The right people, in the right places, doing the right things.
For more than 20 years, A&B Leadership has helped organizations across the U.S. hire stronger, develop their people, and build more productive, profitable workplaces.
Stronger people make stronger businesses.
A&B helps businesses increase their success by improving employee productivity. By assisting management with hiring, promoting and employee development, we work toward one goal: a stronger business and a better work environment.
Assess & Plan
We work with you to assess the needs of your organization, set specific goals, then develop and implement an action plan.
Implement Proven Programs
We use nationally recognized, proven-effective programs to help you reach those goals.
Our programs help you:
- Match the strengths of people with job expectations
- Identify individual behavior gaps that block performance
- Provide individual coaching to modify behavior or sharpen leadership skills
- Improve accountability, productivity, communication and problem-solving
- Motivate individuals and teams to reach their full potential
Two ways we move your people forward.
Every engagement is built around your goals — from your next critical hire to the habits of your whole team.
Assessments
The Achiever determines whether a candidate truly has the ability to succeed in a specific environment — or is simply a good interviewer.
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High-impact programs that help leaders move their people to new levels of achievement — and keep them working at peak performance.
LEARN MORE →Hire “A” performers — not just good interviewers.
Interviews, resumes and references seldom give the full picture. Hiring or promoting the wrong person is a costly mistake that can be avoided.
The Achiever (and its sales version, the Sales Achiever) has a 50-year history of success and is considered “The Gold Standard in America.” It increases the probability of hiring people whose traits match the requirements of the job — because people are most successful when their strengths fit what’s expected of them.
Beyond screening new hires and evaluating candidates for promotion, the Achiever helps target coaching and development, and uncovers strengths to build on across your existing team.
Request a Complimentary Consultation- Mental aptitudes
- Empathy & emotional stability
- Agility & adaptability
- Assertiveness
- Initiative & self-motivation
- Energy & drive
- Organization & focus
- Teamwork
- Reliability & consistency
- Customer orientation
- Integrity & work ethic
- Leadership potential
- Communication skills
- Sales potential
Objective hiring decisions
Reveal a candidate’s true talents and compare them clearly with other applicants.
Benchmark your best
Capture the traits of top performers so you can find — and “clone” — more of them.
Coach with insight
Give managers a roadmap for coaching each employee toward productive performance.
A fantastic job — not only in screening, but also identifying potential for growth.
— Company PresidentTake performance to the next level.
High-impact training and coaching focused on one goal: companies that are stronger, more competitive and more profitable.
QBQ! — Practicing Personal Accountability
Based on the best-selling book by John Miller, QBQ! makes personal accountability a core organizational value so people focus on reaching company goals. It’s enthusiastically accepted at every level because it offers a comfortable way to address what needs to improve.
- Responsibility and leadership — not simply position
- Change, communication and problem-solving
- Service and coaching
Using QBQ! I have made significant improvements in productivity and focus… problem solving is easier.— TERRITORY MANAGER
Effective Personal Productivity
of productive work per person, per year — from gaining at least 30 minutes a day.
- Focus on high-payoff activities and priorities
- Identify and eliminate time wasters
- Goals and action plans that promote focus
- Delegation and motivation of direct reports
By gaining 1 extra hour every day, my productivity has increased tremendously.— HR MANAGER
Real-world experience. Genuine care for your people.
For more than 20 years, Anne Lawrence has been a management consultant, coach and workshop facilitator focused on the essential behaviors behind long-term performance and profit. A successful entrepreneur who also worked in corporate America at a Fortune 20 company, she brings experience across customer service, marketing, sales, planning and execution.
Anne and her husband, Bob, are dedicated to helping organizations put the right people in the right places — and strengthening accountability, leadership, communication and teamwork along the way.
Corporate and small-business experience — real-world perspective from both sides.
Clarity and decisiveness — the ability to see the big picture.
Professionalism with genuine interest — helping people reach their potential, which improves the bottom line.
Let’s talk about your team.
To learn how our assessment and training programs can improve performance — or to schedule a complimentary consultation — reach out anytime.