Uta Goerlich - Strategic Talent Development

Stuttgart, Germany

Experience

EMEA Enablement Lead

Shopify

Built the regional enablement strategy and team in EMEA from the ground up.
Served as a member of the Shopify EMEA leadership team.
Understood business needs and aligned enablement strategies to deliver results.
Possesses extensive international and cross-cultural collaboration experience.
Applied a learner-centric approach in all initiatives.
Created impactful and measurable learning programs by balancing learner needs with organizational goals.
Embodies a growth mindset, consistently seeking to learn new approaches and experiment.
Demonstrated willingness to partner, openness to feedback, and engaged in honest and authentic dialogue.
Exhibited an exceptional ability to identify areas of inefficiency and implement corrective changes.
Described as open, direct, and highly focused on implementing changes that foster a positive work environment and culture.
Recognized for possessing an invaluable skillset for companies undergoing scaling.
Has extensive experience, deep expertise, strong passion for the enablement craft, and a continuous desire for learning.
Known for being extremely collaborative, engaging, and empathetic.
Actively supported the creation of a culture of learning and self-improvement across teams.

Germany

Strategic Talent Development

Uta Goerlich Skills For Success

Offers strategic talent development services.
Focuses on delivering performance, Return on Investment (ROI), impact metrics, HR process integration, and alignment with business objectives.
Core principles include strategy, transparency, defined tasks, and clear focus.
Possesses over 25 years of experience in the tech industry.
Has over 18 years of experience in learning and development.
Holds over 12 years of experience in multicultural management, including the APAC region.
Employs a modular approach that is scalable, pragmatic, and tailored to meet both business and employee needs.
Specializes in fostering a culture of learning and developing areas such as leadership, top talent, succession planning, experience enablement, competencies, career paths, needs analysis, content strategy, employer branding, role descriptions, organisational culture, and organisational structure.
Adopts a business-centric methodology, customizing strategies and approaches based on specific requirements in scale, technology, communication, and execution.
Provides comprehensive Learning & Enablement services including organizational setup and upskilling for handover to Business As Usual (BAU) operations, content sourcing and creation, technology integration for learning platforms and tools, learner experience design, communication strategy development for learning initiatives, and rollout and measurement of learning programs.
Collaborated on multiple skills development and training programs, acting as a deeply passionate and creative technical and people leader.
Leveraged empathy and a thorough understanding of client requirements and diverse user needs to contribute significantly to the success of program offerings (e.g., in engagements connected with IBM).

Skills

Strategic Talent Development
Performance
Roi
Impact Metrics
Hr Process Integration
Business Objectives
Strategy
Transparency
Tasks Focus
Deep Expertise
Modular, Scalable And Pragmatic Enablement Approach
Culture Of Priorities
Learning
Leadership
Top Talent
Succession Planning
Learning Planning
Experience Enablement
Competencies
Career Paths
Needs Analysis
Content
Employer Branding
Role Descriptions
Organisational Culture
Organisational Structure
Business Centricity
Tailored Strategies And Approaches In Scale, Technology, Communication And Execution
Learning Objectives By Learner Audience
Organisational Setup
Content Sourcing And Creation
Technology Upskilling For Handover To Bau
Learner Experience Design
Communication Strategy
Rollout And Measurement