One on One with WTP Advisors' Kathi Mettler

Seeking a way to improve the company's internal training methods, tax advisory consulting firm WTP Advisors has hired Kathi Mettler, a longtime Director in the International Tax Services Group at PwC and assistant professor at Fairfield University in Connecticut, to serve as their Director of Learning and Education. Kathi will use her classroom experience, as well as her tax expertise to help WTP's consultants hone their skills and bring their knowledge to a higher level. Eventually, Kathi says, WTP hopes to develop a program to offer training to clients as well. She's also been a strong advocate for women in the workplace, heading the Women's Networking Circles group at PwC to facilitate collaboration between women leaders.

Consulting: What will your role at WTP entail?

Mettler: Our goal when they approached me was to continue to enhance their trainings and offer an evolution of where we see the training going. What we're developing is really a start to finish program, which actually tracks the development as a company grows and expands, basically through the lifecycle of a company. Instead of using the former "old and cold" lecture based method, it's really going to be activity-based learning, so it should really elevate the learning of the WTP professionals to a higher level.