Luis Fernando

Sánchez

P.O. Box  1501-2050, Montes de Oca, Costa Rica

Telephones (506) 239 5359 (home)

(506) 380 8785 (mobile)

luis.f.sanchez@i-transform.com

Date of birth: November 1, 1958

Resume

Spanish version

• Master of Business Administration, with an emphasis on Organizational Behavior and Development, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., May, 1990, Fulbright scholar recipient.

• Licentiate in Business Administration, with an emphasis on Management, Universidad de Costa Rica.  San José, Costa Rica, October, 1985.

• Participation in complementary courses and seminars, including, among others, Human DynamicsTM, Transition Management, High-velocity Culture Change, Scenario Planning, Organizational Learning, Human Interaction Laboratory, Work Teams, and Change-able Organizations.

      Organizational Architecture

• Design and implementation of strategic planning processes, including scenario planning, with multinational experience.

• Alignment of organizational structures, systems and resources to ensure an effective strategic administration.

• Design and execution of organizational identity and visioning processes, as a foundation of business direction.

      Development of Strategic Competencies

• Design and implementation of leadership and management capability programs.

• Execution of succession planning processes, with international experience.

• One-on-one coaching for executive leadership competency development.

      Work Environment Optimization

• Design and execution of different types of organizational assessments.

• Metrics setting for improving and monitoring work environments.

• Organizational climate and culture studies and follow up.

       Culture and Cross-culture Effectiveness

• Awareness programs about diversity, national cultures, and culture differences.

• Training for leaders who work in multicultural and global contexts.

• Expatriate culture transition training as well as cultural reinsertion.

• Reinforcement of organizational culture.

      Organizational Learning

• Training of management teams on the different components of learning organizations.

• Instructor and practitioner of Human DynamicsTM, with its business applications.

• Design and implementation of training on systems thinking, mental models, personal mastery, emotional intelligence, and team learning.

• Utilization of org. learning methodologies for organization development.

      High-performing Organizations

• Transformation of work groups into high-performing teams.

• Motivation programs for managers on management of human talent.

• Performance management systems aligned to business strategy.

• Training on people skills, such as negotiation, conflict resolution, management of effective meetings, and exercising influence, among others.

• Design and implementation of team building events for different organizational levels.

      Management of Organizational Change

• Design of planned change processes.

• Delivery of training on managing personal transitions.

• Consulting on management resistance to change.

• Facilitation of downsizing processes.

      Human Resources Administration

• Development of HR policies and procedures in alignment to the desired organizational culture.

• Participation in staffing processes, especially for executive selection.

• Execution of performance management systems.

• Design of training programs, and extensive participation as instructor, utilizing different learning approaches.

      Formation of professionals

• University professor in graduate programs, both in Business Administration and Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

• Curriculum review and coordination of academic programs.

• Advisor for several graduation projects.

•       Private consultant and partner of iTransform. (3-05/…).

   

•       Human Performance Director, for Alienware Corporation, Miami, Florida, supervising the design and execution of HR programs at the corporate level (three sites) (11-03/ 02-05).

   

•       Organization Development consultant for Intel Corporation, with experience in design and implementation of interventions in different cultures.  (6-00/10-03).

   

•       Human Resources Development manager for Intel Costa Rica, in charge of labor relations, development, downsizing, performance management, and customer relations. (6-97/5-00).

   

•       University professor, with experience in design and implementation of curriculum changes (Programa Universidad de Costa Rica – FUNDEPOS, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, Universidad Internacional de las Américas).