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

Accordant Company, LLC

Sage Intacct Implementation Consultant

Dairy Queen

Abdo

Manager, Nonprofit Advisory

Senior Associate

Southeastern Minnesota Center for Independent Living, Inc. (SEMCIL)

•	Oversee the Finance department and report to the Executive Director.
•	Present company’s financial position to the board of directors.
•	Ensure the company’s financial activities comply with statutory regulations.
•	Monitor cash flow and financial transactions
•	Forecast financial trends based on data analysis
•	Assessing spending and implementing strategies to cut costs.
•	Analyzing and planning budgets
•	Identifying areas of improvement
•	Manage team of accounting staff
•	Establish and implement a training program for new employees
•	Implementing training, communication, and process improvements.
•	Maintain policy and procedure manual for the finance department
•	Setting up accounting software
•	Manage vendor relationships
•	Monitor banking activities
•	Suggest investment strategies
•	Share in fiduciary responsibilities
•	403b plan representative

Finance Director

Fitschen Tax and Accounting

•	Prepare financial statements.  
•	Prepare ledger entries and reconciling accounts.  
•	Answer financial and accounting questions by researching and interpreting data.  
•	Provide accounting support by converting data to general ledger system.  
•	Protect organization’s integrity by keeping firm and client information confidential.
•	Key Programs: QuickBooks and Microsoft Office

Staff Accountant

Opportunity Services

•	Oversee the Accounting department and report to the Executive Director.
•	Manage team of accounting staff, including interviewing, hiring, reviews, corrective actions, and terminations.  Provide ongoing training, support, and performance management of accounting staff.   
•	Manage internal control systems & procedures. Created and maintained department procedure manuals.
•	Prepare financial statements.  
•	Ensure accurate, complete, and timely maintenance of general ledger activity.  
•	Provide support to site managers. (12 locations)
•	Prepare & review work papers for auditors: financial audit, work comp audit, 403b audit.  
•	Identify and lead process improvement efforts.  
•	Set up Time & Attendance module in TimeForce. (Administrator)
•	Set up Payroll module in OSAS.
•	Researched accounting platforms and selected a new system for implementation.
•	Manage the entire accounting cycle:  Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable (Medical Assistance, County, Vocational Rehabilitation, grants, and self-pay), Cash Receipts, Bank and Credit Card Reconciliations, Payroll (including subminimum wage), General ledger, month end balancing workbook, and year end close.  
•	Reporting: 941, MN & FL Unemployment, MN Revenue, W2s, 1095-C, 1099-Misc, MN sales tax, preparing functional expenses for the 990.
•	Monitored self-insured medical plan.
•	Key Programs: OSAS, Microsoft Office, TimeForce (administrator)

Controller

VILLA MARIA RETREAT AND CONFERENCE CENTER INC

•	Accounting Cycle: Accounts receivable, accounts payable, credit card reconciliations, bank reconciliations, investment reconciliations, general ledger, adjusting entries, payroll. 
•	Reporting: payroll taxes, sales tax, W-2’s and 1099’s, financial reports.  
•	Implemented shift from QuickBooks desktop to QuickBooks Online, which allowed more users access to the data.
•	Key Programs:  QuickBooks and Microsoft Office

Accountant

Passionate about solving accounting challenges and improving operational efficiency. With the bulk of my career in nonprofit accounting, both in the nonprofit private sector and within a CPA firm, I bring a unique perspective that allows me to provide advice from the client's viewpoint. I am dedicated to making a positive impact and am always eager to connect with like-minded professionals to explore opportunities to contribute to meaningful causes. Let's connect to further the mission of the nonprofit community.

Certified Sage Intacct Implementation & Accounting Consultant
QuickBooks Online Certified ProAdvisor

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