|
Stephanie Tate remains calm under pressure, and for two
reasons. First, because she’s an experienced, proven
problem-solver who actually enjoys tough challenges. Second,
because she is a trained instructor in meditation who’s adept at
focusing with exceptional clarity on any given moment.
Both have proven very helpful in her career in Human
Resources, in which Stephanie has handled a full range of
challenging assignments, including staffing, HR management,
employee engagement, benefits, compensation, training and career
development.
"If it’s broken, put me on it. I like to figure out what’s
wrong and develop a strategy to fix it," she said. Stephanie –
whose career has included HR leadership roles in a range of tech
companies – attributes her capacity to fix problems to her
talent for seeing patterns. "I’m a good listener and I see the
big picture first. Then I back it down to the problem that needs
solving. Often, HR problems are connected to communication,
because our entire business is people."
Prior to joining the ROI team in 2010, Stephanie spent nearly
six years at Yahoo! in a variety of roles, most recently as the
Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition Programs. In this role, she
contributed to an award-winning program to attract top
employees. She also conceived, created, and delivered training
to retain employees by helping them reduce stress. Participants
in the training reported a 42 percent decrease in stress-related
symptoms, as well as better communication and productivity. In
an earlier role at Yahoo! Stephanie served as the company’s
Senior Manager for University Relations and Senior Manager for
its Search and Marketplace Business Unit.
Stephanie’s experience in Silicon Valley extends well beyond
her tenure at Yahoo! She has also served as a principal at
Corporate Karma (a full-service staffing and HR consulting
practice), and in a range of HR roles at Intuit, IDC and
BitSource. Earlier, she worked at Synopsys, an electronic design
automation company.
In all these positions, her approach to communication has
been guided by one principal question: is it authentic and true?
"It has to be authentic and true to resonate with listeners,"
she said. "Integrity is key."
|
