Pete has over 25 years of Talent Management experience, ranging from organization culture, employee engagement, leadership development, team effectiveness, change leadership and leadership coaching. With a demonstrated history of working within many industries including energy, financial services, agribusiness, manufacturing & Aero Space / Defense. Prior to starting Hammett Consulting, Pete was the head of Human Resources & Talent Management at OGE Energy Corporation–a regulated electric utility whose 2,400 employees serve more than 800,000 customers in Oklahoma and Arkansas. While at OGE, he developed Talent Strategies which achieved a 6.5% improvement in employee engagement and a 20% increase in the pipeline of “ready now” leaders at the executive & manager levels. Pete held the position of Director of Client Services & Sr. Faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership. CCL is world's foremost provider of executive education. For more than four decades CCL aligns the science and practice of leadership to transform individuals, teams and organizations to achieve results that are powerful, measurable and enduring.

Pete’s business experience encompasses several key positions at American Express including VP Operations & Technology where he was in charge of Relationship Management and Business Process Innovation. While at Amex, Pete also served as Director of New Product Development where he was responsible for building the business & relationship management framework for Amex’s co-branding and affinity products.
Pete had a distinguished career in Aerospace and Defense where he designed the technical platform responsible for allocating spacesuits to Shuttle flight crews.

Publications
♦ 2014 CEB/Gartner Case Study published on OG&E Leadership Development program.
♦ Authored Unbalanced Influence, on executive leadership published in May 2007 by Davies-Black.
♦ Authored Organizational Proctology – Fieldnotes for dealing with Asshats in the workplace in 2019.

Awards
♦ 2011 Gold Vanguard - Chief Learning Officer for Leadership Development curriculum for OGE leaders at all levels.
♦ 2009 Outstanding Paper from Emerald Literati Networks for “The Paradox of Gifted Leadership: Developing the next generation of leaders” published in Industrial and Commercial training.

Organizations Pete has worked with include…
• US Treasury
• Disney
• Darden Restaurants
• CapitalOne Bank
• SAS Institute
• Continental Resources
• Devon Energy
• Dolese Bros
• John Deere
• Syngenta
• Phibro
• Monsanto
• Certified