Consultants

DIANE THIELFOLDT

Diane Thielfoldt, learning strategist and co-founder of The Learning Café, partners with clients to create custom learning solutions that produce business results and support personal growth. The Learning Café specializes in designing and developing training on leadership, generational differences, mentoring, and talent retention.

Conference Speaking & Presentations
Diane’s “Talks on Talent” presentation is popular at meetings and conferences, and through these talks she has educated hundreds of managers on practical every day actions that contribute to a motivated, engaged workforce. A sample of Diane’s highly acclaimed speaking engagements includes:

“New Game, New Roles, New Rules” The Conference Board 2007
“Building Your Brand” Lockheed Martin Early Career Professionals Conference
“Managing Multiple Generations” USPTO Leadership Series
“Engaging the Generations: New Workforce, New Workplace, New Game” Constellation Energy Group
“MG -- The Millennial Generation” Government Executives Network
“Engaging the Generations” College Bound
"Engaging the Changing Workforce” Raytheon SAS Leadership Forum
“The Changing Workforce” Parker Hannifin
“The Generation Communication Gap” IHM GlaxoSmithKline
“Engaging the Generations -- Bridging the Gap” OAC GlaxoSmithKline
“Engaging a Changing Workforce” Raytheon Women in Engineering

Publications
Diane is the co-author of the thought leadership chapter on generational issues in the newly published and highly acclaimed Human Resources in the 21st Century. Her articles include Generation Integration-A Case Study of How Xerox Corporation Bridged the Generation Gap Between Two Business Groups, Mentoring for All Ages, Engaging Today’s Workforce and Today in ER, Dr. Welby Meets Doogie Howser: Engaging the Generations in Healthcare.

Education
Diane holds undergraduate and advanced degrees from Pennsylvania State University. She is qualified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and a wide variety of testing and assessment tools, including 360 degree feedback.