What It's All About

I was a discouraged defense trial attorney.  During case after case, I was brought in to resolve a situation at a point where the facts had been established for as much as three years or more.  Taking wisdom from Popeye, who says, “I yam what I yam,” those facts were what they were.  Nothing I did from the point I was retained was going to change those facts.  The issue always came down to this: how are we going to get out of this mess for as little as possible?
 
Companies faced with litigation have the same challenge – how do we resolve this?  Hopefully, though, they are also asking, “Is there something we could have done differently in the past?  What can we do differently in the future to make sure this doesn’t happen again?”  Well beyond getting out of and staying out of trouble, there is the opportunity to be a part of something special – to demonstrate a commitment to the belief that every person has value and deserves to be treated with the highest levels of regard and decency.  Our workplaces, just as with our communities, give us the opportunity to express our regard for each other and the dignity of mankind.

My personal career quest of making a difference in people’s lives – not by tidying up messes, but by preventing them all together – led me to take on leadership roles in Risk Management, Human Resources, and Employee Relations.  Finding a place now at ELI^® for the last several years, this is my most satisfying work:  helping our clients impact workplace cultures to promote creativity, engagement, productivity, professionalism, and pride.  Isn’t that what it’s all about?