Polly Baylis

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Performance Consulting at Career and Development Coaching

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Polly is an innovative talent and human resources professional with extensive experience at major organizations like Stanford University, Yahoo, and Lockheed Martin. She specializes in creating talent strategies and performance solutions to drive business results. Polly holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BA from UCLA.

She runs her own performance consulting practice, providing career and development counseling to individuals. Her work focuses on helping clients with job transitions, manager development, and building a personal brand, indicating a passion for helping others achieve their professional goals.

Unique fact: While at Stanford University, she managed the workforce strategy for the universitys expansion to an additional campus site.

Personality Overview

Relationship Oriented

Believer

Enthusiastic

They are people oriented, friendly and like creating new connections.  They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They excel at seeing the bigger picture, and the long-term impact of their decisions.

Topics They Care About

Talent Strategy
Her career has focused on delivering long- and short-term talent strategies at companies like Yahoo, Stanford, and Applied Materials.
Performance Management
She led the redesign and implementation of performance management systems at Yahoo to create a culture of continuous feedback and development.
Career Transitions
Her independent consulting work focuses on providing counseling and expertise to individuals navigating career and job changes.

Media Appearances

Polly has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2017
Performance Consulting at Career and Development Coaching
2-2020 - 7-2024
Human Resources Business Partner at Lockheed Martin
6-2016 - 1-2017
Associate VP, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and Workforce Strategy at Stanford University
5-2013 - 5-2016
Sr. Director, Talent Management, Performance Management, Culture & Engagement at Yahoo
7-2010 - 12-2012
Managing Director, Talent Management, Learning & Development, Diversity & Inclusion at Applied Materials

Education

MBA from Santa Clara University
BA from UCLA

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Exp : 16 Location : San Francisco Bay Area, United States Job Level : N/A Designation : Performance Consulting at Career and Development Coaching
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Insights For Selling To Polly

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Do some small talk, ask them how things are going on their side
  • Talk anecdotally about the customer experience that your product offers
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee

DONT's

  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller
  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no
  • Avoid cutting into their flow

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Polly is

  • Relationship and trust can be vital with them, sometimes more than anything else.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Polly

  • They are unlikely to say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Polly move?

  • They are not the fastest decision makers, their friendly approach can give false positive signals.
  • Can Polly take some risk or not?

  • They can take certain risks that are unlikely to have personal consequences.

You And Polly

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