Creating Excellence for CT Small Businesses through Strategic HR Consulting
Unlock the potential of your people and boost your bottom-line.
HR Audit
With this service I will identify gaps and bright spots in your current HR practices compared to current best practices. With input from staff and leaders I will offer strategies to boost the effectiveness and productivity of your workforce and avoid unnecessary risks related to employment law.
Talent Management
Are you looking at your talent strategically? What would happen if your star employee leaves? Have you identified a successor? Do your employee complain of limited career opportunities? Talent Management is a way of proactively looking at your workforce and making strategic investments. It includes: succession planning, career mobility, and high potential development.
Outsourced Employee Relations
There are time when employees do not feel safe in reporting personal issues within the organization. Without a safe and confidential outlet employees may keep underlying problems hidden from management. Such a negative dynamic can expose the business to risk, and dampen employee engagement. I offer an ongoing service to be your employee relations counselor for your employees.
Team Workshops
Are you planning a team retreat and want to energize the group? Do you have a big hairy goal and need everyone to be at the top of their game? How about a newly formed team and need to understand how everyone ticks? I can help. I have strengths-based workshops tailored just for each scenario.
Coaching
Do you have a few high potential leaders in which you would like to invest? Do you have someone that could use a boost to their leadership or management effectiveness? Would you like to augment your outplacement support for certain employees with a career coach? I am Gallup certified coach and have years experience coaching leaders, managers and professionals.
Seminars/Keynotes
I offer many seminars on organizational effectiveness, management, and leadership including Branding for Success, Time Management, Presentation Skills, Effective Meetings, The Role of the Leader, Delegation and many others. I also can deliver inspirational keynotes to a large audience on the subject of using your strengths.
Facilitation
Do you have an important planning session and want to make sure the meeting ends with aligned goals, team roles, and responsibilities? Do want to avoid academic, intellectual debates in the group that have no conclusions? Do anticipate shouting matches, or fixed positions that only breeds mistrust? I have years experience coaching and facilitating teams to excellence and use many facilitation tools adapted from Lean Six Sigma to ensure groups achieve excellence.
Process Improvement
As the business changes, so do business rules and the processes designed to implement them. Without proper design, old processes create waste, redundancy, and failure. Certified in Lean Six Sigma, I can identify bottlenecks, pinpoint root causes of waste and find efficiency and cost savings.
Training
Do you need to train a large number of employees on a new process? A new system? I am certified by the Association of Talent Development as a Performance and Learning Professional and have 20 years experience in training at all levels in the organization. I am fluent in the use of eLearning technology to deliver just-in-time training.
"The untapped potential in the human race is the world's single greatest renewable resource."
-Curt Leisveld (1951-2015), Gallup master coach, strengths pioneer
maximizing my performance
Justin helped me make the transition into thinking more deeply about maximizing my performance at my current role and also invest my focus on my greater career goals by challenging me to develop new ways of leading people. But maybe, the true benefits to Justin’s coaching was that he provided frank and neutral advice while allowing me to talk about how to grow personally and professionally and build on my ideas while maintaining sensitivity and diligence toward everyday tasks.
provides actionable insight and, most importantly, he genuinely cares
It was a privilege to be engaged in the workshops being conducted by Justin, in addition having an opportunity for one on ones. For some strange reason, I connected with him as a friend instantaneously and thought that I could trust him and speak with him about myself.
He is incredibly patient, listens intently, never judges, provides actionable insight and, most importantly, he genuinely cares. I feel lucky to have met him and would recommend him to anyone seeking support to think positively about themselves, to grow and to make concrete decisions.
Encouraging, Inspiring, and Worthwhile
Over the last 2-3 months, I have participated in coaching sessions with Justin. The coaching sessions were all very impactful and amazing from start to end. Each coaching session has given me the boost to acknowledge my talent, skills, and strength that should be consistently put to use. I admire how transparent and encouraging the coaching sessions were with Justin. Thanks for the constant motivation that pushed me to heights I never thought possible. I would have procrastinated or never taken the steps to pursue other opportunities within Save the Children, so thanks for all the guidance. I look to continue exploring opportunities and constantly think of ways to self-develop. I am evolving into an amazing leader because of support from individuals like you. Thank you for inspiring me to be excellent in everything I do. Look to hear great things about, Travis soon!
encouraging & empowering
My coaching sessions with Justin were insightful, encouraging, empowering, and motivating. Justin is an excellent listener and counselor and was very helpful in clarifying my strengths, which in turn answered questions about my interests and potential. In a very patient and kind way, he gave me permission to step out of my comfort zone and take specific steps that almost immediately expanded my network and professional opportunities. Thanks, Justin!
wonderfully structured
The coaching sessions are wonderfully structured and quite effective. The sessions have helped me identify my strengths, and guided me on how to apply these strengths to improve my leadership skills. Secondly, the sessions have helped me get clarity on my vision and how to communicate this vision effectively to my team, and more broadly within and outside my organization.
knowledgeable and results oriented
I had never worked with a coach before, so this was a new experience for me. What I loved about working with Justin is that he is a valuable resource, knowledgeable and results oriented. He not only is a great listener and processor, he gave me helpful perspectives and practical advice as well. I was in the midst of a career transition and Justin was very helpful to me in ascertaining my next career move and in helping to clarify priorities. I’d highly recommend Justin. It was a great experience for me — and fun also!
"Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. "
-Swami Vivekandanda (1863-1902)