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What “HR” really means – perspective from Jose Davila, VP of HR for Levi Strauss & Co.
I have been working in human resources for over 25 years, but it still amazes me how many different views there are of the function. Yes, I hire and fire people. No, I don’t act as a snitch for upper management. Yes, I train and develop. No, I don’t decide what...
Collaboration is key: A Q&A with HR Leader Cindy Strohm
ArchPoint Consulting welcomes Cindy Strohm to the consulting team. Cindy’s thirty years of Human Resources experience has focused on leadership and organizational development across diverse industries. Cindy has led numerous corporate initiatives in leadership and...
When the elephant in the room is trust
A situation presented itself today which was personally frustrating, but as a contributing writer to our blog, professionally inspiring. I serve on a non-profit board where the other members and I are not all close friends, but we genuinely like and respect one...
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CEO Profile: Chris Kiser
Chris Kiser is the new CEO for Allens. Based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Allens began as Allen Canning Company in 1926. With a mission to feed the world through great tasting, affordable and high-quality vegetables, including anchors like Popeye Brand Spinach, the...
Could ‘Orthogonality’ Solve Some Of Your Organization’s Problems?
Cormac McCarthy is considered by many to be the greatest living American writer. His works including All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men and The Road have become mainstays of contemporary American culture. But there’s more to McCarthy than his ability to use...
6 Critical Steps To Great Succession Planning
1. Identify The Mission Critical Roles. The most common mistake we see clients making in succession planning is attempting to create succession for everything simultaneously and, as a consequence, making very little progress on anything. The first step toward...
Leading Through Hypergrowth At Keurig
After leading Keurig through more than five years of warp speed growth from November 2008 through October 2013, Michelle Stacy is having a lot of fun figuring out what she wants to do next. “It was a great five years. To lead a company that was growing at a 5-year...
Partner Profile: Renee Camplese
ABOUT RENEE AND HER EXPERIENCE IN TRADE PROMOTION MANAGEMENT: During Renee’s sales career at Procter & Gamble, she managed trade funds as a regular part of her job. Since joining ArchPoint, she has worked with companies to help manage the implementation of...
Strategic Rightsizing
It's in the headlines everywhere and it’s impacting our lives...missed sales forecasts, missed earnings, foreclosures, job losses. It is clear that something must be done, and quickly. When times get tough, organizations often jump in and automatically begin to cut...
Internal Product Quality Is Not Customer Experienced Quality
When a product leaves our factory, it is handled, shipped, repackaged, and often modified before it gets to the end-user. We need to understand how the final product is received to fully understand our customer’s satisfaction with it. We have found that internally...
Partner Profile: Jesse Edelman, Chief Operating Officer
WHAT NEW WORDS OR BUSINESS CONCEPTS HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT RECENTLY? The business concept that’s resonating for most of my clients right now is the idea of outsourcing talent. These days, when clients identify a need within their organizations, they’re trying...
How To Get More Out Of Millennials
Q&A With Nikki Kinsey Riojas Nikki Kinsey Riojas is a creative professional with 15 years of experience in marketing, communications and design. Not only has Nikki developed techniques to work more effectively with Millennials, she prefers working with...
5 Simple Steps To Build Loyalty
A decade ago, noted loyalty expert, Frederick Reichheld, said “Loyalty is dead.” At the time, U.S. corporations were losing, on average, half of their customers in five years, half their employees in four and half their investors in less than one. He further asserted...