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Management Consulting for the 21st Century. Sure, we don't have the overhead of the big name consulting companies so you don't pay for it. However, we'll match our network of PhDs and experience to theirs any day.  Founded on the principle that companies would no longer pay for staffs "just in case", Smart Work built its Network of Professionals for "just in time" quality work tailored to our clients' specific needs.

JANE ALLEN
CEO/Founder - a serial entrepreneur who learned about the importance of using science in selection through the hiring mistakes she made herself during the startup of Smart Work. Having grown up on a farm "just south of the airport" in Georgia, Jane found her way to Cornell University where she worked with Carl Sagen and Frank Drake. In his ground breaking book Contact, Carl gave Jane credit for sending the first message into outer space by way of the Arecibo Radio Telescope in 1974. Jane has over 30 successful years working with Senior Managers in all kinds of industries from The Ritz Carlton Hotels to Coca Cola Company and from Michelin Tire Corporation to Delta Airlines. She has learned that for communication to work, people must be able to hear each other and that it's the hidden diversity in employees that causes the majority of disconnects. Only by exploring all of our issues do we ever truly see how interdependent we are and the variety of ways to achieve a common goal. Her highly refined intuition gives her a gift that some call "people whisperer". As a very talented "people whisperer" she gets people.

DOUG GARNER
Partner - a "recovering" Fortune 50 human resources manager (SPHR) who now realizes he witnessed conventional HR wisdom consistently deliver the minimally qualified executive. ("They needed a warm body who could pass the 'fog on the mirror' test.") "With the Science of Selection™ system Jane and I have developed with members of our Network, I can truly say it is Human Resources for the 21st Century. Nobody has what we can offer and none of the HR Consultants that have hung their shingles out since the "Great Recession" has a clue to do it as well." Having worked human resources management in manufacturing, government and many industries (profit and non-profit) in-between, he has witnessed the HR function's desire to "sit at the table". However, very few HR Staff demonstrate the ability to help line managers see the people strategies necessary to execute their business strategies. "That's where we come in. Our Network can sit side by side with HR or Senior Management to develop a people plan aligned with their business plan. It's like HR in High Def." It is his solid belief that FIT is the key to high performing employees. FIT of an employee is determined by three dimensions, Capability, Nature and Culture. By selecting employees that are the right FIT for the job, the company AND the manager, organizations will actually benefit from the current economy because their "UNFIT" competition will dry up and blow away. "To survive and prosper, companies need aligned employee DNA to achieve optimum performance."

 A FEW OF OUR STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

The Self Management Group, of Toronto, Canada. The team of psychologists who developed and validated the Predictive on-line Self-Management assessment processes (the Science to our Selection processes).

Herrmann International, Lake Lure, North Carolina. Through this alliance, Smart Work | Network applies the science of Whole Brain Technology (the hidden diversity) to all of our work with clients.

Giordano Associates, Eastchester, NY. The Masters of Powerful Sales Communication and Executive Coaching. You want a Win/Win? You want to work with Vito and his Associates.

JC Klasing and Associates, Greenville, SC. Experts in the areas of Lean Manufacturing, Strategic Planning and Value Analysis.