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"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!"
Ray Bailey, President Emeritus
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

 

"UNC Asheville has had the good fortune to enlist the assistance of Carol Rovello on several important Human Resources initiatives in the past few years. Particularly in the area of organizational development, she is among the smartest and most perceptive professionals I have ever worked with in my 25+ years in HR. I especially appreciate the structure that she brings to every project, providing a framework that honors the work of everyone involved. Her instinct for process and insistence on transparency have made for a highly successful combination on our campus. I have high confidence in any project designed and led by Carol Rovello."
Christine Riley, Chief of Staff
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, appreciative inquiry, 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 able to meet current challenges and 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

  • Build cultural competence

  • Develop user-friendly HR documents and processes

  • Utilize invitational education strategies to achieve respect, intentionality, trust, and optimism

  • Build effective leaders and teams

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

Guidance / support for special projects

Organizational studies, analyses, and assessments to support planning and change initiatives

HR practices, documents, compliance, and problem-solving

Customized professional development programs for administrators, faculty, and staff

Team building / diversity initiatives, including workplace harassment prevention programs

Affirmative action plans

College Occupational Analysis Model to identify and/or confirm vocational / technical program competencies and update course outlines
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