Paula Bell is the CEO of Paula A Bell Consulting, LLC for 20 years. She is a coach, consultant, speaker, and author with expertise in the areas of: business analysis, project management, leadership, diversity, equity & Inclusion, career development and self development. Through her 5-tier consulting business model, Paula helps individuals find their passion, build their brand, and enhance their sk
ill sets through consultations, coaching and customizable documentation to drive results. Her desire is to inspire, motivate and encourage others, through a structured journey of self reflection and awareness as a catalyst for unlimited success. Paula is a Certified Business Analyst, Certified Master Life Coach, Certified Life Purpose Coach, Certified Goal Success Coach, Certified Happiness Coach, Certified Career Development Coach, Certified Diversity & Inclusion Manager Coach, Licensed Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Administrator, and Forrester Customer Experience (CX) Champion. Paula also possesses 21+ years of experience in corporate America in project roles to include business analyst, requirements manager, business initiatives manager, business process quality manager, technical writer, project manager, developer, test lead and implementation lead. Paula has experience in a variety of industries to include media, courts, manufacturing and financial. She has lead multiple highly-visible multi-million dollar technology and business projects to create solutions to transform businesses as either a consultant, senior business analyst or manager. Currently she is also a Business Support Manager for a major financial institution leading a team of business process consultants to identify processes and execute on continuous improvement opportunities. She graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Management Information Systems from Oral Roberts, University located in Tulsa, OK. Paula is currently married and resides in Iowa with her husband and teenage twins (boy/girl). Paula is extremely active in her community as she is the Past President of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund which provides scholarships to minorities attending Iowa institutions, as well as, volunteers for many different community events. Paula believe is mind, body and soul and to add to the health component, she studies, and trains, martial arts and achieved her 2nd degree black belt designation in August of 2018. She leverages martial arts concepts to bring forth personal and professional concepts, hence her brand of the BA Martial Artist, as well as, she is a Certified Xtreme Hip Hop™ Step Aerobics Instructor. How Paula Can Help You?:
* Provide you will tools, strategies and techniques to identify and walk in your purpose.
* Provide tools and techniques to identify and achieve your goals.
* Inspire, motivate and encourage you to reach your personal and professional aspirations. Paula Skills Include:
* Demonstrated excellence in business analysis skills, tools, and competencies from eliciting high level requirements, through solution evaluation and development, all the way through implementation and training.
* Innovative thinking and problem solving to address risk management and issue resolution.
* Superior client management and customer relations skills and a proven ability to integrate business and technical partners to work towards a common end, and to engage in negotiation and persuasion when needed.
* Exceptional communication skills to comfortably communicate throughout all levels of an organization, to discuss technical and business process details as well as provide executive overviews and to generate enthusiasm.
* A commitment to coaching and feedback with a passion for helping others improve
* A consistently successful track record in mentoring and coaching in solving problems and getting things done
* Exceptional relationship building skills to aide in diverse team to build successful solutions