Quote of the Month

"To achieve greatness:
start where you are, use what you have, do what you can."
- Arthur Ashe
(Past Quotes of the Month are available here.)

How Strategic A Partner Are You?


Have you reviewed your company's balance sheet and income statement with your key employees in the last 6 months?
  YES ______ NO ______ 


Can you name the top 10 customers of your company's products and what percent of the business each represents?
  YES ______ NO ______ 


Have you been asked to facilitate a meeting of your peers or senior management within the past 6 months?
  YES ______ NO ______ 


Does your HR area have a strategic plan?
  YES ______ NO ______ 


Have you, in the past year, delivered either a speech or training on a substantive topic to your organization?
  YES ______ NO ______ 


Can you describe your employment brand?
  YES ______ NO ______ 


Have you gotten upward (360 degree) feedback, formally or informally, in the last 6 months?
  YES ______ NO ______ 


Can you say what percent of your HR budget is spent on outsourced services?
  YES ______ NO ______ 



If you did not answer YES to at least 4 of the above questions, then your leadership may still not consider you a real strategic partner with a “place at the table.”

Contact us for focused techniques in Strategic Planning specifically designed for Human Resource Professionals.

We know you know “WHY” a strategic plan is important -- we are prepared to show you the “HOW.”

Contact us for sample techniques that will help you position ALL your initiatives and insure your influence in the strategic direction of your organization.

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Company: ________________________________________________

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Email: ___________________________________________________

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