Lisa Woods
With more than 20 years experience successfully leading, managing and driving growth in the corporate world, today Lisa utilizes her expertise to help strengthen the infrastructure of small to mid size businesses, working directly with owners interested in taking their company to the next level.
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In addition to her work as a strategic consultant, she is the founder of
ManagingAmericans.com, a popular online professional development resource utilized by over 350k Leaders and Managers. Here she brings together a select group of 30+ thought leaders who share her vision of educating organizations to become more profitable & successful from the ground up.
Experience
President & General Manager
Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics
A $250M division of Saint-Gobain Corporation, one of the top 100 industrial groups in the world & world leader in the habitat and construction markets.
Director Global Sales & Marketing
Saint-Gobain Composites
Market Development Manager – Industrial Products
Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics
Director Marketing & Inside Sales
Caplugs Division, Protective Closures/Mark IV Industries
Marketing Manager
Flexovit Abrasives
Education
BA in Corporate Communication
Canisius College
Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
Canisius College
International Management Seminar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
“Developing & Managing a Successful Technology & Product Strategy”
“Strategic Decision Making”
Operational Management Seminar
1st Module
The Hay Group, Professors from Insead & CRNS held in Como Italy
“Conducting Business Across Cultures”
“The Management of Organizational Change”
“The Manager and his Influence on Change”
Operational Management Seminar
2nd Module
Professors from Insead, CNRS & University of Mannheim held in Paris France
“The Financial Dimension of Management”
“Customer Excellence”
“Managing Change”
Approach
Lisa’s ability to ask questions and listen allows her to quickly diagnose opportunities within an organization.
She partners with business leaders to understand their vision, identify internal and external roadblocks, define a practical strategic path forward and guide a successful transformation.
Throughout her career Lisa sought out and successfully integrated strategic acquisitions, prepared organizations for potential buyers, rejuvenated operations/systems/personnel to achieve aggressive growth and profit goals, as well as started up new business ventures that ultimately lead their industry.
Her approach is not about cost cutting or efficiency planning- it’s about strategic focus, communication, momentum, spending/acting strategically across all areas of an organization in order to generate increasing results.
An important aspect of this approach is to document change for continuous improvement, which creates the independence and ability to grow profitably. For small to mid-size companies, this independence is necessary for business owners to move away from the day-to-day, but difficult to achieve without support.
Lisa will work with you to achieve that independence.
Industry Experience
Lisa has worked with the following industries:
Abrasives
Aerospace
Automotive
Big-Box Retail
Boating
Ceramics & Coatings
Composites
Construction
Dip Molding
Distribution
EHS
Engineering
Fabrication
Industrial Products
Injection Molding
Manufacturing
Plastics
Roofing
Service Providers
Textiles
Trucking
Wind Energy
International Experience
Although Lisa has conducted business in all parts of the world, the following countries are where she spent her time, and managed people, processes and/or operations:
USA
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
UK
France
Belgium
Italy
Spain
India
China
Japan
What You Can Expect
Partnership
Lisa will live and breath your business along with you; an executive support system to bounce ideas off of, facilitate projects, or provide strategic direction when needed.
Visibility
All parties will be kept up to speed on progress and process.
Clarity
Lisa will ensure decisions are easy to make, implement and support throughout your organization.
Results
We will work together to establish and achieve metrics, deliverables, timelines and profit goals.
Independence
We will build the tools and momentum needed for you and your team to succeed on your own.