Posts by Carrie Ann Green
Jumping Into Our Hearts
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John and Marie’s daughter Riley participated this year in her school’s Jump Rope For Heart event, raising money for the American Heart Association in honor of her grandfather, Papa, who passed away last December from undetected heart disease. Her goal was “to help raise money to find way to prevent this from happening to other families.”
Her fundraising goal was $500. Employees at Global Resources responded, along with family and friends, and Riley raised $1,280. Riley was the top fundraiser at her school, raising the largest amount of funds ever from a single participant. …
Global Resources Reviews: Improved Corporate Operations
Situation
A family-ran electrical contracting firm, in business for four generations, decided to use Global Resources “to improve profitability from our non-construction profit centers as well as improve their overall operations.”
This included structuring the management compensations packages for these centers, along with setting realistic goals to use in comparing achievements versus expectations. A performance dashboard was also created “to compare important non-financial results to those targets in order to make course changes before issues became serious problems.”
Process
The Global Resources consultant “worked with us to determine specific business expansion plans, define managerial accountabilities, and track results in each …
Expanding Our Healthy Vending Choices
We were delighted to have Nicole from Mastercraft Coffee & Vending take over our conference room to share a selection of healthy vending machine choices.
There was a broad array of beverages, entrees and snacks presented during our lunch hour. Employees had the opportunity to taste items as well as evaluate their nutrition and pricing. As the Mastercraft website points out, “people must first like the taste of a healthy item, or they will not purchase that selection.”
Taste-testing, it’s hard work, but someone has to do it!
We’re in complete agreement. It’s …
Global Resources Reviews: Back On Track
Situation
A client from a second-generation, family run construction firm, now specializing in modular housing, took the leap and retained Global Resources for a corporate turn-around project. “I was ready to throw in the towel and quit operating my business until my first meeting with Global Resources, when I decided to give it one last effort.”
Process
The Global Resources consultant focused on returning the business to profitability, analyzing operations and facilitating improvements. “From the first week with our consultant, we were back on track and moving ahead. In four weeks that we have worked together, I have seen a …
The Greenest Office
Here at Global Resources, we’re well aware that interior plants may improve concentration as well as increase productivity and reduce stress according to research. This is why we employ a plant service to take care of select ‘rent-to-kill’ plants that are placed throughout our building. There is one office, however, which boasts much more than the usual amount of greenery.
Plants also aid in hiding from pesky photographers!
One might even say that it suggests a greenhouse with lush plants trailing off desks and file cabinets. The office belongs to Randi and Theresa, who also run our travel department …
Global Resources Reviews: Stopped Every Leak!
Situation
The client, from a full-service roofing and gutter contracting firm, was no stranger to business consulting services as he’d had a very positive experience, in the past, which had helped his previous company reach $28 million in a year. Global Resources, however, surpassed his expectations with the team’s thorough attention to every detail of his operations. “I wanted my executives to really start thinking and behaving like executives. NOT only did Global Resources achieve this for me, but GR backed it up with actual tools that enhance every aspect of a profitably operating company.”
Process
The Global Resources consultant …
Going Above and Beyond!
At Global Resources LLC, we all believe in giving back to our community, whether it’s money, possessions, or time. We’re proud to recognize a few members of our team who go even further, Andrea, Jennifer and Rick. These three have donated their hair to create wigs either for women fighting cancer, through Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths, or for children suffering with any medical conditions which result in hair loss, via Locks for Love.
The reasons that these three donated their hair are remarkably similar. For Andrea, it was just feeling that it was the right thing …
Global Resources Reviews: Well Worth It
Situation
An industrial packaging company contracted with Global Resources seeking operational improvements, but with some trepidation. “One concern, of course, was cost. But more importantly, I was concerned about opening up my business, and myself, to outside scrutiny, to changing the ways that we did business and how this would affect my company, my staff, my customers and myself.”
Process
“I must say that the experience has been overwhelmingly positive.” Their GR consultant, “worked with me and my staff regarding every aspect of our business. Personnel decisions, work flow, receivables, professional development and many more areas were put under a …
Behind The Scenes: Prepping For Our 2014 Annual Meeting
Global Resources’ Annual Meeting is just around the corner and Kim and Sarah are hard at working assembling all the nametags, handouts and folders to be distributed to our attendees. It’s a long, extremely detail-orientated process that involves box after box of materials to be sorted and arranged. Temporary tables line the hallway for this time intensive task.
Hats off to Kim and Sarah for managing this great paper trail!
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Global Resources Reviews: Truth in Advertising
Situation
A plumbing contractor, specializing in septic and leaching system installation, maintenance and repair for nearly 15 years, was ‘first skeptical of the phone call” telling him that Global Resources had the key to what his business needed.
“I knew the direction that I wanted to go, but I didn’t know how I was going to get there. Having been working nearly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, I was literally at my wit’s end.”
He then had a visit from two analysts who further assured him that “we would not be disappointed.”
Process
The Global Resources consultant …
