Educational Leaders
Resolve human resource challenges * Facilitate organization-wide initiatives * Develop effective leaders and teams

Whatever it takes to help students succeed.
"Thank you for your contributions to our College. Your work on this campus has been exemplary and we will miss your dedication. You will be fondly remembered for your outstanding coordination of our reaffirmation process - as well as your many contributions to make our College a better place to work and serve students!"
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Strategic Workplace Solutions' team members can supplement your HR expertise, work on special HR/OD projects, and assist with sensitive HR matters that require an outside, objective viewpoint. We use invitational education and organizational development (OD) principles to guide or support your major educational initiatives, including strategic planning and accreditation.
We help you:
Improve Organizational and Individual Performance
Align HR/OD planning with your institution's strategic, accreditation, and/or institutional effectiveness planning
Identify and address organizational/individual factors that impede performance
Conduct an effective operational improvement process (work flow/business process analyses to guide change)
Develop a succession planning process for leadership continuity
Conduct workforce analyses to support HR planning
Conduct job analyses to update/create position descriptions that can serve as a sound basis for hiring, compensation, performance management, and termination decisions and actions
Assess and improve your performance management/evaluation process
Utilize invitational education principles to build a collaborative educational environment
Result: A stable educational institution that is poised for change.
Anticipate and Resolve HR Challenges Quickly and Effectively
Access seasoned, objective HR expertise when needed
Make every HR / OD decision and activity count
Update HR documents and practices to improve compliance and effectiveness
Correctly classify your exempt & non-exempt employees and independent contractors
Result: A proactive educational environment that reduces employee problems and related liability.
Develop Effective Employee Relations/Communications
Attract and keep good employees
Develop user-friendly HR documents and processes
Utilize invitational education strategies to achieve respect, intentionality, trust, and optimism
Build effective leaders and teams
Provide HR services and documents in Spanish
Result: Employees who exemplify your institution's mission by making ethical decisions, supporting your institution's goals, and helping coworkers as well as students to be successful.
Summary of Services:
As-needed HR / OD expertise
Special HR / OD projects
Organizational studies, analyses, and assessments to support planning and change initiatives
HR processes, documents, compliance, and problem-solving
Customized professional development programs for administrators, faculty, and staff; leadership coaching
Teambuilding / diversity initiatives, including workplace harassment prevention programs
Affirmative action plans
College Occupational Analysis Model to identify/confirm vocational/technical program competencies and update course outlines