This is a glimpse into the story of GP Strategies. Founded in 1966, GP Strategies is a global performance improvement company driven to solve customers’ business challenges, help them perform at the highest level, and make a greater impact through the strategic use of knowledge, training and consulting.
In the future, we see ourselves…
Further enhancing the platform of services, products and global delivery capabilities that has established GP Strategies as a leader in the training and performance improvement industry. As a full-service training and consulting company, GP Strategies provides integrated solutions for our clients, with emphasis on four broad, strategic solution offerings:
• End-user performance
• Enterprise-wide learning
• Sales enablement
• Leadership development
Our founders instilled in us…
The desire to help people and businesses perform at their highest potential. GP Strategies’ roots were firmly established from inception where the company provided technical, operations, safety and training services for the Navy Submarine Nuclear Power Program. Taking a strategic approach to performance soon became our trademark. The founders also valued knowledge sharing and application as a means for achieving optimal performance results. These values have evolved and remain the foundation of all that GP Strategies does today for our expanding global Fortune 500 customer base.
Our defining value is…
To make a meaningful impact. GP Strategies is passionate about performance, learning and development, and innovation. The company and our people are motivated to make a difference for our customers, ultimately helping them make a greater impact in their organizations and the world around them.
We improve communities by…
Supporting a variety of philanthropic activities that bring employees together and foster team spirit and a sense of community. The company provides an opportunity for employees to make charitable contributions to organizations that assist, treat and help educate people in communities throughout the world. Some of the organizations include the American Red Cross, St. Jude’s Research Hospital, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, American Cancer Society, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Habitat for Humanity, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, March of Dimes, American Heart Association and The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults.
GP Strategies also delivers performance-driven, custom training, consulting and engineering solutions that help protect our environment, improve homeland security and create opportunities to support an excellent work/life balance. Specific examples of project outcomes include the following:
• Over a seven-year period, developed and delivered customized training for all console operators at 11 globally located refineries for one of the world’s premium international oil companies.
• Developed and delivered a custom leadership and change management program; as a result, the customer was ranked the fourth best place to work (up from 12th place) and experienced 10-percent increase in employee trust and 6-percent increase in retention.
We are most proud of our…
People and the tremendous value they give to customers by improving their sales, helping them gain efficiency, increasing product quality and customer satisfaction, and enabling safe and compliant workplaces — because of their efforts. At GP Strategies, we are also very proud of our global expansion, allowing us to better support the needs of our global Fortune 500 clients.
For more information, visit www.gpstrategies.com or call (800) 727-6677.
