In 2005 Stephen Fedota left a regional consulting organization to establish his own "boutique" Human Resource Strategic Consulting practice. In creating this practice he established a network of independent professionals to meet the specific tactical needs of employers. Theses practitioners share the belief that the foundation of effective and efficient human resource management starts with a strategic vision for the enterprise.
Dr. Fedota is a Human Resource Professional with over thirty five years of experience in all aspects of HRM. He has been employed by and consulted with a wide variety of organizational types of varying sizes. Much of his work and consulting experience has been in labor intense, service organizations spanning the not for profit, for profit and governmental sectors.
Dr. Fedota has held teaching appointments in a variety of universities in the metropolitan Chicago area. In addition to his employment and academic endeavors he has served in leadership positions in trade and community organizations. As a former President of his local SHRM chapter Dr. Fedota worked with employers throughout Chicago suburbs to help bring their Human Resource practices to the next level through involvement in their professional trade association. He finds the experience of helping employers meet the challenges of providing efficient, fair and cost effective practices and services to be very rewarding.
Working in various functional areas within Human Resource throughout his professional career, one of the unique responsibilities Steve enjoyed was reviewing all proposed HRM related legislation in the Illinois General Assembly on behalf of a major statewide trade association. He has also served as President of a multi-employer, multi-state employee benefit trust, which had it been a stand-alone insurance company, would have been the 9th largest carrier in the nation.
Steve is active in a variety of community and church events having served as the project director of a Habit for Humanity house and treasurer of his church. His research agendas include identifying the influence of social media on the creation of community within faith based organizations as well as exploring the experiential and expectational differences of our multi-generational workforce. More recent research endeavors involve examining the relationship of incivility and productivity in the workplace as well as office culture and patient satisfaction in medical office environments.
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