BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

                   Dr. Linsey Craig Willis, SPHR

                                        PRESIDENT

Dr. Linsey Craig Willis, SPHR is President of L.J. CRAIG & Associates, Inc. 

L.J. CRAIG & Associates Inc., a management and organizational consulting firm, which is the culmination of 31 years of Human Resources and management experience. The firm specializes in the design and delivery of "People Management Systems" including employee training, the design and administration of assessment center exercises, structured-behavioral interviews, written exams, coaching for test preparation, organizational development, and job analysis, to name a few. Recent training programs include Leadership, Strategic Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, Compensation Overview Program for HR Managers and, Strategic HR. The custom designed products and programs follow an in-depth needs assessment, are tailored to each organization's culture, and adhere to legally defensible principles.  

Dr. Willis also provides litigation support to attorneys serving as an expert witness in employment law and related cases.

Since 2005 Linsey has been on the faculty at Barry Kaye College of Business Department of Management, at Florida Atlantic University (F.A.U.) as an adjunct instructor and full-time visiting instructor (2007-2009 and 2010 to present). She teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses at F.A.U. She also teaches certificate courses and module for the F.A.U. Office of Executive Education Programs for the College of Business. She is also teaching distance learning classes for F.A.U. She has worked with ECollege and Blackboard for several years.

Linsey is the author of "Strategies and Methods for Competency-Based Selection and Leadership Development: Four Case Studies", in Current Practices, Insights and Perspectives, the 2006 Pfeiffer Annual Human Resource Management (editor, Robert C. Preziosi) and "Recent Research on the Performance Management Process: Three Case Study Applications and Recommendations in Current Practices, Insights and Perspectives," the 2007 Pfeiffer Annual Human Resource Management (editor, Robert C. Preziosi) She co-edited the 2003 and 2009 editions of the college textbook, Human Resource Management by Mathis & Jackson.

Dr. Willis graduated with honors with a Doctorate in Public Administration from the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship of Nova Southeastern University. She holds an M.A. degree in Forensic Studies from Indiana University, and also graduated with honors from Florida Atlantic University with an M.P.A. degree. Linsey received her Bachelors degree in Political Science from the University of Kentucky and her A.A. degree from Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH. The Human Resources Certification Institute of the Society of Human Resource Management certifies her as a Senior Human Resources Professional (SPHR).

Her 31-year career includes three years as a Director, Human Resources for the Clerk of the Circuit Court 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida and eight years in the Palm Beach County Employee Relations & Personnel Department as Manager of Recruitment & Selection. She was instrumental in designing and implementing the Dade-Miami Criminal Justice Assessment Center at the School of Justice and Safety Administration in Miami, Florida from 1981-84.

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