Success!

What does success mean to you, your company, your team or each employee? Each answer will be different. We understand that. We embrace that. Through our consulting, we focus on your goals, building a training strategy, communication and/or coaching plan that’ll take you to your "stretch" goals.

Performance Improvement

How do you measure performance? What does it mean in your business? For some it’s output. For others, it’s new business. For many, it’s an annual review of goals.

How do you keep your high-performers motivated and on track? How do you deal with your low-performers? The solutions will be discovered as Parallel Consulting takes a fresh look at your

• Communication needs
• Goal setting, time management, prioritization, planning
• Awareness and accountability

Strategic

How current is your strategic plan? Are you a long range or short range planning company? Parallel Consulting brings a smart yet thoughtful approach to your strategic planning. With our experience in business, we quickly assess and review where you are and offer a myriad of ideas to help you create a path, with clearly articulated steps and accountability.

Knowledge Management

With partners at KL Hagan and Associates, Pam will bring tools to develop a comprehensive Knowledge Management Strategy to your company. In the US, we have both an aging and shrinking workforce, which is presenting significant challenges to businesses.

Quick start questions to know when KM needs to be a priority in your company:

1. What is the percentage of workers who will retire in the next 3-5 years?
2. Where is the deeply held knowledge of your company? How many people hold it?
3. Do you have a culture of continual knowledge sharing? (Explicit, tacit and implicit)
4. How challenging are your retention and recruiting efforts?
5. How often do you have knowledge blackouts? (When nobody knew what was going on?)

Consultative Media

What do Southwest Airlines, Wall-Mart and giant squid all have in common?
They have consultative media, and The Blue House Group in common. (Ask Pam to explain). The Blue House Team has a tagline, “Seeing is believing” which means, we consult a bit differently than other firms. We ask the right questions, and we capture the results in a format that creates:

1. Unparalleled Awareness
2. Quick alignment
3. Facilitated discussion that leads to new ideas and business results

It’s all about knowing:

What to ask,
What to capture, and
Putting it into context, as a
Decision-making tool.

Quick start questions to know when Consultative Media needs to be a priority in your company:

1. How great is the ‘range’ of results you typically see? In:
   
   1. Sales
   2. Marketing
   3. Communication
   4. Best Practices
   5. Safety
   6. Production
   7. Accuracy
   8. Research
2. How well coordinated are all your departments?
3. How well do your best people communicate what they really do?
4. What amount of critical decision-making gets done at all levels of your organization?
5. How well are you leveraging your strengths?

With this intriguing new approach, you will learn more than you ever thought possible. We’ll walk you through the contextual analysis, and condensed comparative and into a facilitated discussion, which always leads to great recommendations for success!