The Yes Works

Our clients come to us to engineer their cultures for four things:

PROFIT     |     GROWTH     |     INNOVATION     |     FUN

Because your culture is your future.

I'm synthesizing a life of learning and a diverse career of communications, customer service, training, and leadership development to help improve the work-lives of the people I serve. There is no work/life balance. There is only a balanced and fulfilling life. Work is part of life. Let's make it good.

Happily, fulfilling work and good productive work go hand in hand as a part of a balanced life.

I work with business teams to help build habits of work, communication, and collaboration to enliven work and make it good. It's good for business, it's good for people. That's the bottom line.

Co-Founder & CEO

Giant Leap

Lead two regional groups of Chief Executives and Business owners through a peer-mentoring experience...

We're whole humans leading companies, and it can be lonely at the top. Members of these groups find peers who have no agenda with them, have no fear of them, and will therefor put their best interests frontmost and share their honest, insightful thoughts and questions.

We're helping leaders live the entrepreneurial lives of their dreams.

CEO/Owner Peer Group Leader

Vistage Worldwide, Inc.

Get the most your team has to offer today, and grow their capacity tomorrow. Leading humans humanely and effectively for high performance and high fulfillment levels. Communication and collaboration culture. Innovation and problem solving.

Speaker

First 5 FUNdamentals

Founded in 2008, First 5 FUNdamentals (F5F) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to mobilize and inspire communities to achieve their collective goals for children and families. F5F currently supports three initiatives - Project Child Success, Help Me Grow Pierce County, and the Washington Communities for Children.

Vice President Board Of Directors

Mighty Good Work Podcast

Producer & Host

Stadium High School

I teach classes in theater to High School students in every grade level, and direct the school productions in our state of the art theater.

Teach juniors and seniors a course in Business Communication -- Public Speaking and Presentation, Customer Service, Copy Writing, Marketing, Surveys and other topics.

Theatre Arts & Business Communication Teacher

Gold From Straw Theatre Company

Managing Executive Director

Infinite Encore Coaching

Guiding leaders where they are to where they want to be.

Dream it.  Do it.  Live it.

Leadership Coach

Keller Williams Realty

Real Estate Consultant

Oakland School for the Arts

Tech Director and Theatre Teacher

People-first leaders come to us to help make their good teams LEGENDARY:

➡️ Do you have a nagging sense… We could be even BETTER? 

➡️ Do you have a strong culture that's still hampered by CONFLICT & miscommunication?

➡️ Have ACCOUNTABILITY gaps cost you sales, profit, clients, employee retention?

➡️ Is MISTRUST slowing you down?

➡️ Has a KEY PERSON quit out of the blue, citing more money & growth opportunity... And you can't allow a REPEAT with anyone else?

➡️ Is your headcount GROWING -- organically or through acquisition -- faster than team CHEMISTRY?

➡️ Is it hard to see how today's team can accomplish your AUDACIOUS GOALS for tomorrow?

It's time to REFUSE to accept a status quo where:

❌ MEETINGS are a dull time-suck // when they could be fun and productive.
❌ Gaps in communication and/or accountability create CHAOS.
❌ TRUST between team members is weak, so productivity suffers.
❌ Problems are suppressed until they become CRISES // instead of being brought to light.
❌ People resist CHANGE // instead of embracing reality and driving continual improvement
❌ Fixable PROBLEMS persist // when everything they need to find the solution is right there.

We can help. 

Think you can't have SWIFT & LASTING transformation with the team you have?

YOU CAN!

Because we use a unique science-backed approach to training and consulting. And we follow the advice of Albert Einstein:

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."

Check out these client results:

🎯 “There’s nothing else like The Yes Works.” Joe Mc Swiney, CEO, SOG Knives. Six months after we worked with his leadership team, Joe said that they’d seen a:
50% increase in mutual appreciation. 
30% increase in mutual understanding. Conflicts were easier to navigate.
80% increase in their ability to communicate positively and constructively under pressure.

🎯 “Your work got us through COVID. We embody the principles you trained us in every day.” Joe LeRoy, CEO, HopeSparks

🎯 “What you did with us is a part of the fabric of this company.” Philip Goward, CEO, TextExpander (Then Philip and partners were able to sell TextExpander ahead of schedule.)

🎯 “Here’s how important you are to me. You give me hope that my company’s culture will be preserved through scaling. 50 years from now, I’ll want you training our leaders to keep us who we are.” Hugh Stewart, CEO - Platform Transition 


Ready to see your team's full potential in ACTION?

Then ask for a call:

📞 https://calendly.com/aaronyes/15min

🌐 https://www.theyesworks.com/

Aaron Schmookler, Culture Engineer

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the foremost news source, in print and online, for nonprofit leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and others involved in the philanthropic enterprise. Partner with leadership and staff to ensure the organization's continued strength of market position and culture to fulfill its mission to connect the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and leading edge ideas.

Head of Human Resources

Harvard Business Publishing

Harvard Business Publishing helps leaders move the world forward. We empower them with breakthrough ideas that solve problems, elevate performance, and unlock the leader in everyone. We inform and inspire professionals, corporations, educators, and students around the world with the best in management thinking and practice. Through our articles, books, case studies, simulations, videos, learning programs, and digital tools, we reach thousands of organizations and millions of subscribers and social media followers.

SVP, Talent & CHRO

ClearMotion

ClearMotion builds products enabling a next-generation user experience in vehicles. As member of executive team, coached and counseled all senior leaders to practice effective leadership and inspire others to excellence.

VP, HR & People Operations

Crabtree & Evelyn

Partnered with CEO and senior leadership on all human capital-related initiatives for 1800 staff worldwide (the Americas, Australia, China, EMEIA, and Southeast Asia).

Global Head of Human Resources, London HQ

Offered thought-leadership regarding organizational and people related strategy and execution. Develop and implement programs to engage and motivate work force through implementation of business initiatives.

Head of Human Resources, Americas

Accelerated Consulting

Served as Director, Human Resources for Old Sturbridge Village, Inc., providing all strategic and day-to-day HR support reporting directly to CEO. Managed small portfolio of other nonprofit clients.

Self-Employed HR Consultant

TIAX

Served as top HR leader, reporting to CEO, working as team of one alongside one recruiter to establish all HR infrastructure.

HR Director

Supported Strategic Alliances, Americas unit, partnering with its leadership to drive high performance and strong culture.

Human Resources Manager

Extraprise

•	Director of Employee Services, Boston, MA (2001 to 2002)
•	Manager of Employee Services, Boston, MA (2000 to 2001)

HR Director (2001 - 2002); Manager of Employee Services (2000 - 2001)

Nestle Waters

•	National Benefits Manager, Greenwich, CT (1999 to 2000)
•	Area Human Resources Manager, Norton, MA (supported Poland Spring Water brand) (1996 to 1998). Supported Northeast region (largest in Company) with 800 employees in Route Sales, Manufacturing, Customer Service and Transportation for both union and union-free workgroups.

National Benefits Manager (1998-2000); Area HR Manager (1996-1998)

Hasbro

Supported Preschool and Infant categories of Playskool brand with 250 employees.

Employee Relations Manager

Global executive Human Resources leader with over 30 years of comprehensive experience in both Generalist and Specialist competencies, partnering with C-suite leaders. Proven contributor to the business strategy by helping leaders identify and build organizational capabilities. Board advisor to technology start-ups dedicated to the future of work. Keynote speaker trusted by Fortune 500 organizations as well as some of the largest HR associations. Dedicated advocate of the AAPI community.

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