We Deliver
Meaningful Results
We uncover and assess the root cause of situations and address the key issues
Actionable Solutions
We apply keen insight and real life management experience in guiding clients to overcome organizational and individual challenges with creative yet practical strategies
Customized Assistance
Flexibility and customization is our MO. Nothing is canned. We propose options that match your needs and goals
Affordable Support
We understand budget constraints, and work with you to build practical solutions at reasonable prices
Our Approach
As we work with our clients we are committed to ensuring alignment and transparency in defining roles, relationships, and how information will be shared among key stakeholders.
Client organizations gain increased insight, tools, clarity about what is essential for on-going success, and a roadmap to support meeting their goals and overcoming challenges.
Individual clients gain insight about how to flourish in their work: learning skills and strategies that are beneficial throughout the many changes and transitions in their careers.
Meet Us
Leslie Rothman, MBA
Founder and Principal Consultant/Coach
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After many years in corporate HR leadership positions, I established Career & Workplace Directions in 2002, providing Outplacement and Human Resource Consulting services to organizations and Career, Workplace and Job Search assistance to individuals.
Guiding and inspiring clients toward success at the individual and organizational level has been an integral component of my 25+ years of Career and Human Resource experience. Leveraging career work at two universities and Recruitment and HR Management positions in High Tech, Manufacturing and Retail industries in Maine and Southern New Hampshire – Sanders Associates, Teradyne Connection Systems, Summa Four, and L.L. Bean – clients have benefited from my first hand organizational insight and experiences. Leslie received a BA from Macalester College and an MBA from Northeastern University.
I apply all of this deep organizational experience to the work I do, and relish each and every opportunity to help individuals and organizations go from good to great!
Susan McClain, EMBA
HR Consultant / Coach
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Helping others identify their talents and interests, and re-envision their career path is both a strength and a passion. With business experience that spans industries, 10 years in human resource management and 15 years of operations leadership, I understand the natural tensions and dynamics of staff versus line, and department versus corporate perspectives that often impact the effective functioning of an organization.
At L.L. Bean I held several HR Manager positions, including the HR leader for a groundbreaking Distribution Center Redesign. Following that assignment I transitioned to Operations as Director of Fulfillment and then Customer Satisfaction. Prior experiences include HR Administrator for Dead River Company, Project Manager at G. H. Bass, and Administration in various healthcare settings.
Recognizing opportunities to leverage untapped potential in organizations and individuals has been a constant theme throughout my career!
Patti Sands
CWD Consultant Partner
Patti Sands is a practicing LCSW, providing individual counseling to adults and families in the Portland area as well as professional training and group facilitation
Patti also enjoys partnering with Career & Workplace Directions, providing Organizational, Leadership and Team Development and HR Consulting to organizations. She applies her expansive experiences as an Organizational and HR Consultant and well-honed skills as a psychotherapist to support leadership and teams with challenging workplace dynamics, interpersonal communication, and team and leadership development and coaching. Her earlier work has included, Senior Consultant in the Management Consulting Division of Baker Newman & Noyes and Co-founder of Dinan & Gwynne, Consultants to Leadership. At L.L. Bean for ten years in the Human Resource and Customer Service Departments Patti was a coach to operational leadership. Patti received her BA from Ohio Wesleyan University and her Masters in Social Work in Clinical Social Work from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work.
Patti brings expertise in leadership coaching and training, group process facilitation and human resource guidance, organizational assessments/organizational structure, team development, facilitation of strategic planning, group dynamics, performance management, and employee morale.
Marcy Kamin
CWD Coach
I have always enjoyed the “win-win” of recruiting: helping job seekers find new positions that play to their passions and strengths while helping organizations hire talented people that contribute to the success of their businesses.
After 10 years of corporate recruiting experience, I now find the opportunity to work directly with individuals seeking new positions or career paths very rewarding. My years of experience recruiting for local, national and global companies such as L.L.Bean, IDEXX, WEX, Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, Associated Press, Maine Health, and Martin’s Point give me valuable insights and perspective to share with our clients as they navigate their way through job searches, interviews, and hiring processes.
Prior experience includes professional positions in corporate E-commerce, HR Learning, and with the Maine and Illinois judicial systems. Marcy received a BS in Public Administration from Bentley University and a Juris Doctorate of Law from University of Maine School of Law.
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