I’m someone interested in helping YOU keep and grow great employees…
Are you a leader or owner of a small business that employs people?
Are you spending more and more time hiring without a full-time HR professional?
Is it getting harder and harder to find good people to work?
Are you worried about keeping the people you have?
Are you drained at the end of the day from answering questions at work?
Do you find that most (or all) days you’re wondering how to keep things going?
Do you wish you could get your people to treat your business like you do?
That was me back in 2007… I was a training and process leader in the supply chain division of a global product corporation where demand for our products was down, raw material prices were exorbitant (when the materials were available), and our customer relationships weren’t so good. Employee morale had taken a nosedive and everyone was in a funk. I was charged with the mission of fixing big people problems – as we spiraled down into a culture of poor performance and finger-pointing.
My mission was to lead my support team to turn the ship around. Did I mention that support teams (training, quality, and processes) are usually first to go when a business suffers? Yes… those are the first cuts – and my team felt the pressure in a very big way.
What happened next was mind-blowing. We transformed the laborious 6 month learning process for every new employee to wade through into a concise and complete 6 week program where new employees outperformed the average existing employee. And… not only that, but the performance of the existing employees improved as well.
The team did an incredible job of responding to the call with free tools and no training budget AND we became a destination group where other employees wanted to work. Our business leaders made sure career paths up the ladder incorporated time on our team before further advancement. Why? Because they knew we had the secret sauce of what expedited results and enabled new levels of employee performance.
Most satisfying for me, though, was how we improved the lives of employees.
What did we do? We focused on the WORK! That’s right… the work. We didn’t have endless meetings talking about stuff… we worked on stuff together. And, when you involve people on a team to a mission where everyone is crystal clear and committed, breakthroughs occur.
I’ve discovered (and repeated many times and in many environments), how to solve problems and improve business results while growing employee loyalty. It’s so much simpler than we think, honestly.
The solution always include two parts…
- How you start anything new (new employee, new products, new programs, etc.). This is called onboarding but most HR departments only focus on the first 10% of it… not the part that matters most to your business.
- How you solve problems with your existing employees.
You see, it’s not about doing more… it’s about doing what you must do differently. When you focus on your business and your people in tandem, it’s a beautiful thing!
Do you want employing people to be fulfilling instead of frustrating?
Can you imagine not every worrying about hiring again?
Can you imagine enjoying work every day? (I can’t guarantee every minute of every day… but we can get close to every day…)
How would you like to see employees treat your business like it’s their own?
How would you like to take vacation and not worry about what’s happening?
Wouldn’t you like to know your work practices are as smart as possible. Wouldn’t you like to enjoy winning with your work family?
The focus of my master’s degree in educational psychology was on adult learning in the workplace because I wanted to learn what I was missing in my previous years of training management. As I worked through the body of work in my field, I connected the dots between how we think, choose, feel, learn, and perform at work as individuals and as groups. I had the luxury of leading a team of professionally trained corporate trainers and continuous improvement folks (yes, think Six Sigma, if you’ve heard of that) as I tested out the critical path to sustainable results and great work culture. I’m blessed to have been down that road so I can help others do the same.
Now it’s your turn. Big companies have HR and training departments.
Who do you have? If your answer is “I don’t know”, that’s why I’m doing this. I know you need me.
I’ve been described by leaders as…
a “problem solver” – where you tell me what’s broken and I take it from there
a “little Napoleon” for my unrelenting persistence
and as “the wizard behind the curtain” for how to pull off the impossible.
One leader said, “she’s changed the DNA of our organization.”
So what now? If you’re still reading this, I’m thinking you want to have this nirvana, too. I can help you transform your business into a thriving workplace for yourself and others. That’s my only goal – to see you and the people in your workplace have a happier, more fulfilling, more productive work experience.
You have the opportunity to experience this for yourself… we have limited availability in the next course offering for our 21 Day Onboarding Solution. With an investment of 4 hours a week for 3 weeks, you can lock into place a new employee program that will enable you to keep and grow your employees.
Let me give you some immediate results to start our relationship. Let me give you the easiest way to know you’re starting off a new employee to stay with you.
And, until you and I are able to meet live online, come meet me as I help you and other small business owners in the podcast….
