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Let Thrive Transforms Your Business and HR Challenges into Thriving Solutions
Helping Small Businesses to Maximize Their Potential and Navigate Evolving Business and HR Challenges.
Meet Audrey Watson, MBA
Founder and Chief HR Consultant
Audrey Watson is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of business and HR consulting. She holds an MBA from National Louis University, which has provided her with a strong foundation in business management and strategic planning. Audrey's career is marked by her dual roles as a small business owner and an HR consultant, giving her a comprehensive understanding of both operational and human resource aspects within the healthcare sector.
As a business owner, Audrey successfully managed the complexities of running her business, ensuring high standards of customer care, compliance with regulatory requirements, and the efficient use of resources. Her hands-on experience in this role has allowed her to develop a keen insight into small businesses' challenges and opportunities, from financial management to customer care quality.
In her capacity as an business and HR consultant, Audrey has worked with numerous small businesses to optimize their business operations, and workforce management. She specializes in developing and implementing HR strategies that enhance employee satisfaction, improve retention rates, and ensure compliance with labor laws and industry standards. Audrey's approach is characterized by her ability to tailor solutions to the specific needs of each small business owner, fostering a productive and supportive work environment that ultimately leads to better patient outcomes.
Audrey's extensive experience and educational background make her a valuable asset to any small business owner looking to improve their business operations and workforce management. Her dedication to helping small business owners is evident in her commitment to helping them navigate their unique challenges and achieve sustainable success.
Education
2012
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
National Louis University
Audrey earned her MBA from National-Louis University, where she gained comprehensive knowledge in business management and strategic planning. The program equipped her with advanced skills in financial analysis, organizational behavior, and leadership, providing a strong foundation for her career as a business and HR consultant for small businesses. The rigorous curriculum and practical learning experiences from National Louis University have played a pivotal role in shaping her expertise and professional approach.
2009
Bachelor of Business Administration (BS)
National Louis University
Audrey earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from National Louis University. This degree provided her with a solid foundation in business principles, including management, finance, marketing, and organizational behavior. The comprehensive curriculum equipped her with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in various business environments, laying the groundwork for her successful career in helping small business owners thrive.
Why Thrive?
Choosing Thrive means partnering with a dedicated team committed to your success. We offer customized solutions tailored to your unique needs, backed by a team of seasoned business and HR consulting professionals with extensive industry knowledge. Our proven track record of delivering impactful business solutions is complemented by our commitment to staying ahead with the latest business and HR trends and technologies. We provide consistent strategic support to guide you through daily business and HR challenges while maintaining the highest standards of integrity and trust. With comprehensive business and HR services that include expert advice, in-depth business research, hands-on payroll services, executive coaching, and training and development, Thrive is your go-to partner for all your business and HR needs. Let us help you create a thriving business.
The Five Characteristics Thrive Consultants
Communication Mastery
They have the ability to define complex information clearly, concisely, and precisely both verbally and written. Also, cognizant communication skills that include a blend of reasoning and intellectual approach when interacting with others. This means the seamless ability to know the personality triggers of others so well that they rarely get triggered by other people's communication or behaviors.
Vulnerability & Honesty
For Thrive consultants, this characteristic is necessary to build trust with our clients. It's vital that our consultants possess a solid ability to self-assess performance, take cross-functional feedback, and identify and take ownership of individual areas where they could have contributed differently.
Logic-Based Leadership
Thrive's consultants are good at thinking critically and solving problems creatively and effectively. They can deconstruct problems into components, drive decisions based on those components, define success milestones, and utilize data to judge progress.
Broad Outcome Objectivity
Having a mindset to achieve is a must for every Thrive consultant. This characteristic is vital in embracing the client's objectives, goals, and strategies. Proven experience in controlling the bar while understanding their sensitivity, leading to cross-functional tradeoff decisions that are in the best interest of our clients.
Passion & Curiosity
Finally, passion and curiosity. This characteristic is the game changer for Thrive consultants. It means requiring new ideas and thinking out of the box. The Thrive consultant must possess voracious curiosity about their skills and how it impacts our clients' passion and expectation, Thrive’s vision, and an obsession around each of its contributing components.
Who we serve?
Thrive provides a comprehensive range of business and HR services tailored to all small businesses' unique needs. We offer two flexible service models:
Customized Subscription Service: This model allows our clients to access customized business and HR services based on their specific requirements, with the flexibility to adjust as needed. Services may include business management, project management, start-up and entity formation, leadership coaching, HR department setup, recruitment advice, employee relations, compliance support, training, and performance management, ensuring continuous and effective business or HR support. Contact us today to see how our retainer services can keep your business thriving.
Traditional Fixed-Rate Retainer: At Thrive, our retainer services give you specific access to expert business or HR advice and support. Need help with strategic planning, daily business or HR challenges, or improving business or HR operations? We've got you covered. Our Fixed-Rate Retainer plan means you get the guidance you need, when you need it. Focus on what you do best, and let us handle the rest. Contact us today to see how our retainer services can keep your business thriving.
With these flexible options, Thrive ensures that small businesses receive the support they need to focus on growth and success.