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Your Strategic Business Partner

Organizations are becoming increasingly complex, and leaders are looking to Human Resources (HR), Learning and Organization Development (OD) functions to provide more sophisticated and comprehensive support.  To respond to these escalating needs, some members of the team are assuming the role of Strategic Business Partner.  Are you being asked to work in this role?  As a leader of a function, do you aspire to have your team operate in a more strategic and business-linked manner?  EP’s Strategic Business Partnering Services include a comprehensive set of options, including skill-building performance consulting and strategic partnering workshops.  Through these services,  we will partner with you as you make the transition to a strategic partner approach.

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From Dana Robinson:

“In 2008, Exemplary Performance (EP) acquired the intellectual property that my husband, Jim Robinson, and I developed over the past 30 years and which was the basis for our business which we have now closed. EP is now the sole distributor of this IP which focuses on performance consulting and strategic partnering models and techniques. Nancy Smith leads the service line within the EP business. She has done a masterful job of acquiring knowledge about the Robinson models and in delivering the consulting and skill development services aligned to these models. Several of our former clients have now worked with Nancy and give ‘rave reviews’ regarding the quality of her work and the collaborative manner with which she delivers that work. I have partnered with Nancy on several client projects and also can affirm the commitment to quality and service she evidences. For anyone interested in the strategic partnering and performance consulting services Jim and I once delivered, I encourage you to contact Nancy Q Smith!”

Special Content Offer

We are offering an archived version of our webinar, Design Your Function to be Seriously Strategic.  Presented by world-renowned thought leader, Dana G. Robinson and EP’s acclaimed Strategic Partnering practice leader, Nancy Q. Smith, this landmark broadcast was Dana’s last contribution to the field before retirement. In addition to the recorded event, you will receive the book, Strategic Business Partner, by Jim and Dana Robinson, and a tool to assess your function and plan next steps. Design Your Function to be Seriously Strategic is available via web link or CD.

  • The renowned Strategic Partnering Services of Dana & Jim Robinson are now available to you from the performance experts at Exemplary Performance
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LATEST NEWS

Interview: “The Right Atmosphere” in The Suit, with Dr. Paul Elliott. Read Now

Article: ”A Strategic Approach to Role Based Talent Management” in Training Magazine by Nancy Q. Smith.  Read Now

 

UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS

April 21, 2012 – Dr. Elliott, Dr. Folsom and Joe Harless will be presenting, “An Ounce of Analysis–The Legacy of Joe Harless” at the International ISPI conference in Toronto Canada. Joe Harless’s seminal work– An Ounce of Analysis –has shaped the thinking of performance improvement over much of ISPI’s history. This session will review the underlying premises of performance analysis, the value of an accomplishment-based approach, the robust nature of the data that are captured, and the impact when the analysis results serve as the basis for designing high-performance work systems.

RECENT AWARDS

Nancy Q. Smith will be moderating the panel presentation, Developing Supply Chain Talent at the 97th Annual Institute for Supply Management International Supply Management Conference on May 7, 2012, 3:00 – 4:15 p.m. in Baltimore, MD.

AVAILABLE WEBCASTS

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