Jan Southern is an independent Training and Organizational Development Consultant and founder of Wheatland Consulting Group, which specializes in Corporate Training, Employee Development, Teambuilding, and Large Group Facilitation. Jan brings both insight and innovative thinking to her consulting engagements, drawing upon more than 20 years of experience in corporate and manufacturing settings with Abbott Labs, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, and US Foodservice.

Within her consultancy, Jan draws from both her production management background and Corporate Human Resources and Training experience as Employee Development Manager for the U.S. Gatorade Plants, Training Manager for Quaker Oats, and Team Coach for a self-directed Kraft Foods start-up facility. She has extensive experience in Coaching Successful Work Teams, Leading and Designing Innovation/Creativity Workshops, and developing Teambuilding events. She also has developed and managed Competency-Based performance initiatives and Skill-Based Pay programs.

Jan is also excited to work as an ART-WORK Facilitator in conjunction with the Art Institute of Chicago and the Catalyst Ranch, where she delivers workshops to enhance critical professional skills through the experience of art.

Jan holds a B.S. Degree in Biology from Lynchburg College in Virginia; she is currently a Master’s Degree candidate in Management & Organizational Behavior from Benedictine University in Lisle, IL. She also has certifications in facilitating Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Development Dimensions International (DDI), Achieve Global (Zenger Miller), and PDI 360 Degree Feedback Profiling. In addition, she was a Presenter at the International Conference of Work Teams on Workplace Diversity Awareness in Scottsdale, AZ.