Linda Strauss

BACKGROUND AND SERVICES

Linda Strauss, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, is a Human Resources (HR) professional with over 25 years of experience. As a consultant, Ms. Strauss provides services such as leadership development, coaching, and career advisement to professionals in all industries and levels, preparing them for success in their next steps. Ms. Strauss also provides clients with the training, strategic HR programs, coaching, infrastructure, and knowledge necessary to manage employment issues with comfort, confidence and compliance. In addition, Ms. Strauss delivers soft skills training including interpersonal and communications skills, and emotional intelligence training, designed to enhance success and engagement in work and life.

Since 2011, Ms. Strauss has provided clients with customized leadership training, and presented keynote speeches, to the leadership of clients including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Wells Fargo, TempurSealy, as well as other corporate, non-profit, governmental, and individual clients.

Certifications and Steady Gigs

Ms. Strauss is a Society for HR Management Certified Senior Professional (SHRM-SCP), a Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR), and a Certified Mediator of Workplace Conflict. In addition, she is a certified trainer of Becoming the Totally Responsible Person (TRP®), TRP® Managing Change, and is certified in Mental Health First Aid. She is a career coach with Ascend Career and Life Strategies, LLC, and is an instructor for the University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Business Management where she teaches management, communication, and HR classes to working professionals.

Corporate HR Experience

Over her career in corporate HR, Ms. Strauss has specialized in every aspect of HR including training, employee relations, performance management, recruitment, policies and procedures, benefits, and compensation for corporations in Miami, New York City, and Santa Fe. Most recently, Ms. Strauss was in corporate HR for a subsidiary of Reynolds American (RAI) and was a recipient of the RAI Leadership Team Award, awarded to the top one percent of employees across all operating companies in recognition of leading change resulting in significant impact to the organization.

Volunteer Leadership

Ms. Strauss is an active leader within the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). She sits on the SHRM NM State Council where she is currently the Director of Membership supporting the Santa Fe and Albuquerque chapters. Prior to that, she was the Director of Community and Business Partnerships, Director of Awards and Recognition, and the Director of Workforce Readiness. Ms. Strauss is the recipient of the first SHRM NM Legislative Leadership All-Star award, created to recognize her for her leadership and initiative in the promotion of legislative issues impacting HR and businesses. She served as President of the SHRM affiliate chapter of Northern New Mexico, (NNMHRA) based in Santa Fe, and was the recipient of the chapter’s Volunteer of the Year Award.