Heather E. Vogel, MHR, SPHR (aka the HR Whisperer) consults and speaks professionally with local and national Fortune 100 and 500 companies on human resources and organization development. As the HR Whisperer [hrwhisperer.com], she focuses on human behavior and its impact on the workplace to rehabilitate organizations by developing talent.  In 2010, she was voted one of the Top 25 Most Influential HR Pros on Twitter. Heather has 20+ years of leadership experience across corporate and nonprofits alike – so she gets HR/OD from both sides of the financial equation. When she’s not focusing on employee behavior, Heather likes looking for that next big HR idea. She also enjoys watching her kids beat the pants off the completion in lacrosse and swimming.

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A Bit More About the HR Whisperer

Heather E. Vogel, MHR, SPHR is the founder and principal consultant of Vogel & Vogel, Inc. (VVI), a firm that provides clients with strategic HR/OD solutions that cultivate talent, optimize performance, foster outstanding results and strengthen competitive position.  An award-winning advisor, trainer and motivator, Heather is passionate about nurturing potential. Having contributed millions of measurable value to employers and clients over her career, she is considered an authority in rehabilitating organizations and developing people.

A respected and active thought leader in the HR/OD community, Heather has spoken at well over 75 national professional organizations, industry conferences and other events, including HR Southwest and Utah Crossroads.  Additionally, Heather is an adjunct professor with the George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology at Webster University where she advises graduate students and teaches master’s level courses in Human Resources, Management and Leadership. Heather is also the 2011-2012 president of the HR Florida State Council, Inc., a nonprofit organization serving over 15,000 HR professionals across the state of Florida.

Prior to VVI, Heather developed her expertise with telecommunications and healthcare firms in New Jersey, New York and Florida. To her credit, Heather was one of only 70 certified facilitators selected to facilitate staffing sessions when a corporate merger and restructuring required the immediate downizing of over 24,000 employees. 

A certified Senior Professional in Human Resources since 2000, Heather received her MA with Academic Distinction in Human Resources Development from Webster University and her BA with Liberal Arts Honors from Moravian College. In addition to numerous business-related awards, Heather is the recipient of the 2011 Webster University Faculty Member of the Year and the 2008 Sarasota-Manatee HR Association HR Professional of the Year awards.

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Speaking

If you’re looking for a great speaker, check out Heather’s Speaking information page.  Heather lectures, trains and facilitates discussion on topics such as leadership, social media, talent development, organization, the impact of behavior on culture and much more.

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What Heather’s Accomplished

Here’s some things about Heather that may convince you that what she writes is worth reading:

• Wrote (and still writes) for the HR Florida Review (print),  the Capital Executive (print) and the HR Mouth of the South (online).
• Has blogged since 2009, being one of the first professionals to start blogging about HR/OD and behavioral types of things.
• Cultivated and managed teams from two to 65+; held P&L accountability in the seven figures, so she knows HR and how to run a business.
• Built leadership programs, implemented performance metrics, aligned employee behavior, facilitated change efforts, wrote policies and engaged in all kinds of other cool projects while working for a large telecommunications corporation and more recently for many different clients in the healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit, education, civil service, and publishing sectors.
• Worked with literally thousands of professionals from all walks of life and business – and got along famously with all of them.