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Saint Louis, MO-based Barry-Wehmiller has Promoted Rhonda Spencer as Chief People Officer
About the Company
We are more than just a successful capital equipment and engineering solutions firm. We are an organization fiercely committed to improving the lives of our team members across the globe. By providing meaningful work in an environment of care and compassion, we send them home fulfilled by their time with us, rather than drained by it. We understand what every human being on the planet desires: to know that who they are and what they do matter. As a business, we have a unique opportunity to let them know that they do. Through our Truly Human Leadership culture and personal growth initiatives, we help them become their best selves. And when we bring out their best, they give their best. To their work, their team members and friends, our customers and suppliers, the people in the communities in which they work and live, and--most important of all--to their families. And before you know it, a better job has helped build a better world!
About the Person
Spencer oversees two critical teams that inspire personal growth of team members, cultivate leaders within its ten divisional companies, and foster Barry-Wehmiller`s dynamic people-first culture: Organizational Empowerment and Culture & People Development. The Organizational Empowerment Team is focused on furthering the company`s highly successful leadership development institute, Barry-Wehmiller University, its continuous improvement initiatives, Living Legacy of Leadership (L3), and numerous sales motivation programs. Culture & People Development directs wellbeing initiatives, safety initiatives, team member benefits and recruiting efforts. Spencer joined Barry-Wehmiller in 1991 as an engineer with its Design Group consulting practice, soon moving into a role as the youngest VP of North American Sales. In 1999, CEO Bob Chapman tapped Spencer to create the Organizational Empowerment Team to help transform the traditional manufacturing firm`s culture in to the vibrant people-first environment that exists today. The Culture & People Development Team was placed under Spencer`s leadership in 2014 to help align and expand the organization`s unique cultural initiatives. Spencer has shared insight into cultural transformation with a number of groups: Hill Country Memorial Hospital, McCain Foods, US Air Force Air Mobility Command, St. Louis University School of Nursing Leadership Program, Tri State Manufacturing Association, Group Health, Maritz, Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and Simon Sinek`s MASSIVE Summit. She serves on the AME board where she is chair of the CEO Forum for Manufacturing Renaissance. She received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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