Using Assessment Centers to Assess Current and Future Potential
Bell Atlantic (currently Verizon) and PeopleFit™ have created and implemented a process for assessing the current and future potential of a large population of high potential middle managers and executive directors. This work uses the research and methodology of Dr. Elliott Jaques, author of Human Capability and The Requisite Organization. What is unique about this application of Dr. Jaques' theories is the dual use by both the assessee (for development and career development) and the organization (for strategic staffing.) There is also evidence of organizational learning across the corporation. Yolan Williams is currently a Corporate Succession Planner at Verizon, a 260,000 employee telecommunications and information technology firm and Glenn Mehltretter is the President of PeopleFit, an international consulting firm in Raleigh, NC.
Speaker
Glenn W. Mehltretter, Ph.D.
President
PeopleFit
Dr. Glenn Mehltretter is the founder and president of PeopleFit, an international consulting firm established in 1981 to aid clients in building more effective and efficient organizations. Dr. Mehltretter has 15 years experience in the field of engineering and management, and 20 years as a management consultant. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, a MBA from the Dartmouth Amos Tuck School of Business, and an Ed.D. with a concentration in Training and Development from North Carolina State University. Included as Dr. Mehltretter's clients have been: Alcoa, Avery Dennison, Bell Atlantic, Centura Bank, GlaxoSmithKline, H.J. Heinz, Qualex division of Eastman Kodak, Shell Chemical, and The State of North Carolina, and Verizon.
Speaker
Yolan Williams
Verizon Communications, Inc.
Yolan William's experience is centered in telecommunications and information services companies. Her career has a dual focus of both managing teams and designing and implementing skills-based training and other education solutions.
She has over sixteen years experience in organization effectiveness/development and currently designs and implements Verizon's corporate succession planning, including senior management development.
A graduate of West Virginia University with a BS Degree in Education, she continued her professional development by completing a master's degree in adult education and human development from George Washington University in 1990. Also, Yolan completed post-graduate course work in human resource development toward a doctorate in HRD.
A Certified Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR), she co-authored an article for the Journal of Education and Business, Accelerating Leadership Development.
Yolan and her husband Tyler have a teenage daughter, Lauren.
