Biography
Michelle L. Collins, PhD
michelle@hrdsolutions.com
214.629.2599
Michelle provides professional consulting services to improve individual, team, and organizational performance. She is a passionate problem-solver with a keen ability to listen to clients’ concerns, discern their needs, and translate those needs into workable, pragmatic solutions. Her diverse background in corporate settings, consulting, government and academia means that, at some point, she has probably been in her client’s shoes.
Using surveys, focus groups, 360 assessments, personality-based assessments and other tools, Michelle helps her clients gain insight into their effectiveness, as well as find ways to improve performance. Her practice has grown to include group and individual development programs, including leadership development efforts aimed at helping women and women of color in organizations to overcome organizational barriers and advance in their careers.
Before founding HRD Solutions, Michelle served as Director of Executive Development at a large financial services company, where she managed the annual succession planning process and coordinated internal and external development programs for 250 senior executives. She has consulted internally with American Airlines on employee selection and development projects, and has significant experience in corporate coaching and conducting management assessments. While in city government, she designed and validated written tests and assessment center exercises for police, fire, and other municipal positions.
Michelle holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Tulane University and a B.S. in Psychology from Howard University. She is active in the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology’s (SIOP) annual conferences and has presented several papers and workshops both in academic and business settings. Michelle co-authored a publication on police education and training in a human resources journal, Public Personnel Management. She has completed multiple facilitation, assessment, and training certification programs, and is the author of The Thin Book of 360 Feedback: A Manager’s Guide. In addition, Michelle is the co-author of a monthly publication, Leadership Her Way, as well as four other monthly leadership development publications.
Michelle is a Board of Trustee for Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas. She is actively involved in the organization’s Human Resources and Career and College Readiness efforts. She also mentors several people in her field.