Our Philosophy & Leadership

 Our Philosophy is Pro-Employee/Pro-Employer

We have both union and nonunion clients. We are not an anti-union firm. Most employers that have unions either have a political (industry) history of unionization or the employer has demonstrated some past action whereby employees felt having a union (rightly or wrongly) afforded them some measure of protection from capricious decision-making.

Our take on this is very simple, employees don’t vote unions in - they vote management out. Most union-free employers have worked, in good times and bad, to earn employee trust and confidence such that employees deem unions unnecessary. Employers with unions have breached employee trust at some point and, regardless of subsequent efforts, were not able regain employee confidence.

We are not anti-regulation. Often companies cited for rule violations by government agencies have made mistakes and should correct them. If you want an anti-union/anti regulation consulting firm, you should hire someone else. We are a "Pro-employee, Pro-employer" firm. We focus on leader practices that will make a difference in the eyes of employees and managers and will minimize your exposure to unnecessary outside interference.

If you want a firm that:

• Will help you identify unresolved issues that can cause your employees to look to others besides your leaders for solutions.
• Will help your management team to "look in the mirror" when employee-management relations are tense (before blaming or ‘scapegoating’ others for problems they likely created themselves).
• Will help your management team develop positive behaviors to improve the workplace (instead of other behaviors that cause employees to look outside the company for relief)
• Will help put in place practices and policies that can make union and regulatory intervention unnecessary and uneventful…
• Will help your leaders create the time necessary to address the issues adversely impacting employees attitudes.
• Can train your employees on labor relations issues and labor law in a way that they "get it" so they can make informed decisions.
• Will energize your leaders to help improve communications with your workforce… and explain ‘your company’s unique value proposition for employees’ to employees...

Oliver Bell
Chairman & CEO

Stacee Pierson
Senior Vice President, Administration