Posts by Carrie Ann Green
Wearing The Green For St. Patrick’s Day!
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Shamrocks adorn our front desk and people are wearing green
to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from GPS!
GPS Reviews: Leading By Example
Situation
A family owned transportation service provider, in business for over 70 years, sought GPS’ assistance in developing management systems to support their continued growth.
Process
“What an experience it has been. It takes me back to my days in college—listening, learning and implementing.”
The GPS consultant “kept us on track many days when our office was absolute chaos, as we were continuing to operate a business and, at the same time, learning many new processes and creative thinking techniques. He was diligent in designing accurate tools that we will use forever to build and maintain our company. He would …
A Warming Trend at GPS
Form has never blended more seamlessly with fashion as our employees have fully embraced the latest trend of wearing scarves. A colorful array of neckwear has appeared with a mix of patterns that include dynamic stripes and plaids to soft florals and paisley prints.
The proximity of a bold color can brighten faces, complimenting or contrasting against winter coats and sweaters. Scarves vary from short, to layered and twisted circle/infinity styles, to long boas and shawl-like capes. Plenty of texture is on display from knobby thick weaves to smooth wool knits that are luxuriously edged with fringe.
It’s the perfect …
Let Them Eat Cake!
GPS Reviews: Made Me A Better Owner
Situation
A farm equipment dealer engaged GPS for a consulting engagement to help improve their business.
Process
The client expressed that he was skeptical, in the beginning, and feared that he had signed up for something that he’d regret, but after the first few days of meeting with his GPS consultant, those feelings were put to ease.
“I immediately started to see the value in what he had to offer me. I have learned how to improve my business in such ways as using daily reports to identify problem areas, holding weekly sales meetings to improve communication, holding a review, …
Retiring The Flag
‘In America, No One Should Go Hungry’ is more than a campaign theme (quick shout out to Mark for the awesome posters), but a heartfelt promise among our employees. Given the increased need for donations, due to the recent cut in food stamps as well as the closing of the Dominick’s, a major grocery chain in Illinois and a huge partner in fighting hunger with our local food banks, everyone at GPS felt the urgency to contribute.
It was a happy retirement ceremony, when it came time to take down our flag. What had once been a fun office decoration, …
GPS Reviews: A Clear Path To Success
Situation
Before GPS, a successful company specializing in petroleum industry equipment with more than 20 years experience was “fumbling along as best we could, and doing quite well, but we lacked the knowledge that we needed to take our business to the next level.”
Process
With their GPS consultant’s guidance, “we now can make sense of our financials because our accounting system is now structured correctly and we know how to read our statements. He has helped us define our goals and set up a system to achieve those goals. We now have divisions clarified, department heads set up and …
GPS Reviews: We Have A Clear Vision
Situation
A home inspection firm had lost their founder to cancer six months prior. His wife and daughter had a major decision in front of them, either to continue the company or to close it and find other jobs.
“My husband started our company over ten years ago. He wasn’t a businessman, but he was an inspector and he could see that owning a company would be far more profitable than just working for one. He was right. He started getting contracts and performing inspections. Before long, he had many inspectors working for him all over the city, which had …
GPS Reviews: New Period of Growth & Change
Situation
GPS was called in by an early stage business striving to be successful in the manufacturing industry, but facing a few roadblocks. “We were experiencing quality issues, unstable work flow from customers and lacked concrete financial/accounting practices.” The client’s goal, overall, was to evolve from a ‘mom and pop’ type of establishment and develop a sustainable corporate culture.
Process
A new financial system and numerous operational improvements were facilitated by the GPS. The client was excited and pleasantly surprised with his staff’s acceptance of all the changes that were made in a relatively short amount of time. “As young …
So Proudly We Hail!
This year, to raise awareness and excitement about bringing in nonperishable food donations for our Annual Food Drive, we built a sculpture out of food.
We decided upon the national flag as the subject in order to tie-in with our theme, ‘In America, No One Should Go Hungry.’ Sadly, hunger in America does exist. The Greater Chicago Food Depository offered insight into the Americans who are served by the Food Banks in our area, sharing that:
- 37% are children under 18;
- 9% are children under 5;
- 6% are homeless;
- 34% are households with at least one employed adult;
- 24% are
