Peggy H. Donnelly
Senior Associate
Peggy Hall Donnelly joined O.D. Systems Inc. as a Senior Associate after serving
with the Central Intelligence Agency for nearly thirty years. Her expertise
lies in the strategic alignment of human resources with the vision,
mission, and goals
of organizations.
Ms. Donnelly has extensive experience in integrating human resources
planning with the strategic direction of organizations. Ms. Donnelly
led the Intelligence Community team for the National Performance Review,
bringing together strategic and innovative thinkers from the military
and civilian intelligence organizations, and leaders from the business
community to develop a long-range view of intelligence infrastructure
and processes for the 21st Century.
A theme underlying Ms. Donnelly’s approach
to organizational effectiveness is valuing the contribution of every
member of the workforce in achieving the goals of the organization.
She is adept at bringing together senior and junior personnel, core
business and staff support employees and managers, and organizations
and their clients in a shared vision. She has worked extensively in
the fields of career development
and counseling, executive development, design and delivery of training
programs, and communications.
Ms. Donnelly has designed and implemented programs in performance appraisal,
including upward feedback; employee development; and first line supervision,
as well as substantive training programs in intelligence support functions.
She has coached senior managers in communications strategies
and techniques, job redesign, and conflict resolution. She also has
worked with leadership teams on succession planning, team effectiveness,
and assessing organizational effectiveness.
Effective communication is integrated into all of Ms. Donnelly’s
work with organizations. She has developed and implemented innovative
programs to enhance organizational effectiveness through the use of
employee opinion surveys, online bulletin boards, focus groups, town
meetings, and management advisory groups.
Ms. Donnelly has served for many years as an advisor and coach to participants
in the Federal Women’s Executive Leadership Program, the Congressional
Fellows Program, and the Presidential Management Intern Program. She
is a member of the American Society for Public Administration, the American
Society of Training and Development, the American Management Association,
and the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. She holds a B.A.
in Education and has done graduate work in organization development
and related fields at Cornell University, the University of Southern
California, the George Washington University, and the University of
Maryland.