MICHELLE
PLANTY,
SHRM-SCP

Michelle Planty is a strategic human resources consultant with over twenty years of experience in human resources management, with a particular expertise in the professional services realm. Michelle’s expertise spans across all areas of human resources. She has designed, developed and implemented programs across the employment lifecycle with employee engagement, sustainability and superior performance in mind. Her areas of focus include diversity and inclusion, talent acquisition, training, performance management, and coaching and mentoring. She also is adept at the development and administration of compliance policies and processes, compensation and benefits, and technology solutions.

Michelle believes that people are the heart of the organization and with the right culture, diversity, and environment both the employees and the organization can achieve their full potential. Michelle has been instrumental developing and implementing diversity and inclusion strategies and best practices in professional services firms, including systems to measure progress that have moved the needle forward to meet the organization’s goals. She has revamped recruiting functions resulting in higher offer acceptance rates and implemented processes that reflect the culture and diversity of the organization.

Michelle also has designed and introduced new performance management programs, feedback systems, HR systems, and, benefits and compensation programs. She has built and designed training and coaching programs that promoted career growth, leadership development, and the retention of high-potential talent. Through these organizational changes, Michelle has fostered environments that promoted individual growth, created a strong sense of community, rewarded contributions, and optimized diversity.

Michelle is recognized as a trusted partner and has held leadership positions managing the human resources function in a diverse array of professional services firms in the United States, from a start-up boutique law firm to a rapidly expanding large law firm and mid-sized economic consulting firm. She achieved results by identifying the business needs and putting the right people and innovative HR programs in place to support the business and help drive its success.

Michelle holds a Master of Arts degree in Human Resources Management from The George Washington University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Syracuse University. She also is a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).