"GPS Buffalo Grove Illinois" Posts
We Deconstructed Our Food Drive!
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First, the Christmas tree came down, then, the Tower!
The ‘Cereal’ Tower, our homage to the Willis Tower (or the Tower formerly known as Sears) landmark, had served its purpose of inspiring our greatest Food Drive ever at GPS to help fight hunger in our local community. Across all of our departments, we collected a total of sixteen bins of food! It was now time to take down this sculpture and have the 98 boxes of cereal delivered to the Libertyville Food Pantry. Joshua and Sean volunteered for deconstructing and packing away the Tower’s six stories of Total, Cocoa …
GPS Reviews: Growth Had Stagnated
Situation
The owner of an auto repair business hired GPS to assist in making the changes to rev back up steady growth. “I had started in 1991 as a one man operation. Now, this facility employs 28 people and repairs 2,500 cars a year. It had grown, exponentially, until about six years ago, when it pretty much has remained the same.”
Process
“What I needed next, to continue growing, was exactly what GPS had to offer–the tools on how to run a business and not just how to fix cars.
That is exactly what I received from GPS and I …
The Stockings Were Hung By The Chimney With Care…
Santa has finally arrived and, boy, do we have cookies for Santa!
The GPS Holiday Cookie Exchange Party was a festive gathering. Tons of creativity was on display from office decorations to a miniature Santa and his Sleigh centerpiece (an awesome job by Deb). We also enjoyed Hot Chocolate Cupcakes, Santa Hats, Powered Donut Snowmen, and a Cornflake Holiday Wreath, among many other sweet treats. Everyone had the opportunity to sample cookies and share recipes!
Santa and his reindeer are dashing through the snow!
Merry Christmas From GPS!
Our Buffalo mascot is dressed for the season (he also can be found sporting a ‘stash for Movember)! Wishing all our employees, families, friends, partners and clients a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!…
Poinsettias Bring Holiday Cheer!
After Thanksgiving, it’s a tradition to have poinsettias delivered to every department, decorating our common areas and desks throughout GPS. This year, 90 plants were ordered. Ken loaded the office cart and made the multiple trips required to distribute the traditional Christmas red plants to many happy recipients.
Isn’t this the healthiest looking one year old Poinsettia that you’ve ever seen?
Not only do our employees enjoy the poinsettias over the holiday season, but a few have managed to keep their plants alive until next year’s replacement arrives (no luck with making any of these plants re-bloom, although it …
GPS Reviews: Tackled The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Situation
Husband and wife owners of drug, alcohol, and paternity testing service with three locations, hired GPS for a strategic planning project “concerning our lives, business and future.”
Process
“What an awesome journey,’ shared the wife. “We have looked at the good, the bad, and the ugly. Our GPS consultant has helped us with the ugly, making sure that we realized that it was not all our fault. This means the world to us, because we wanted to take the blame for all of it. You helped us to understand that it doesn’t matter, we just go forward from here …
Taking Our Food Drive To New Heights!
Sears? Willis? Nope, it’s the ‘Cereal’ Tower!
Inspired by canstruction, we built our own sculpture to launch our annual Food Drive at GPS. Last year, we featured the American flag, which is pretty hard to top, both thematically and design-wise, but we finally arrived at our Cereal Tower concept (based on a famous Chicago skyscraper, one of the tallest buildings in the world).
Thinking Inside the Box!
Cans are a terrific way to package non-perishable food, but we experienced some issues with stability when building using cans. Going higher wasn’t possible without some sort of infrastructure not made …
GPS Reviews: I Have My Excitement Back
Situation
The owner of a RV dealership was contacted by GPS “and asked if they could take a look at our business to see if we could be more profitable. I have to admit that I was a little reluctant about someone coming into my business, which I have lived for the past 40 years, and tell me what I could do to make more money.
I did know that we were not taking full advantage of the opportunities that were blessing our family business. I was ready to call it quits, I had been working 12 or 13 hours …
We Supported Miss Wadsworth’s Team For NephCure!
Martha’s daughter Emily was diagnosed with a disease of the kidneys in December 2011. She has experienced many complications and numerous hospitalizations. At this time, there is no cure. As the current Miss Wadsworth, Emily led a team at the NephCure Walk to fund further research towards discovering new treatments and, hopefully, a cure.
Emily poses with two young NephCure Walk participants.
Team Miss Wadsworth: Emily poses with her friend Mikayla and brother
Teddy (on the left), along with her parents, Kevin and Martha, and one of the
Wadsworth Pageant Directors, Sharon (on the right).
Ms Illinois also made …
GPS Reviews: Created Accountability For Change
Situation
Value enhancement, or “to help us achieve greater business success,” was the goal of this construction contractor specializing in catastrophe restoration (i.e. water, mold, fire, and smoke damage) in hiring GPS for business consulting services.
Process
The initial visit by the GPS analyst “was insightful. In less than one day, he had a firm understanding of our struggles. He pointed out several personnel conflicts and billing issues that were impacting the business. His approach and suggestions opened my eyes to solutions that I had not thought of before.”
Next, the GPS consultants arrived and in their review “went further …
