Etaine Smith
As a MOR Associates coach, Etaine has a passion to facilitate learning and development. She is invested in helping individuals recognize their strengths and realize their growth potential. Etaine's coaching philosophy is deeply rooted in mutual respect, partnership, and the appreciation of individual ideas. Her work is centered around helping individuals identify the behaviors that serve to drive their personal and professional goals.
Etaine has led several internship and mid-level management programs designed to support people during different development stages.
In consulting with organizations and individuals, her training and certification in Cultural Intelligence and Unconscious Bias provides a forum to explore, establish, understand, appreciate, and respect cultural differences within the workplace. Applying an equity and inclusion lens to organizational processes, as an innovator, Etaine isn't constrained by status quo, within the sphere of Organizational Growth, Human Capital Acquisition and Development, and the Employee Life Cycle, she has successfully helped leaders navigate change and improve their organization's cultures.
Etaine’s experience includes strategy development and implementation, managing budgets and staff operations, training on and administration of operational policies and procedures, interpretation and application of HR laws, policies, and practices, and internal and external stakeholder deliverables.
With an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and Marketing, graduate degrees in Education and HR, and over 30 years of experience in the for-profit, non- profit, risk management assessment and academic environments, her professional journey included senior leadership positions at Aetna and Travelers Insurance companies, MIT, and Harvard University.
She is an Instructor at Harvard’s University Division of Continuing Education (DCE) Professional Development Program, and her professional memberships includes NEHRA (Northeast Human Resources Association); SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) and Massachusetts Association of Mediation.