Tom Ireland

People & Culture Leadership

I build better work environments. My vision is a workplace where people are empowered to challenge and be challenged. Its empowerment is based on autonomy, but autonomy doesn’t mean siloing. Instead, high alignment means that everyone is pulling in the same direction to create something amazing and achieve business goals. That vision has defined my work, and you can read about its results below. Almost as much as culture design, I love trails—running or hiking them whenever possible.

At different companies, I have:

● Increased growth opportunities for employees by 62% through a redesigned hiring process and implementing a competency framework—both designed to promote fairness and reduce bias.

● Reduced turnover by more than 80% and increased employee satisfaction by 32% through new compensation and benefits policies that supported transparency, fairness, and empowerment while reinvesting in staff.

● Increased productivity by 200% and improved employee satisfaction by 10% by creating a new project delivery framework that gave team members more decision-making power, more opportunities outside their day-to-day work, and more opportunities to develop new skills.

Some people have even said nice things about my work.