Doris M. Sims, SPHR is the Founder and President of Succession Builders, LLC, a talent management and succession planning consulting firm.  Her experience in organizational and leadership development spans over 20 years. 

Doris has directed succession management and leadership development programs in Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies such as Alcatel, First Horizon Home Loans, and CVS/Caremark.  She received her Master’s degree in Human Resource Development from Indiana State University.

Doris is the co-author of Building Tomorrow’s Talent: A Practitioner’s Guide to Talent Management and Succession Planning.  She is also the author of the McGraw-Hill book Creative New Employee Orientation Programs, and has contributed articles to many other books and multiple periodicals, including Training Magazine, Talent Management Magazine, and The Consultant’s Toolkit.

Doris authored two new talent management books for 2009: The 30-Minute Guide to Talent and Succession Management, and The Talent Review Meeting Facilitator's Guide.

Doris has served as a frequent conference speaker since 1999, including International ASTD conferences, Training Director’s Forum, Training Magazine conferences, HR Southwest conferences, and International Quality and Productivity conferences.

In 1996, Doris received the Outstanding Performers in Training Management award, in the category of “Establishing a New Training Function”, from Training Director’s Forum Newsletter and Lakewood Publications.

Since 2004, Doris has also served on the Board of Directors for Communities in Schools of North Texas; for more information, log on to www.cisnt.org.

Training and Organizational Development Certifications
• Senior Professional in Human Resources - the HR Certification Institute (SPHR)
• Certified PDI 360-Degree Survey Facilitator (Personnel Decisions International)
• Certified Talent Development Facilitator (Novations)
• Certified 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Facilitator (Franklin Covey Leadership Center)
• Certified Quality Action Teams Facilitator
• Certified Social Styles-Building Relationship Versatility Facilitator (Wilson Learning)
• Certified Countdown – Project Management Facilitator (Paradigm Learning)
• Certified Novations 360-Degree Feedback Facilitator (Novations)
• Qualified Strong Career Interest Inventory Assessment Facilitator
• Qualified Meyers-Briggs Type Inventory Coach