the Association of Talent Development. She completed her Master of Public Administration with a concentration in nonprofit management from The George Washington University and holds undergraduate degrees in communications and political science. She is currently pursuing a PhD in clinical psychology. Catherine and her husband currently split their time between the DC and Seattle areas, though she’ll always be a Minnesota girl at heart.
You can learn more about Good for the Soul and the services provided at catherinewemette.com.
Cal Jackson is known in the Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) community for his design, development and delivery of engaging and thought-provoking...
Cal Jackson is known in the Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) community for his design, development and delivery of engaging and thought-provoking cultural competence workshops. Topics include bias, generations, gender, lookism, self-awareness, classism and enhancing the cultural competence of leaders.
Cal has experience building safe containers for courageous conversations in Fortune 500 companies, academia, and civic forums. Presently, he is the executive director of corporations and government programs at the Pacific Educational Group. They specialize in engaging partnerships with organizations by providing tools to positively impact race relations.
He has received various accolades for his work from Black Enterprise Magazine, Florida Bar, Tampa Bay Diversity Chamber, Clearwater Bar, FL Blue, Florida Diversity Council, Jacksonville Business Journal and Leadership Jacksonville.
Cal presently serves on the board of directors for the Florida Holocaust Museum, Florida Diversity Council, PACE Pinellas School for Girls and is the President of the Florida Diversity Council Tampa Bay Chapter.
Cal has experience building safe containers for courageous conversations in Fortune 500 companies, academia, and civic forums. Presently, he is the executive director of corporations and government programs at the Pacific Educational Group. They specialize in engaging partnerships with organizations by providing tools to positively impact race relations.
He has received various accolades for his work from Black Enterprise Magazine, Florida Bar, Tampa Bay Diversity Chamber, Clearwater Bar, FL Blue, Florida Diversity Council, Jacksonville Business Journal and Leadership Jacksonville.
Cal presently serves on the board of directors for the Florida Holocaust Museum, Florida Diversity Council, PACE Pinellas School for Girls and is the President of the Florida Diversity Council Tampa Bay Chapter.
Elaine Biech, president of ebb associates inc, a strategic implementation, leadership development, and experiential learning consulting firm, has been...
Elaine Biech, president of ebb associates inc, a strategic implementation, leadership development, and experiential learning consulting firm, has been in the field for more than 30 years helping organizations work through large-scale change. She has presented at dozens of national and international conferences including 34 consecutive ATD National Conferences. She has been featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Management Update, Investor’s Business Daily, and Fortune. She is the author and editor of 86 books, receiving national awards for two of them.
Among her extensive body of published work are many ATD titles, including the flagship publication, The ASTD Handbook: The Definitive Reference for Training and Development (2014). Elaine is the principle author for ATD's Body of Knowledge (TDBoK). Other ATD titles include Skills for Career Success (2021), ATD's Foundations of Talent Development (2018), What Works: Starting a TD Program (2018), ATD's Action Guide to Talent Development (2018), The Art and Science of Training (2017), Change Management Training (2016), New Supervisor Training (2015), The Book of Road-Tested Activities (co-published with Pfeiffer, 2011), ASTD Leadership Handbook (2010), ASTD’s Ultimate Train the Trainer (2009), 10 Steps to Successful Training (2009), ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals (2008), and Thriving Through Change: A Leader’s Practical Guide to Change Mastery (2007).
Elaine specializes in helping leaders maximize their effectiveness. Customizing all of her work for individual clients, she conducts strategic planning sessions and implements corporate-wide systems, such as quality improvement, change management, reengineering of business processes, and mentoring programs. Elaine is a consummate training professional, facilitating training on a wide range of workplace and business topics. She is particularly adept at turning dysfunctional teams into productive ones. As a management consultant, trainer, and designer, she provides services globally to public and private sector organizations to prepare them for current challenges.
A long-time ATD volunteer, she served on the association’s national board of directors and executive committee. She is the recipient of four national ATD awards including the 2020 Distinguished Contributor Award, 2006 Gordon Bliss Memorial Award, 2004 Volunteer Staff partnership Award, and the 1992 ASTD Torch Award. In 2012, she became the inaugural CPTD Fellow Program Honoree from the ATD Certification Institute. She wrote the first ASTD Training Certificate Program and has designed five additional certificate programs. She was the 1995 Wisconsin Women Entrepreneur’s Mentor Awardee, served on the Independent Consultants Association’s Advisory Committee, and on CCL's Board of Governors and Executive Team. She currently serves on ISA's Board of Directors. Elaine believes that excellencee isn't optional.
Among her extensive body of published work are many ATD titles, including the flagship publication, The ASTD Handbook: The Definitive Reference for Training and Development (2014). Elaine is the principle author for ATD's Body of Knowledge (TDBoK). Other ATD titles include Skills for Career Success (2021), ATD's Foundations of Talent Development (2018), What Works: Starting a TD Program (2018), ATD's Action Guide to Talent Development (2018), The Art and Science of Training (2017), Change Management Training (2016), New Supervisor Training (2015), The Book of Road-Tested Activities (co-published with Pfeiffer, 2011), ASTD Leadership Handbook (2010), ASTD’s Ultimate Train the Trainer (2009), 10 Steps to Successful Training (2009), ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals (2008), and Thriving Through Change: A Leader’s Practical Guide to Change Mastery (2007).
Elaine specializes in helping leaders maximize their effectiveness. Customizing all of her work for individual clients, she conducts strategic planning sessions and implements corporate-wide systems, such as quality improvement, change management, reengineering of business processes, and mentoring programs. Elaine is a consummate training professional, facilitating training on a wide range of workplace and business topics. She is particularly adept at turning dysfunctional teams into productive ones. As a management consultant, trainer, and designer, she provides services globally to public and private sector organizations to prepare them for current challenges.
A long-time ATD volunteer, she served on the association’s national board of directors and executive committee. She is the recipient of four national ATD awards including the 2020 Distinguished Contributor Award, 2006 Gordon Bliss Memorial Award, 2004 Volunteer Staff partnership Award, and the 1992 ASTD Torch Award. In 2012, she became the inaugural CPTD Fellow Program Honoree from the ATD Certification Institute. She wrote the first ASTD Training Certificate Program and has designed five additional certificate programs. She was the 1995 Wisconsin Women Entrepreneur’s Mentor Awardee, served on the Independent Consultants Association’s Advisory Committee, and on CCL's Board of Governors and Executive Team. She currently serves on ISA's Board of Directors. Elaine believes that excellencee isn't optional.
