Lourdes Bennington
Chief Human Resource Officer
Lourdes Bennington, brings 12 years of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) experience and is a strategic leader who has helped companies achieve their goals by building and scaling high-performing teams. Mrs. Bennington is a master of Human Resources (HR) best practices and creates an environment where employees thrive, and are given the tools they need to succeed. Lourdes provides strategic HR consulting services in the following operational areas:
- HR Policies & Procedures, HR Best Practices, and Employee Handbooks
- Benefits and compensation assistance
- Talent acquisition and onboarding management
- Leadership development and performance management
- College intern and relations programs
- Organizational design and HR process management
- Right sizing (i.e. downsizing)
- Government Compliance
- Employee Relations and Performance Improvement Plans
- Competitive salary surveys
- Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance; Corporate Equality Index
- Special audits/projects
Industries:
Some of the broad industry experience Mrs. Bennington has includes Software; Retail; Real Estate Mortgage, Construction & Property Management; Healthcare; Sports Management; Manufacturing; Cannabis; Tax firm; FinTech; Venture Capital; Automotive; and start-ups.
Experience:
A few of Mrs. Bennington’s accomplishments include completing several M&As and successfully integrating the various departments; scaling a start-up from the ground up to 700 employees; developing HR strategic initiatives; training top performing HR teams in multi states (CA, NY, FL, NV, and TX); improving organizational benchmarks with KPIs; establishing HR dash boards; and scaling the company for optimal growth. Lourdes has tailored her services to meet the specific needs and goals of each client and provides fresh perspectives by detailing all HR opportunities for improvement.
Executive Search – Successful companies recognize that creating a winning team is a strategic ongoing process of building a leadership organization. Lourdes has met with all clients and candidates personally to understand their values and objectives, ideal corporate culture, and the long-term strategy in building a mutually beneficial relationship. Mrs. Bennington always ensures the client’s needs are addressed, completes the rigorous due diligence new hire process, obtains the appropriate buy-in from all relevant parties, negotiates an offer, completes the onboarding, training, and follow-up.
Core Services – Lourdes has been successful in evaluating and implementing HR best practices resulting in measurable enhancements in the following operational areas:
- Improved communication
- Improved work performance
- Improved business management
- Improved time management
- Improved team effectiveness
- Improved relationships
- Improved employee morale
- Improved clarity and focus
Profile:
Lourdes graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor of Arts degree and recently completed Brandman University’s Professional Human Resources (PHR) training. In addition to serving as a volunteer at a nonprofit, Lourdes also enjoys playing several sports and spending time with her husband and two children.
Brookstone Group:
Our HR Consulting group is embracing innovation and constantly evolving our services in order to meet our clients’ needs and exceed their expectations. If you are looking for a partner who can help you achieve your business and financial goals, Brookstone Group is here for you. We have the people, the expertise, and the resources to help you succeed. We encourage you to contact us today to learn more about how we can help you achieve your goals.
Our HR Consulting process typically works as follows:
- Improved business management
- Introductory call
- Working agreement/action plan created jointly
- Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Conscientiousness (DISC) and other behavioral assessments
- Weekly or bi-weekly coaching calls/site visits