Carl Harkrider

Carl Harkrider is a consultant and facilitator for Innovations International. Carl brings a strong consulting background and a deep understanding of corporate America. In 1979, Carl joined Amoco Corporation and worked in 11 different technical, team lead, supervisory and managerial positions in the accounting group. Carl also played key leadership roles in the implementation and roll-out of Amoco's:

• Career Management System

• Recognition and Rewards Processes

• Continuous Improvement/Quality/Customer Service Processes

• Performance Management System

• Employee Survey and Cultural Audit Processes

In 1991 Carl joined Amoco's Human Resources department as a Human Resources Consultant. In that role Carl provided guidance and counseling to employees and management on Amoco¹s human resources systems including compensation, performance management, career management, re-locations, benefits, staffing, and development planning.

In 1994 Carl became a member of Amoco¹s newly created internal Learning and Consulting organization. Carl focused in the areas of team development, individual performance coaching, career management, rewards systems, diversity, communications, meeting skills, conflict management, financial literacy, supervisory training and development, and multi-rater feedback systems. Carl¹s knowledge, effort, and skills have been acknowledged by his receiving over 20 awards and certificates over the past 10 years. The most significant of these awards was the Chairman¹s Award and the Senior Vice-President, Human Resources Award in 1997 for his role in working with Kaleidoscope, a Diversity Advisory Council.