Louise Stratford
Louise Stratford
President
BIOSS North America Inc.
Louise Stratford was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 26 September 1962. She is married to John, an Electrical Engineer and President of Measurlogic Inc (An electronic measurement company). She has two sons, Mark and Andrew, born on 26 December 1994, and 23 January 1997 respectively.
Louise has a B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) degree from the University of the Witwatersrand (one of her majors being Industrial Psychology), a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Human Resources), and a Masters in Management (Cum Laude) from the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Witwatersrand. Her thesis covered the topic of Employee Participation and Participation Management.
Louise was a full member of the Institute of People Management and sat on its Organizational Development/ Transformation Special Interest Group. She is a qualified Psychometrist, Assessment Center Facilitator, Iris (Initial Recruitment Interview Schedule - for which she is a qualified trainer), and CPA (Career Path Appreciation) Practitioner, as well as a Levels of Work Auditor. She has presented papers on Culture Fair Assessment, Mentorship, Action Learning and Talent Mapping and Succession Planning at various public conferences in both South Africa and the USA, including the 2005 ASTD Conference.
Since 1984, she has gained experience, working primarily for manufacturing organizations within the Steel and Pharmaceutical Industries, in Individual, Team and Organizational Development. In 1994, she established her own human resource consultancy, Strategic HR cc, where she was the founder and Managing Member.
Louise and her family moved to Denver, Colorado in April 2000, where she volunteered for the community, on the board of the Home Owners Association, as a Den Leader for the Boy Scouts of America, for the local school and for the local Church as a Sunday School Leader.
In October 2004 she established BIOSS North America Inc. part of a global consulting organization looking at the match between individuals within an organization and the work that they do, where she is the President.
Louise has a B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science) degree from the University of the Witwatersrand (one of her majors being Industrial Psychology), a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Human Resources), and a Masters in Management (Cum Laude) from the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Witwatersrand. Her thesis covered the topic of Employee Participation and Participation Management.
Louise was a full member of the Institute of People Management and sat on its Organizational Development/ Transformation Special Interest Group. She is a qualified Psychometrist, Assessment Center Facilitator, Iris (Initial Recruitment Interview Schedule - for which she is a qualified trainer), and CPA (Career Path Appreciation) Practitioner, as well as a Levels of Work Auditor. She has presented papers on Culture Fair Assessment, Mentorship, Action Learning and Talent Mapping and Succession Planning at various public conferences in both South Africa and the USA, including the 2005 ASTD Conference.
Since 1984, she has gained experience, working primarily for manufacturing organizations within the Steel and Pharmaceutical Industries, in Individual, Team and Organizational Development. In 1994, she established her own human resource consultancy, Strategic HR cc, where she was the founder and Managing Member.
Louise and her family moved to Denver, Colorado in April 2000, where she volunteered for the community, on the board of the Home Owners Association, as a Den Leader for the Boy Scouts of America, for the local school and for the local Church as a Sunday School Leader.
In October 2004 she established BIOSS North America Inc. part of a global consulting organization looking at the match between individuals within an organization and the work that they do, where she is the President.
Degrees and certifications
- B.Sc. - Industrial Psychology - University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- HDPM - Higher Diploma in Personnel Management - Graduate School of Business Administration - University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- MM - Masters in Management, cum laude - Graduate School of Business Administration - University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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