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Better Hires

Personal bias is the greatest barrier to successful hiring practices. Using our powerful suite of pre-hire assessments you can remove implicit bias from your hiring process so that you find candidates who will be successful, enjoy working for you, and become long-term assets for your organization.

Better Communication

Research out of Stanford revealed that 9 out of 10 conversations miss their mark! It’s no wonder that many organizations report that communication is one of their top challenges. Working with the principles of Conversational Intelligence™, you can ensure you and your team’s communication facilitates open and honest conversations throughout your organization.

Better Leadership

Leaders take heed of this: a Gallup poll of more than 1 million employed U.S. workers concluded that the number one reason people quit their jobs is bad management. Leadership is, in fact, a learned skill. With our professional development services, you can become a more effective leader, capable of motivating teams, inspiring confidence, and, most importantly, commanding allegiance.

Level Up Leadership

Aspire to Better

Any business can be better and the best organizations are always looking for ways to improve their results. The companies that are most successful – the Googles and Amazons of the world – are the ones that never settle for the status quo. These companies regularly self-examine, seeking to understand both their strengths and vulnerabilities, and put what they learn to work.

At Level Up Leadership, we partner with you to do the same. We provide an invaluable, objective outside perspective on the workings of your company, helping you see it through fresh eyes. With our professional development and organizational assessments, we help you gauge the temperament of your organization and provide you with a roadmap for putting the right people in the right positions.

We work with you and your employees to open lines of communication at every level of your organization. Often the best ideas come from the bottom, not the top. With better pathways for people to speak up and a willingness to listen, we work with you to discover resources and ideas that might otherwise remain hidden within your business.

With our professional development services, we give you the tools to create stronger leaders. Our coaching helps you capitalize on your strengths and improve your weaknesses so you can become a better, more effective leader in your company.

Why Our Work Matters

92%
Of Employees

do not have passion for the work they’re doing.

75%
Of Companies

are struggling when it comes to hiring top talent.

33%
Of New Hires

leave their jobs after 6 months time.

69%
Of Workers

report that they’d work harder if they felt appreciated and recognized.

74%
Of People

report that when they get along with their leadership, their performance improves.

76%
Of Leaders

say that they do not have a solid leadership development path.

How We Help

  • Reduced employee turnover. A lost executive can cost over 200% of their salary, which is an entirely sunk cost.
  • Improved employee engagement. Disengaged employees cost the US economy $450-$550 billion
  • Better workplace culture, which saves up to 50% on healthcare costs and improves productivity.
  • Greater career satisfaction. Employees and leaders thrive when they find work that suits them and are given opportunities to excel.

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What Our Clients Are Saying

  • I had the pleasure of starting our work with Joy Ruhmann and Level Up Leadership, Inc. when I first joined the NC Symphony as President and CEO in June of 2011.  Joy had been a part of the selection process and I was assessed using her profiles.  Now, we don’t hire anyone into a key management role without first taking them through her assessment process.

    Shortly upon my arrival at the Symphony, Joy worked with us to run an organization wide culture survey which provided me, my team, and my Board of Trustees with great insight into the values that were driving our current culture.  The data from this survey was and continues to be very helpful in guiding us through our strategic planning process.  I strongly recommend Joy and the team at Level Up Leadership, Inc. when it comes to helping organizations make better hiring decisions, build better leaders and create better results.

    Sandi M.A. Macdonald, President and CEO of the North Carolina Symphony

  • Joy worked directly with our leadership team to not only our help us understand our individual strengths and opportunities for growth, but also our combined “style”.  It was extremely helpful as we navigated some key organization changes and implementation of our strategic journey. Ultimately, the assessments opened us up to crucial conversations about the skill sets needed to move forward and we found that some of our staff did not meet those requirements.  We found ways to align key individuals with roles that better fit their strengths and were able to do so in a non-confrontational way.  Joy and her tools made the process much easier than it would have been otherwise. Actionable, insightful, and very beneficial to our growth in the long term.

    Kim Lineberger, President and Owner, LCI-Lineberger, Inc.

  • Joy and I began working together in the Banking Industry in 1993.  Once she left banking to start her consulting practice, we began working together again when she facilitated several workshops for me and my direct reports and our leadership team at Capital Bank.  I found her assessment tools to be very powerful for bringing new insights to me personally and to other members of my team and how we could best support one another.  Her workshops are not only highly informative but engaging and fun as well.  I recommend Joy for working with any organization that wants to improve their results by building a stronger team.

    Jennifer Benefield, SVP and Chief Administration Officer, Capital Bank

  • I just wanted to express my appreciation for the work you did with us.  I found all the information, including the personal assessment data and the training on Conversational Intelligence™, to be interesting, engaging and enlightening.  The process teaches you to take a hard look at yourself from a different perspective and helps you better understand the team you are working with.

    Whether it’s working with Joy in a group setting or one on one…the lessons I learned have been so valuable for resolving conflict and having those difficult conversations that we all sometimes face.

    Elizabeth Plyler, ABC 11 Eyewitness News

  • Joy and I started working together on a Leadership Development program when I was Director of Human Resources at Capital Bank.  When I took on my role at HomeTrust, we continued working together and now my HR team and I are fully certified on her suite of assessment tools.

    We went through the certification process so that we could use her tools independently of Joy, saving both time and money on having to depend on Joy for interpretation.  Since we started using her assessments for hiring our management level employees, we’ve improved both the quality of our hires and the retention of our top talent.  I would recommend her assessments to anyone interested in streamlining their hiring process to reduce turnover and build stronger teams.

    Teresa White, EVP/Corporate Secretary/Chief Administrative Officer – HomeTrust Bank