TALENT OPTIMIZATION · PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Every company has
an operations plan.
Almost none have a
written people plan.
Get the right people into the right roles using behavioral data. Then lead them the way they actually need to be led.
We call it HIRE and INSPIRE.
Your results are yours to keep.
of an average company’s costs are spent on its people
of companies align their people strategy to their business strategy
of employees interact with their manager daily
of companies have the right talent to hit their goals
The 12% figure is from a survey of 600 executives on talent and business strategy alignment. Remaining figures from HumanLytics Edge research shared on our original site.
THE MISSING PIECE
The plan
nobody writes.
“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.
Build your people planTHE PEOPLE STRATEGY GAP
Business strategy.
Meet people strategy.
Only 12% of companies aligned their people strategy to their business strategy in a 2020 survey of 600 executives.
A gap Mike has been challenging since 2020.
DATA MEETS HUMAN UNDERSTANDING
Know your people.
Build a stronger business.
HIRE. INSPIRE.
Where does your
people plan start?
Better hiring is just the beginning.
Explore what comes next for your team.

Start with the work.
Define the role, understand the candidate, and build an interview that finds the right fit.
- Define the demands of the role
- Understand behavioral fit
- Make the interview more meaningful
A different diagnosis.
CHANGE THE SYSTEM. CHANGE THE OUTCOME.
Seventy percent turnover was never a hiring problem.
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.
Read the full story
EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE SCIENCE
Meet Mike.
“How do you design a winning team to drive results?”
As the former VP of Operations and Director of Learning for globally recognized companies, I have been fortunate to be part of amazing teams over the years. Trust, collaboration, and that unstoppable feeling. It is magic. So how do you design a winning team to drive results? Is it more about raw talent or chemistry? How do you scale that design across the organization so productivity soars and your culture thrives? I love teaching and sharing the talent optimizing skills and assessments that help our clients achieve their strategic plans.
Carnegie Mellon MBA · 30 years in people strategy
Phoenix, Arizona
YOUR PEOPLE PLAN STARTS HERE
You would never launch
a product without a plan.
Why launch a team without one?




