“We engaged Kris Taylor to support our SAP Implementation at First Solar. Kris is a consummate professional who has been instrumental in preparing First Solar for the monumental change that an ERP solution introduces to an organization. This includes all activities associated with training, document preparation and delivery, and certification of First Solar Associates to use the system. She is a metrics-oriented performance driven professional who delivers excellent results and delights her customers with quality products and timely deliveries under challenging and adverse situations. This implementation was no simple task. In one year, SAP modules of GL, AP, AR, WM, SCM, SRM, APO, BW/BI, IDM, GRC, MRP, QI, BPC-C, and PI were blueprinted, developed, tested, and implemented around the Globe including headquarter operations and manufacturing plants in Malaysia, Germany, and the US as well as all North American and European Sales locations. This monumental achievement was successful due to the selfless contributions of professionals like Kris. It has been my pleasure to work with Kris on this challenging project, and I am honored to endorse and recommend Kris in providing professional services to your company.”
John Mulfich, CIO, First Solar (July 6, 2010)
“I met Kris two years ago when she came to Cargill to facilitate a gap analysis for the Learning & Development department. Kris came into a work environment where very little processes existed, and artfully facilitated the group to map out a current state, desired state, and necessary steps to get to that future state. I have never forgotten how she facilitated our group through some tough decisions, and I would highly recommend her to help any organization through a change process.”
Gabriella Broady , Yellow Giraffe Learning (March 7, 2009)
“Kris has provided keynotes at two separate conferences that I planned. In one instance she provided a very inspirational keynote on personal change. At the other she gave a practical, hands on session on planning and implementing organizational change. In both instances, attendees were talking about and making practical use of the information long after the conferences. Kris has great ability to connect with people that serves her well when she presents. I am sure that this is a great asset in her consulting work as well.”
Kim Donahue, United Way of Central Indiana (January 2009)
“Kris has handled several projects for us each year with great success and follow up on each one. We look at Kris as an additional employee who can hit the door running and manage a process from start to finish.”
John Smith, CEO, Package Right (January, 2009)
“Kris has repeatedly provided creative solutions and made accomplishment of goals a success. She combines her subject-matter expertise and results-driven focus with good business decisions to deliver custom solutions that fit unique challenges. In responding to our “big picture” needs, she’s able to translate that to a detailed approach we can execute against together as partners.”
Kirsten Walker, Project Manager for Integrys Merger (Sept. 2006)
“As part of our ongoing efforts to train and develop our staff we hired Kris Taylor to help us with two key projects. One project involved the assessment of the skills level of our factory process leaders. The other project involved helping our senior management staff develop more effective communication, both among ourselves and with those we lead.
Kris brought a wealth of personal knowledge and experience to bear on our projects. She used select outside resource specialists to augment her personal expertise. Using various assessment tools for the process leaders, she developed individualized training processes for each leader. The results have exceeded our high expectations as each process leader is performing effectively at a much higher skills level.
Her coaching and evaluation of our senior staff has greatly enhanced its communication and effectiveness. Based on these results, we are working with Kris on the design of other training and development projects involving our entire Human Resource process.
I strongly recommend Kris Taylor and Associates to any firm in need of leadership assessment and training, change management and/or executive coaching.”
Michael F. Cassidy, President, Package Right Corp
“Kris has consistently been flexible to our changing needs and time frames..and offers creative suggestions when we seem to be at a place that could potentially turn into a roadblock. She manages to keep things moving along to meet our deadlines, react to our requests, and provide support and results customized to our needs. It really feels like a partnership, and that our company is her Number 1 priority.”
Kirsten Walker, Process Improvement Leader, WS Packaging Group, Inc.
“We have had the pleasure and benefit of working with Kris on two significant projects. One helped us turn a broken work area into a much higher-functioning team over the course of 9 months or so. The other resulted in a unified, vision-driven approach to supporting our employees in managing the change we are currently, and will always, experience.
Kris is on target, and works exceptionally well with all levels of the organization to get us where we need to go. We will continue to call upon this flexible, professional, knowledgeable resource.”
Sue Ann Ford, SPHR, Manager, Organizational Development
Wabash National Corporation
“Kris is a dynamic leader who motivates teams to develop creative solutions and drive results.”
Alana Ward Robinson, CEO 3 Diamond Group
“Kris lead a team of professionals that developed and supported training and implementation content for process redesign across the enterprise. Her ability to understand the business needs in a fast changing environment and deliver creative solutions were a key ingredient in the success of the company process redesign and application implementation.”
Jim Mead, BPR Director, R R Donnelley and Sons Company
“Kris developed and facilitated Leadership training for our field managers that helped them: become more accountable in regards to attaining their goals, recognize the shadow they each cast (both internally and with our members), and, understand behavior-styles and build positive relationship with our member arbitrators and their managers. Kris spent time with and interviewed some of our staff to learn about our organization and the challenges they face. This had a significant impact on the success of our program as she was able to discuss and relate the topics in terms of their day-to-day activities. We would definitely call upon Kris again.”
Tim McKernan, Manager, Member Training & Forum Rules, Arbitration Forums, Inc.
“Kris did an outstanding job of leading our large organization through a series of group learning experiences on how to make change a more competitive advantage in our life and in our work environment. In a matter of 90 minutes Kris was able to share with us 3 powerful tools we can use daily to help us stay focused on the positive aspects of change. She provided this learning experience in a very interactive and example-rich environment. We are planning on using Kris’ session as a key foundational initiative to help our organization move to a more change agile state. Kris did a great job for us.”
Douglas Pond, Team Leader, DHC F/C Engineering and Automation
