Survey Says Business Owners Concerned With Staffing: The Alternative Board Helps Solves Challenges

June 5, 2012 - PRLog -- ATLANTA—May 24, 2012—A national survey administered by The Alternative Board (TAB) in December 2011, revealed that 38% of small business owners in the US and Canada believe the most pressing issue related to staffing is finding qualified employees. In a time of high unemployment, finding employees should be a simple task, but when the problem is the business owner’s blind spot, it takes an outside firm such as TAB to find and express the problem.
Kimberley Stufflet, president and owner of Preferred Aviation Underwriters, improved employee retention and productivity from within thanks to her TAB board. TAB is a membership organization that provides peer advisory boards and coaching services for business owners, CEOs and presidents worldwide.
Preferred Aviation Underwriters, a national accounts program targeting the property and casualty side of the aviation industry, was experiencing this staffing issue. Prior to working with TAB, employee turn over was rampant despite the well-paid positions and high unemployment rate in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Stufflet sought out help from Buddy Hull, the local TAB franchisee. Hull made it apparent that the recruiting and retention problems that Stufflet was experiencing were due to internal issues, and she needed to broaden her horizons beyond the resume in order to hire people who would thrive in the industry.
“This company is my baby, and my employees only told me what I wanted to hear. My TAB board members were the only ones that were brutally honest with me about the changes that I needed to make; it was the truth I needed to hear,” said Stufflet. The new holistic approach to hiring constructed by TAB improved her retention and productivity dramatically within the last year.
TAB is focused on business transformation. Through a combination of advisory board meetings and executive business coaching and proprietary tools, members benefit from the expertise of each other in a confidential setting designed to develop a real strategic business advantage. TAB expertise areas include everything from strategic business growth through increased sales and profits to providing tools to recruit and resolve employee issues.
Around the world, TAB helps business owners like Stufflet succeed. They provide unbiased opinions and proven strategies to fix common business problems and issues.
For more information about how TAB helped Stufflet grow her business, please call Tracy Weise at 303-996-9940 ext. 102 or by email at tracy@weiseideas.com.
About The Alternative Board
The Alternative Board (TAB) is an exclusive, membership-based organization that helps business owners achieve profitability, productivity and personal fulfillment using peer advisory boards and private business coaching. Through a platform of knowledge and guidance, The Alternative Board delivers real world advice that provides a result driven advantage to help business owners stay focused on what matters most. Headquartered in Denver, CO, The Alternative Board has been helping business owners succeed for over 20 years. For more information, visit www.TheAlternativeBoard.com and http://www.facebook.com/TheAlternativeBoard.