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Dr. Linsey C. Willis has 44 years of experience in the Human Resources management field. Her firm’s services include, test development, coaching for promotional testing, employee training and development, and expert witness services. She is the founder and President of L.J. CRAIG & Associates Inc. and has provided management and organizational consulting services since 1997.

The Human Resources Certification Institute certifies Linsey as a Senior Human Resources Professional (SPHR).

She provides expert witness services for cases in the public and private sectors for employment law and personal injury attorneys. The industries include: agriculture, financial services, health care, pharmaceutical, national retail, security, common carriers, and oil. She has also worked on city, county and federal cases.

Dr. Willis has a Doctorate in Public Administration from Nova Southeastern University, an M.A. in Forensic Studies from Indiana University and an M.P.A. from Florida Atlantic University.

Dr. Willis has assisted many law firms to settle cases in their clients' favor.

Dr. Willis’ expertise includes cases involving compensation, gender and race discrimination, negligent hiring, supervision and retention, retaliation and hostile work environment, employee testing, assessment and hiring, defamation and failure to train. She has written/given: 29 reports, 23 depositions, 5 affidavits, 3 rebuttal reports and has testified in court twice.

Publications:

*Developing your Innate Abilities. Experiencing Assessment Center Exercises (2019), 3rd Edition, and 4th Edition (2022), Harnessing your Innate Abilities, Kendall Hunt Publishing, Dubuque, IA.

*Mastering the Assessment Center Process. The Fast Track to Promotion. (2020), 2nd Edition. Charles C. Thomas Publishers, LLC, Springfield, IL.

*Critical Thinking Application 5-A: Freeman et al. v. The New Oxford Fire Department in Human Resource Management an Experiential Approach, 6th Edition by H. John Bernardin and Joyce E.A, Russell (2013), pp. 561-565

*Strategies and Methods for Competency-Based Selection and Leadership Development: Four Case Studies, in Current Practices, Insights and Perspectives, the 2006 Pfeiffer Annual Human Resource Management (editor, Robert C. Preziosi)

*Recent Research on the Performance Management Process, Three Case Study Applications and Recommendations in the 2007 Pfeiffer Annual Human Resource Management (editor, Robert C. Preziosi).