Joe Lipsey - President

Joe Lipsey is a seasoned consultant, with more than twenty-five years of hands-on experience in the human resources, organization development, and training fields. He possesses in-depth experience with organization-wide change strategy, planning, and implementation.

Joe has implemented innovative performance improvement strategies in organizations representing a wide variety of industries. He is a seasoned human resources and training/organization development professional with extensive experience encompassing human resource management, recruitment, selection system design and administration, performance management/performance appraisal design and administration, training & development, organization development, employee relations, benefits design and administration, compensation, incentive plan design, strategic planning, 360° multi-rater assessment, organizational assessment/employee survey design and administration, and regulatory compliance.

Here are some of the professional experiences Joe has had in his broad-based career:

• President of an independent HR/organization development consulting firm for 10 years
• Top HR executive for global software development firm with offices on five continents
• Led corporate training function for a Fortune 300 insurance/financial services firm
• Top HR executive for the largest landscape design/build firm in U.S.
• Corporate Training Director for one of the 25 largest architectural/engineering firms in U.S.
• Director of management development function for Nebraska's largest financial institution

Heather Lipsey, SPHR - Principal

Heather Lipsey brings more than 25 years of consulting and practical experience. She is also certified by the HR Certification Institute as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

Heather has extensive experience with change management, employee surveys, employee relations, recruitment, selection system design and administration, training facilitation, performance management system design and administration, employee retention, compensation & benefits design and administration, and strategic planning.

As a visionary leader, she has helped her clients achieve business results through innovative strategies, utilizing her highly effective communication, team building, problem solving, and project management skills.

Heather's professional experience prior to founding Leadership Associates includes:

• Chief human resources executive for the largest home furnishings stores in the U.S. (a Berkshire Hathaway company). She led significant business transformation initiatives as a member of the senior leadership team.
• Top HR executive for a national publisher of travel and lifestyle magazines
• HR Generalist for a global aerospace manufacturer