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Management Consulting Solutions

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ABOUT USEdOpp Solutions LLC is a recognized workplace learning & strategy company specializing in customized solutions to optimize purpose, people, processes, and performance. Combining over 25 years of industry experience with the passion for transformation, edOpp collaborates with businesses, nonprofit/government, and higher education to facilitate innovative workplace learning experiences & management consulting solutions that Work with Purpose.

Our mission is to change the way organizations work, people live, and communities exist.

We transform our client’s challenges of change, culture, and capacity into educational opportunities. With quality services and sound business practices, we meet the industry standards to be certified as Women Business Enterprise (WBE), Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Texas Historically Underutilized Business (HUB), and Small Business Enterprise (SBE).

Our Philosophy

To provide a transformational experience based on solid evidence, research, and data of key ideas, concepts, and best practices. We commit to delivering an intensive, interactive, and innovative training experience that is relevant to working with purpose. This experience will be applicable and solutions-focused by ensuring you receive tangible deliverables.

Our Values• Best perceived value for the price

• Excellent personalized service

• Engaging and long-term relationship

• Client-Centered

• Young and fresh perspective

• Innovative solutions

• Personal integrity and hard work ethics

• Passion and dedication to making a difference

Visit our website to see learning and strategy at work: edoppsolutions.com

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

edOpp Solutions LLC believes in sharing the bold ideas and real learning with others just with a little credit due. That’s the only way to foster educational opportunities for all. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons

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About Us 2

Our Philosophy 2

Our Values 2

The Business Landscape 4

What is Strategy Innovation? 5

Comprehensive Suite of Solutions 6

Our Unique Capabilities 8

Our Consulting Approach 9

Your Return on Investment 10

Preparing for Strategy Innovation 11

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MOST COMMON CHALLENGES FACING LEADERS

The Business Landscape

The workplace is changing with new demographics, skills gaps, diverse cultures and generations, technology integrations, global pressures, and increasing regulations.

Leaders face challenges both internally with employees and externally in the marketplace. As Brendon Burchard once said, “Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives. But not all challenges are created equal. Some challenges make us feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others simply overwhelm us”. At edOpp, we can help you navigate the differences in those challenges to keep your organization moving forward to success.

DOING MORE WITH LESS

LEADING CHANGE AND

SHAPING CULTURE

ATTRACTING AND MANAGING

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IGNITING INNOVATION

ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

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EdOpp Solutions is passionate about four core concepts essential to the success of every organization. This focus translates into a comprehensive workplace

learning suite and management consulting solutions with quality and results.

Strategy Innovation Optimizes 4P’s

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At the Core of Business Success is Strategy....What Drives Strategy is Innovation.

PURPOSE

A highly effective organization must

be committed to its purpose. It includes the mission, vision, and values and is the foundation of a culture that will

create synergy among people, processes, and performance.

PEOPLE

Today, knowledge is even more

critical for organizations. Gain the highest return on human capital

by positioning people as an

asset. As people learn and grow, the organization

too will experience tremendous growth.

PROCESSES

Processes are the necessary steps

required to direct actions that will

achieve the overall purpose. Create a pathway that simplifies and streamlines an organization’s

activities for optimal effectiveness.

Performance is the standard for accomplishing

the end results. That standard of

performance begins with the top and must penetrate

every level of the organization in order to be recognized and

valued by the external market.

PERFORMANCE

STRATEGY INNOVATION

A process of exploring your emerging future, understanding the changing needs of your customers, and using

insights gained in those explorations to identify new opportunities and

create a synergistic culture for your organization.

(Johnston & Bate, 2003)

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Strategy Innovation

Management Consulting

Talent Management

Strategy Innovation 360: Our signature solution offers a unique approach to strategic planning and product development.

We integrate strategy into your entire organization by innovating your purpose and processes.

We actively develop the strategic plan while engaging people and increasing performance.

Business Innovation: Our 12-stage process essential to building, maintaining, and sustaining a successful business.

Business P4: Business powered by our 4P’s is designed for matured organizations. The Business Performance Process Model seeks to implement a successful strategic framework to optimize results in the areas of operations and technology, human resources, and customer relationships.

Process Mapping: edOpp facilitates process mapping sessions to examine the process flows supporting your organization. Participants will work to complete process identification, information gathering, user assignment, interviewing and mapping, and analysis. The goal is to reduce redundancies, costs, and errors while maximizing accountability and communications.

Policy & Procedure Evaluation: edOpp works with clients to evaluate impact of current policies. The goal is to determine why a program or policy is performing at current levels, identify any problems, and improve program performance.

HR Workforce Planning: We work with you to identify your HR Capacity, conduct HR Forecasting and Gap Analysis, and develop a HR Strategy that restructures Workflows and Organizational Design.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing: When organizations outsource their recruitment process to us, they can trust in our ability to attract quality applicants and select the best candidate that’s the right fit for the position. This includes: Job Analysis, Job Alignment Profile, Job Descriptions, Candidate Sourcing, and Screening & Interviewing of Candidates, Candidate Reference Checks, and Position Offer & Acceptance.

Talent Pipeline: We build the programs and processes to create a talent pipeline to match your organization’s current strategy and future growth opportunities. This includes: Employer Branding, Employer Value Proposition, Employer Social Media Strategy, Talent Communications, Internship Programs, Career Websites, and Recruitment Brochures & Materials.

Employee Retention: We align people to your organization’s purpose. By fostering a culture of purpose, organizations can motivate, engage, and support employees and their growth. This includes: Performance Management, Employee Engagement Programs, Employee Surveys, Culture Climate Assessment, Career Ladders, and New Employee Orientation.

Workplace Learning: We design and facilitate onsite employee training to achieve your desired learning goals and business outcomes. This includes: Strategic Learning, Customized Learning, Core Learning, Content Development, Corporate ESL, and Transformational Coaching.

Strategic HR Management: The complete package for organizations looking to start or compliment their HR department. This includes: HR Workforce Planning, Talent Pipeline, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Employee Retention, and Workplace Learning.

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Integrated Communications

Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC): During this process, we integrate the organization’s purpose and brand identity into multiple channels such as advertising, direct marketing, internet marketing, social media, sales, customer service, publicity, promotions, and philanthropy.

Customer Experience Management: We help you attract the right customer, understand customer needs, develop unique products and services, and deliver an experience that is valued. The goal is to increase customer sales, retention, and loyalty.

Strategic Branding: We architect brands with design and function to illuminate your organization’s brand promise. During the strategic branding process, we craft your unique value, create key messages, identify touch points, articulate your credibility, connect and engage target audiences, and develop a branding plan and campaign.

Strategic Partners Program: Through our strategic alliances with talented partners, edOpp not only sparks innovation and ideas, but can also execute ideas through visual and content development. We offer: Public Relations Management, Social Media Management, Web Content Development & Design, and Graphic Design to personify your brand.

Community Engagement

Community Conversations Town Hall/Forum Coordination: edOpp will facilitate effective dialogue between the organization and the public about general issues. The goal is to inform the community with data and relevant content, as well as to listen to their questions, concerns, and responses.

Consultative Workshops: Moving beyond discussion into action, edOpp will teach and train targeted constituents on your organization’s specific initiatives. The result of the workshops is to transform constituents into brand ambassadors for your organization.

Focus Group Facilitation: Focus groups are a compliment to other public input measures. This method allows for a structured, objective approach to acquire qualitative information and feedback from those constituents who are impacted by your organization’s decision-making and initiatives.

Community Access Campaign Planning: edOpp partners with the organization to create a results-oriented, evidence-based plan to launch a specific campaign or initiative. The strategy will enhance the connection, communication, and collaboration with targeted audiences.

Strategic Communication Strategies: edOpp will work with the organization to develop a solid communications plan that will serve as the framework to advance the organization and communicate the mission in ways that resonate with targeted audiences.

OURCOMPREHENSIVE

SUITE OF SOLUTIONS

You know your challenges. Now, let us put every power and effort into the

solutions.

Let’s Work with Purpose.

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Our clients represent a wide variety of industries. From retail to education, IT to food, nonprofit to government, media to professional services, every industry presents similar complex challenges that we help our clients solve. As your strategic and creative partner, we move employees to the next level, shape culture, and refine processes into streamlined, cost-saving operations through our consulting approach and unique capabilities.

Our 2-for-1 team of consultants brings a unique set of capabilities to effectively transform your challenges into opportunities.

These capabilities result in fresh thinking and practical solutions to overcome challenges, improve business performance, and achieve growth goals.

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Our collaborative approach is based upon navigating five stages which enable us to stay committed to the organization’s goals while delivering quality outcomes on time and in ways that quickly generate benefits and useful insights for our clients.

OUR CONSULTING APPROACH

ASSESS Purpose

• An  independent,  expert  analysis  conducted  onsite  to  examine  strengths,  weaknesses,  goals,  and  culture.    Results:    Gain  internal  alignment  of  key  goals,  Develop  understanding  of  the  internal  and  external  environment,  Understand  business  structure,  and  IdenAfy  business  vision  and  outcomes  

ANALYZE Processes

• Analyze  current  flow  of  systems  and  controls  to  ensure  organizaAonal  environment  will  support  new  project.    Results:    IdenAfy  efficiencies  and  gaps,  IdenAfy  best  organizaAonal  structure  for  people,  IdenAfy  cost-­‐saving  measures,  and  Analyze  product  and  services  

EXECUTE Project

• Based  on  results  from  analyzing  the  organizaAon's  purpose  and  processes,  the  project  approach  will  be  developed  by  edOpp    • Results:    Project  executed  or  plan  developed  with  deliverables  being  accomplished  

ENGAGE People

• A  strategy  is  only  effecAve  when  embraced  by  the  enAre  organizaAon.  edOpp  uses  a  variety  of  methods  to  engage  all  levels  of  the  organizaAon.    • Results:  Create  buy-­‐in,  Acquire  feedback,  Integrate  new  strategy  into  your  culture,  and  Increase  levels  of  leadership  

ACTIVATE Performance  

• We  ensure  momentum  of  the  project  is  sustained  by  monitoring  organizaAonal  performance  and  fostering  conAnous  innovaAon  and  evaluaAon.      Results:    Project  alignment  to  strategic  direcAon,  New  opportuniAes  realized  to  meet  customers’  demands  and  employees’  needs.  

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YOUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT

Have you established your

organizational strategy for the

year?

Discover how our solutions can help you reach your goals! Visit www.edoppsolutions.com, call 832.429.7049, or email strategy@edoppsolutions.com.

Our management consulting solutions are designed to affect the most critical areas of your organization – purpose, people, processes, and performance. Only when all four are in alignment can organizational excellence be achieved.

By partnering with edOpp, we will ensure needs are met, challenges are tackled, strategies are developed, and momentum is sustained. Our clients have typically experienced the following business outcomes:

Clearer organizational vision, goals, and strategic direction

Increased organizational effectiveness

Re-defined processes to guide the organization toward achieving the new strategy

Stronger and leaner operations to support future organizational growth

Effective leadership and management strategies

Sharper focus on human resources to attract and retain the best talent

Diverse product mix created with new product and service offerings added

Enhanced service, credibility, and image among stakeholders

Increased sales and better customer relationships

Stronger brand identity

Overall, more proactive direction-setting, decision-making and problem-solving

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Organizations are at their best when they engage with us in bold, innovative thinking that sheds light on their real challenges and illuminates the path toward purpose and growth. We seek to purposefully work with organizations in an interactive, innovative, intensive experience. We passionately commit to helping organizations transform into something more.

Yet, you and your organization must be prepared to embrace this new approach to strategy at work. Strategy Innovation requires bold decisions, real commitment, and hard work.

PREPARING FOR STRATEGY INNOVATION

Do you realize the world is changing and think your organization is ready to adapt?

What is your vision for your organization over the next five years?

Are your current people, processes, and performance at the level to help you get there?

How open are you to experiencing a new way of doing things in order to achieve better results?

Are you ready to turn your challenges into opportunities for growth and change?

How much time will you devote to strengthening your leadership ability in order to prepare for an organizational transformation?

What activities are you prepared to invest in to gain a higher return on human capital?

Do you desire a team that is more enterprising, collaborative, and productive?

What process will you lead and support in order to discover new opportunities, strategies, and resources to be successful?

How confident are you in taking your organization to the next level? Are you seeking a strategic advisor to provide objective, long-term support throughout the transformation?

Do you desire a low risk, high impact approach to strategy innovation? Are you ready to work with purpose?

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Strategize your next move with edOpp Solutions!

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