Jonathan Reedy

I co-lead Nestlé Continuous Excellence, Nestlé's global continuous improvement approach. I am responsible for learning, knowledge management, coaching and training through our worldwide network of coaches and trainers.

I coach teams on the foundations of Lean, in Sales, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Direct Delivery and Customer Service operations…reaching about half of our 30,000 employees in 30 countries. The Foundations focus on ways of working and the basics of continuous improvement, and take 2-5 years to establish before advanced Lean improvement work can take off. I’ve spent my career in people development and I've never been involved in something so powerful for individuals and organizations. I love Lean!

I lead talent and learning activities, helping Nestle Waters people perform better and enjoy what they do. My goal is to help people do what they do best, more of the time, and to help Nestle Waters' managers bring out the best in their teams.

I led the European engagements for this HR consulting firm, based in Brussels. Our work ranged across HR areas of practice: change management, succession planning, 360 feedback, coaching, and diversity. Our clients included Honeywell, Microsoft, and Levi Strauss.

I introduced the programs by which Levi's now manages succession, talent, and people planning worldwide. I also co-led the re-launch of performance management. Working from the San Francisco head office, I was also responsible for OD work in the European zone.

I headed up a small team charged with learning and knowledge management work. Our work focused largely on the sales teams in each country, and included training of our customer's staff through MasterCard University. We were based in Singapore and served 12 countries across the Pacific Rim.

I set up and managed directly the talent programs for the top 100 managers in the company: succession management, slating, executive development, executive coaching, and outplacement. I also co-managed employee survey processes and played an advisory role in global change management. I managed a team of two.

Education, Psychology, English Communications