Diane
With 30 yrs of experience in both consulting and corporate environments, Diane assists both large and small companies in a wide variety of employee and labor relations projects. She has worked with clients in such diverse fields as telecommunications, health care, manufacturing, meat processing, printing and contingency staffing.
Prior to her latest consulting efforts, Diane was an executive at Sprint. Diane managed a staff of professionals responsible for labor and employee relations, including policy development, communication, training and administration, dispute resolution, union avoidance, labor relations (negotiations and contract administration), and EEO and affirmative action compliance.
For many years before that, she was a consultant working with clients in all aspects of labor and employee relations.Areas of Expertise
- Employee relations policies and practices
- Dispute resolution
- Supervisory and managerial training
- Union organizing efforts
- Union negotiations and contract administration
- Severance policies and practices
- Investigation and response to charges of harassment and discrimination
- Affirmative action
- Wage and hour compliance
- Employee relations audits and employee attitude surveys
Diane and her husband reside in the Kansas City area. She enjoys acting as an adjunct professor in Employment Law and Labor Relations at Ottawa University... when she's not working on her golf game.
