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Chester began his coaching for Miles LeHane in 2001 and brings over 25 years of experience and expertise in employee relations, strategic and business issues, conflict resolution, coaching and counseling and relationship building. In 2002, he earned his certification for Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).

During a long and productive career with Marriott International, Chester was Vice President, Employee Relations where he directed the HR strategy and operations in support of the growth and development of Marriott Distribution Services. During this period, the division grew from $450 million in sales to $1.3 billion, from 3 distribution centers to 13, with an employee base of 1300 people.

With this growth, he was responsible for the recruiting, staffing, training, compensation, succession planning, organizational development and all benefit plans. Chester also administered the internal complaint resolution/problem solving process to ensure a positive employee relations environment and to maintain compliance with company policies and practices. In conjunction with that, he coached executives, managers and supervisors on sensitive employee relations issues, including career management, change management, affirmative action/discrimination and regulatory/compliance issues.

Earlier in his Marriott career, Chester developed and implemented employee relations policies and resolved issues such as disciplinary processes, AA/EEO, internal investigations, wrongful terminations, complaint resolution, AIDS in the workplace and other hot issues of that time.

Chester earned his BS degree in Business Administration/Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. He received Management Assessment Training at Development Dimension International (DDI).

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