Start with the work.
Define the role, understand the candidate, and build an interview that finds the right fit.
Explore job targeting →TALENT OPTIMIZATION · PHOENIX, ARIZONA
We use behavioral data to put the right people in the right roles, then show you how to lead each one.
START WITH YOURSELF
No right or wrong answers.
Your results are yours to keep.
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minutes to understand your drives
behavioral drives
years in people strategy
years of combined team experience
THE MISSING PIECE
“Blame is easy.
Leadership is not.”
Ask any business owner to show you their operations plan and they will pull it up in thirty seconds. Revenue targets, systems, timelines, growth.
Ask for their people plan and the room goes quiet.
Not a culture statement. A plan. Who fits which role. What drives each person. Where the friction will show up before it does. How each leader should coach differently for each person reporting to them.
When the operations plan underperforms, everyone starts looking for someone to blame. But the strategy was usually fine. The people were never matched to the work.
Only 12% of companies aligned their people strategy to their business strategy in a 2020 survey of 600 executives.
DATA MEETS HUMAN UNDERSTANDING
WHAT ARE YOUR DRIVES?
Mike asks every room the same question. Your answer shapes how you lead, how you hire and how you like to be led.
HIRE. INSPIRE.
We call it HIRE and INSPIRE.
Better hiring is just the beginning.
Define the role, understand the candidate, and build an interview that finds the right fit.
Explore job targeting →Explore the drives that shape how people communicate, make decisions, and work together.
Explore behavioral assessment →Give managers a practical way to coach, develop, and support the people already on their team.
Explore executive coaching →
Define the role, understand the candidate, and build an interview that finds the right fit.
CHANGE THE SYSTEM. CHANGE THE OUTCOME.
A call center was losing most new hires inside ninety days and was certain they were hiring bad people. They were not. Every role was interviewed the same way regardless of what the job required. We rebuilt the process. Turnover dropped immediately.
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Keynotes on self-awareness, hiring and accountability, with live readbacks.
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EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE SCIENCE
“How do you design a winning team to drive results?”
Mike helps leaders put the right people in the right roles, then lead each person the way they need to be led. A former VP of Operations and Director of Learning, he brings roughly 30 years of experience to the people side of business.
Carnegie Mellon MBA · 30 years in people strategy
Phoenix, Arizona
YOUR PEOPLE PLAN STARTS HERE
Why launch a team without one?