Sayre K Darling
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Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Sayre K Darling
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Roles available for:
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Fractional
-
Consulting
-
Contract
-
Interim
-
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Experience
Fractional role
- This is a Fractional role Chief Operating Officer (Titled: Strategic Communication Advisor)
- This is a Fractional role Director, Public Relations and Employee Communication
- This is a Fractional role Director, Marketing Communication
Strengths in this role: Leadership and organizational communication, Executive & Middle Management Coaching; Change Leadership; Training & Development; Translation of learning objectives to real world applications; Cross-functional problem solving, facilitation & communication; Project management; Strategic Planning & budgeting
Industry Group: Education
Industry: Higher Education
Years of experience: 5 years
Company name: Bellevue University
Company size: 1,400 employees
Role in this company: Instructional, strategic advisory, and leadership coaching responsibilities to drive institutional growth and performance. Advised on improving internal communication among faculty and administrators and guiding change initiatives across the institution. Led the change management a major LMS upgrade. Provided executive coaching to a cross-section of faculty, including high performers and those on performance improvement plans. Provided leadership communication strategy and content.
Strengths in this role: Communication; Crisis communication planning; Facilitating & managing conflicting agendas on high stakes issues; Executive coaching; Navigating a rapidly unfolding crisis and significant media attention while responsible for implementing a significantly large portfolio of communication for key physicians, executives, department heads and employees.
Industry: Hospital & Health Care
Years of experience: 25 years
Industry Group: Education
Industry: Higher Education
Years of experience: 5 years
Company name: USC University Hospital/USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
Company size: 2,500 employees
Role in this company: Re-launched the employee communication program and established new employee communication tools. Facilitated contentious joint planning/ budgeting negotiations between hospital execs and department chairs to manage $2B+ in revenues across 30 product lines. Provided leadership commuication for senior management on issues related to a Medicare fraud investigation, the layoffs and resignations of the entire SLT, developed strike communication & contingency plans for potential nursing strike.
Strengths in this role: Trust building with C-Suite & SLT; Hiring & team development; Crisis communication; branding and marketing; stakeholder communication.
Industry: Hospital & Health Care
Years of experience: 25 years
Company name: Medica
Company size: 3,000 employees
Role in this company: Created and led the company’s first marketing/communications staff dedicated to support its three markets – Commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare. Hired and managed a five-member staff. Oversaw a budget of $1.5M, secured and managed all outside creative resources, including the agency of record. Led internal communications during a Medicare fraud investigation.
