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Transforming the way clients lead and manage people

SERVICES

Across six categories of services, we help clients:

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Decentralize Strategy

We help clients develop models of team execution (MOTEs) and coordinate them among leaders. Each leader serves as the CEO of a single team, and each leader’s MOTE is the foundation for consistent execution and continual innovation.

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Clarify Roles

Clarifying roles is often the simplest and most productive improvement initiative. Our clients define roles as sets of key activities. For each activity, leaders provide clear instructions and performance expectations.

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Align Rewards

We help clients develop simple base pay structures, present clear opportunities for advancement, optimize non-compensation rewards, and construct variable rewards that align people toward common goals.

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Acquire Talent

We help clients position themselves favorably on their websites and social networks. We also help clients clarify and improve their hiring and onboarding processes, often shifting accountability from Human Resources to hiring managers.

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Develop People

In the face of accelerating change and declining employee loyalty, we help clients prepare team members to reach full productivity quickly.

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Streamline Human Resources

By simplifying HR administration and preparing leaders to manage people consistently, we increase HR ROI while focusing clients on building company value.

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CLIENTS

We have worked with more than 100 clients and tens of thousands of leaders on five continents.  Below are several clients for whom we added extreme value and learned lessons that helped us build our performance improvement model.

“Dean helped us develop a vivid Model of Team Execution, and we implemented it immediately. It put us ahead of our competitors.”

Charles Gordan
Chief Operating Officer

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“…Dean is a true expert at designing and implementing practical solutions. His impact on our success had been enormous.”

Brad Hall, PhD 
Senior Advisor to Corporate HR
Author: “The New Human Capital Strategy”

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“…Dean is an enthusiastic force behind our transformation. Without his passion and wisdom, we would not be the company we are today.” 

Bernardo Sambra
Chief Human Resource Officer

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“Blending recruiting and compensation was a creative solution to our problem. Dean showed us how to improve both functions simultaneously.”

John Shereda
Director, Human Resources

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“Dean has been a key partner for nearly two decades. His focus on team coordination enabled us to increase sales dramatically.” 

Mark Elender
Senior Vice President – Sales 

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“…Dean helped us build stronger and more lasting relationships with our most important customers.”

Pat Marchione
President – Energy Division

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“People say that Green Bay is like Siberia. But if the Packers commit fully to winning, players will flock there.” 

Gene Upshaw 
Executive Director – NFLPA

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“Dean’s methodology for training Sales Managers was innovative and simple. It’s our new paradigm.”

Rick Miller
President Eastern Division

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“With Dean’s guidance, we achieved the impossible! Our plant’s ‘worst to first’ performance in one year was remarkable!” 

Herman Beach
General Manager

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About Us

Since 1995, Sullivan Walsh Associates has helped more than 100 clients and thousands of leaders improve business results by simplifying the way they lead and manage people.

 

Connect with Us

Phone: 847-922-6989
Email: dean@sullivanwalsh.com
Address: 107 South Kaspar Avenue,
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005

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