Mary Kausch has a record of success and accomplishment in the field of human resources and organization development. As an independent human resource and organization development consultant, she helps good people produce great results by providing consultation for increasing performance, leading and managing with purpose, employment practices and employer-employee relations for all sizes and types of businesses, organizations, universities, government, and not-for-profits.

Mary has become a generational guru by working with more than 10,000 employees across the United States in gaining knowledge and awareness of the generational “reference points” that have shaped the values, attitudes and behavior at work.

Another area of specialty for Mary is incorporating experiential learning into team building and leadership development workshops. For the past 15 years, she has designed exercises, activities and adventure experiences for clients to fully realize the behaviors required for “teams” and “leadership.” She is a DiSC certified trainer and qualified in Myers Briggs.

Mary teaches “Conducting Performance Appraisals” and “Fundamentals of Human Resources” with the St. Louis Community Colleges, has served as an adjunct instructor of Organizational Behavior at Purdue University in the School of Organizational Leadership and Supervision and taught “English as a Second Language” to Spanish speaking adults.

Mary is a published author, co-authoring the book Benefits, Compensation & Other Perks and writing the articles “Solving the Mysteries of Motivation,” “Generational Harmony in a Diverse Workplace,” and “Bridging the Gap: When Generations Collide.”

Mary has a degree in Human Resources and Business & Industrial Communications from Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. She has more than 23 years of hands-on human resource experience from positions with Citicorp as a Human Resource Specialist, Whirlpool as the Employee Benefits Supervisor and as Director of the Tecumseh Leadership Center, an experiential training and development facility for corporations, businesses and not for profit organizations.

Mary is also involved in both local and national professional organizations including the St. Louis Region’s Organization Development Network (ODN), the International Society of Performance Improvement (ISPI), American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), and the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). She is also past-President of the Meramec Valley Grotto caving club. Mary has served on the Program Committee of the Board for the Coro Leadership Center and is currently an advisor for Venture Crew 982 of the Boy Scouts of America.