A Scrapbook For A Baby Girl!
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Surprise! Carmen had no idea that Tina was hosting a ‘desk baby shower’ for her. Baby themed décor and a huge pile of gifts let everyone passing by that it wasn’t business as usual at GPS.
A lavish spread, including pickles, was set out to tempt the appetite for our expectant mother-to-be as well as all our guests. Everything looked picture-perfect!
Carmen and a coworker struck a pose, proudly showing off their bellies! We all stopped by, including President Tyler Burgess, to congratulate Carmen and share our best wishes for her baby girl expected in August.
GPS Reviews: A Clear Vision & Pathway To Profitability
Situation
A family owned business for over 50 years in the automotive industry utilized GPS to provide “a clear vision and pathway to profitability.” The company had been struggling with serious financial and operational issues.
Process
“My wife Angie and I were filled with anxiety and uncertainty as to where this journey would take us,” due to the troubled state of the business. When the GPS analyst and consultant arrived, “we began diagramming ‘where we are’ and ‘where we need to be.’ This brainstorming session, which I didn’t fully understand in the beginning, would soon become our recipe for success …
Our Annual Baseball Outing
GPS employees felt very appreciated at the annual baseball outing, held at our favorite Wrigleyville rooftop venue. We rooted for the home team as the Chicago Cubs battled the Washington Nationals. There was an exciting fourth inning when the teams were tied 2-2, but, unfortunately, the Cubs ended up losing 2-7. Still, we enjoyed the all-inclusive selection of burgers, brats and dogs (plus some really incredible nachos with all the toppings), along with salads, chips and tons of desserts including ice cream. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect. It was a wonderful day to hang out with family and …
GPS Reviews: Your Own Team Of Specialists
Situation
A sand blasting material and equipment distributor, in the industry for over ten years, hired GPS to supply a selection of management tools and to address some much needed tax strategies.
Process
“I appreciated the fact that you had sent a team of professionals, each specializing in their own fields. I feel that I have received the utmost in attention that I could have possibly been given, in each area of my business.”
Before GPS, the client had made two prior attempts in the past to work with other consulting companies, but “failed to gain the knowledge that I …
GPS Reviews: Customized Solutions
Situation
The owner of a contracting company brought in GPS to provide strategic advice and expertise as well as the tools required for management to take the business to the next level.
Process
“Instead of coming in and presenting a ‘canned’ strategy, our GPS consultant solicited input from each of my employees on what would work best to improve the company. He took those comments and developed a comprehensive plan that was presented back to the entire company, receiving nothing but positive comments.”
The client praised this “common sense approach,” saying, “his willingness to listen to my employees and my …
Creating Buy-In For Change
Change can be a fear generating activity and developing buy-in may seem impossible. The more established a business, the greater the resistance to change. New ideas will bounce off a wall of “this is the way that it has always been done.”
Often there is a vested interest in maintaining the status quo by management and employees, alike.
Perhaps there were past attempts at change, which failed, so that future change is deemed hopeless. A cynical attitude can develop among employees that change is only being given lip-service (think of numerous companies that claim customer service is number one, yet …
GPS Reviews: Offered A Seat On The Board!
Situation
GPS entered the picture to provide a client in residential new construction with a business adviser and mentor regarding issues related to improved management of the company. Although, the client expressed some reservations about the sales process of connecting with GPS—his initial salesman’s appointment, unfortunately, had been rescheduled with short notice, he expressed that he was very happy with what came of it.
Process
Numerous projects were undertaken, but several stood out to the client as especially exciting. Number one was uncovering a revenue generating, business growth opportunity, or what the client referred to as a ‘game-changer,’ that had …
Go, Baby, Go! Heartbeats Are Happiness!
Yuliya, joined by her family and friends, walked once again in the ‘March for Babies,’ benefiting the March of Dimes in order to fund research to improve the health of babies, preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. As many of her GPS coworkers are aware, this is a cause which has touched her family, personally.
The boys pose with the piggy banks and rolls of dimes sent to them
from a GPS business consultant for March of Dimes.
Her sons, Ivan and Ilya, were born sixteen weeks premature, weighing 1 lb 7 oz, each, spending three months in …
GPS Reviews: The Confidence To Change Course
Situation
GPS Business Consulting was introduced to this client, a commercial boat rental company, by way of a cold call, “or by chance, however, I truly believe that this introduction was an answer to a prayer!
That phone call was the end of an era and the beginning of a new outlook and attitude towards the future of our business. We are a second generation family business faced with new challenges, which we weren’t handling very well.
Your team helped us to acknowledge the errors of our past ways and then gave us the encouragement to move forward with confidence …
She’s The Decorating Queen!
At GPS, we always know when it’s someone’s birthday, as their office will be transformed that morning with streamers, balloons, confetti, party favors, etc.
The woman behind the magic, climbing up desks to hang birthday garland, is none other than our front desk receptionist, Tina. As one of the first people in the office, she’ll have a workspace completely decorated before the phones start ringing or the mail is delivered.
Tina has a couple dedicated storage areas for decorative items. There is a box in the hallway closet as well as a full drawer of her credenza …
