Kathy Adelmann is an independent consultant for organizations seeking to develop or enhance the performance of leaders and their teams. She offers more than a decade of high-level human resource insight and guidance, from program design and implementation to executive coaching. Her services touch critical human resource issues, supporting the capability of leaders and employees to perform more effectively. Specifically, she helps organizations by:

• providing 360-degree feedback and coaching for new or senior leaders
• helping individuals analyze and discover critical insights from their 360-degree feedback
• guiding employees to create focused and actionable development plans
• planning and implementing team-building programs
• administering the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) for individuals and teams

Before becoming an independent consultant, Kathy was most recently employed as a Human Resources Director for Kraft Foods. In this senior generalist role at corporate headquarters, she established a strong human resource presence and influence with the function she supported, creating effective HR strategies, support and controls.

Prior to working at Kraft, Kathy held human resource positions with Philip Morris U.S.A. in corporate headquarters, sales and manufacturing settings. As Human Resources Director for the company’s largest manufacturing facility, she led the human resource function and supported 2,400 salaried and union employees. An integral member of the plant leadership, she created organizational capability to support an extensive change effort focused on re-engaging the workforce, revitalizing the work environment and establishing a high-performance work system.

Kathy began her career at General Mills’ corporate headquarters, where she advanced through successive financial analyst and control positions over four years.

Kathy received her Master of Arts degree in Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota and her Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois. She is a trained and qualified administrator for Profilor and Voices 360-degree feedback tools and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. She also holds a C.P.A. certification.