"GPS Buffalo Grove Illinois" Posts
More Than Tripled Their Fundraising Goal!
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The team poses together before the start of the walk (Yuliya is on the far right).
Yuliya was happy to inform her coworkers at GPS that her family’s team, Heartbeats Are Happiness, raised more than triple the goal amount this year for participating in the ‘March for Babies’ Walk to benefit the March of Dimes Foundation. Their goal was $550, which they far exceeded.
“We raised $1,680 this year! Over $1,000 came from GPS—thank you, everyone, for your donations!”
The March for Babies is a very personal cause for Yuliya and her family. The team walked in memory of …
GPS Reviews: We’re Now A Team!
Situation
GPS arrived, right on time, for a municipal airport business, which had been in operation for over 40 years, offering fuel & agriculture spraying chemical sales, hanger space leasing, aircraft sales and maintenance as well as flight training. The objective of this project was to put in place a plan to transfer ownership, over time, from the owner to his employees and, eventually, create a new organizational structure.
Process
Over several weeks, the GPS consultant worked closely with the business unit leaders and the owner of the company to develop a feasible plan, some the objectives achieved included restructuring …
GPS Reviews: Prepared For Our Company’s Future
Situation
Client from an oil and gas field services company scheduled a return engagement with GPS Consulting “to try to put us back on track after several years of not carrying out all of the things that our first consultant had set up. Our company was working hard, making money, but not planning. I would say that we were flying by the seat of our pants.”
The future of the company would quickly become the focus of this project.
Process
Moving beyond diagrams and discussions of business practices, the GPS consultant, “took the time to go into the field and …
A Warm Welcome For GPS Business Consultants & Analysts!
All of us at GPS Consulting are filled with excitement and anticipation, knowing that our Annual Meeting (when we gather to share best practices and learn about the newest state and federal regulations and tax code changes) is right around the corner. In order to properly greet the over 300 business consultants and analysts flying in for this event, we took over one of our conference rooms to stuff welcome bags, assembly line style.
Four hours later, each bag had been lovingly hand-packed by Tina, Andrea and Jesse, manning a station of bags, tissue paper, snacks, candies, fruit, etc. Tina …
GPS Reviews: Offering A Wealth Of Knowledge
Situation
The owner of a company supplying concrete, landscape rock, gravel and sand since 2012, engaged GPS to reorganize the office through enhancing the organization’s bookkeeping and general business practices.
Process
The GPS consultant “is a wealth of knowledge and we are implementing most, if not all, of his suggestions that would further benefit our business, now, and into the future. He has an impeccable knowledge of what he does to assist business owners.
He is quick on his toes and is very passionate of his job. He has the capability to help not only our business, but our staff …
An Irish Blessing On Saint Patrick’s Day From GPS!
Not only did we celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, but we also bid farewell to Andrea (a.k.a. Peanut) as she leaves us to go back to school. This Irish blessing seemed appropriate as we wished all our clients, coworkers, partners, friends and family, a very happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life’s passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
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I Won’t Change, Don’t Make Me…
By Ken DiPrima
Every time, that I hear someone say, “I don’t need to change what I’m doing, even though, I’m not succeeding,” I think about the southern Illinois town of Shawneetown. You’ve heard the clichéd definition that insanity is doing the same thing, over and over, and expecting different results.
Here’s an example of how intransigence can destroy lives, communities and, literally, break the bank.
Past Success Does Not Predict Future Performance
Shawneetown, Illinois, one of the oldest towns in the state, is located on the shore of the Ohio River. Early residents established a ferry service across the river and Shawneetown …
GPS Reviews: Provided Assistance In Achieving My Goals
Situation
The editor & publisher of a weekly community newspaper decided to engage GPS “after a year of trying to run the paper after my husband died. He was a former banker, as well as a newspaper man, and handled all financial matters relating to the business.”
She had, first, signed up for a seminar for small business owners, but she quickly realized that “I did not have the background to implement the suggestions presented for improving profitability.
I also needed help with developing realistic sales targets to use in comparing our current numbers and what I wanted to achieve …
Birthday Butterfly Explosion At GPS Consulting!
Birthdays at GPS are a celebration and not for the bashful or shy! We all stopped by Paula’s desk to wish her a Happy Birthday. There were plenty of streamers, balloons and butterfly themed decorations (including a cupcake stand and noise-makers) to cue us in that it was her special day.
GPS Reviews: Distributor & Dealer Needed The Culture Changed
Situation
A distributor and dealer of farm equipment, supplies, and services, hired GPS for an enhancement project, so that his business would, in the words of the client, “continue to grow and be viable for the future of our customers, employees, and my family”
Process
From the day that the GPS team arrived, “we have been examining, soul searching, stretching, learning and growing. I find that all of these things are somewhat painful and extremely challenging, but, at the same time, necessary for what we want to accomplish.”
The GPS consultant “has been very helpful in this process. All of …
