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Founder’s Story

Our story is about following a passion. Ironically, it’s what we help leaders do now. It was 1984, and I had just put up a stellar 2.2 GPA in my first semester in college. I needed to change things up, so I took a night course to see if having a businessperson as a professor would turn the lights on.

About three classes into the semester, he started talking about strategy and how a company needs to differentiate itself from competitors. The room got bright. So bright, it led me to a Masters in Strategy, which further fueled my passion.

Picture of the author, Steve Van Remortel

After a successful career in sales, I was blessed to get an opportunity to be on the leadership team of a turnaround of a food company—a training ground of strategy and talent like no other. We went on a run from $5 to $30 million in 4.5 incredible years until being sold.

As I was looking for a new company to lead, I networked with 100+ business owners and got a similar response from each of them: “I’m not ready to give you that job yet because that’s my job, but while you’re looking, why don’t you help us with our strategy.” and that was 20 years ago as visualized below.

With the help of my amazing team, we’ve been following our passion for strategy and talent development ever since. We have helped thousands of leaders achieve their business, career, and life goals with the right strategy and right talent. We hope you’re next.

– Steve Van Remortel, Chief Strategist and Talent Advisor

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