Full Name
Michele Hanson
Title
VP Human Resources
Company
HR Advantage Advisory
Bio
Michele has more than 20 years of strategic and practical HR experience with a particular focus on talent management. Prior to joining HR Advantage Advisory, Michele led the talent function for a multi-site childcare company with 1000+ centers in 37 states. Prior experience also includes ten years working at the global headquarters for a Fortune 500 company where she initiated their first talent management function.

Michele is the consulting lead for a variety of clients across multiple industries. Example engagements include implementing all HR/payroll programs and processes for a start-up chemical manufacturer, including the implementation of an HR technology system that allows the client’s HR processes to be virtually paperless. She has also worked on a large-scale hiring process improvement initiative with one of the largest municipalities in the US.

Other engagements and projects include investigations, individual leader coaching, policy creation, employee relations support and customized training creation and delivery. Michele is skilled at quickly being able to understand a client’s business needs and challenges; she offers practical and compliant HR solutions that support a client’s business objectives.

Michele has a solid HR background in a variety of areas with particular strengths in Talent Management, Recruiting/Staffing, Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Employee Relations, Team Building/Development, Executive Coaching, Employee Engagement, Change Management, Organizational Development/Design and Training.

Michele earned her BBA with a major in Accounting from Eastern Michigan University and her MBA from the University of Michigan. She has been certified through the Human Resources Certification Institute as a SPHR since 1998. Michele is certified in several assessment tools including Caliper and Korn Ferry’s Leadership Architect 360 and is a Certified Title IX investigator.
Michele Hanson