Alan Collins

Alan L. Collins

Alan Collins is President at SuccessInHR.com, a company that provides HR professionals and executives around the globe with insights and tools for taking their careers to the next level...and identifies ways to help them attain awesome career success in HR.

He was formerly Vice President of Human Resources at PepsiCo where he led HR initiatives for their North American Quaker Oats, Gatorade and Tropicana businesses which comprised $8 billion of PepsiCo's sales.

With 25 years as an HR executive and professional, Alan’s corporate and operating human resources experience is extensive. While at PepsiCo, he led an organization of 60 HR directors, managers and professionals spread across 21 different locations in North America, where he was accountable for their performance, careers and success. He and his team provided HR strategic and executional oversight for a workforce of over 7000 employees. Alan also served as the HR M&A lead in integrating new acquisitions as well as divesting existing businesses; and he provided HR leadership for one of the largest change initiatives in the history of the Pepsi organization.

Alan has written over 100 articles and white papers on HR that have appeared in HR Executive Magazine, HRM Today, Linked:HR, Personal Branding and other nationally-known publications for human resources professionals. His books and success guides include the following:

HR Books & Success Guides authored by Alan Collins

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"Unwritten HR Rules: 21 Secrets For Attaining Awesome Career Success in Human Resources." This book is currently ranked as Amazon's #18 HR best-seller. It describes career advancement strategies HR professionals and executives can put into action now. Two chapters can be immediately downloaded at UnwrittenHRRules.com.
"Best Kept HR Secrets: 400 Powerful Tips for Thriving at Work, Making Yourself Indispensable & Attaining Outrageous Success in Human Resources." Excerpts can be downloaded at BestKeptHRSecrets.com.
"HR Recession Guide: 7 Ways To Recession Proof Your HR Career & Avoid Losing Your HR Job." is a must-have whether the economy is good or bad. It is available as a free download at HRRecessionGuide.com.
"You're The New HR Leader...Now What? How To Hit The Ground Running In Your First 30 Days in ANY New Human Resources Leadership Role." It is available at NewHRLeader.com.

Alan has also founded the Bryan A. Collins Scholarship Program, which provides scholarship grants annually to undergraduates at Tennessee State University who demonstrate excellence in pursuit of their college degrees. Students selected for this scholarship must embody the values embraced by the late Bryan A. Collins (pictured left) -- great with people, great at academics and great in extra-curricular leadership activities. More info and details can be found at BryanCollinsScholarship.org.

Finally, Alan was selected as a member of the prestigious Executive Leadership Council, based in Washington D.C. In addition, he has also taught at various Chicago-area universities.

Alan received his BS and MS degrees in Industrial Relations from Purdue. More about Alan and his works can be accessed at his blog at www.SuccessInHR.com or by viewing his LinkedIn profile.