Our Partners in the Human Resource Industry
"We are an innovative, growth-oriented medical device business that is owned by private equity. Ensuring that we have the right people in place to drive the business strategy is crucial. Liz worked closely with the management team to develop a plan that ensured that we identified our most critical positions and that we had the best talent to fill those roles. That effort was very important in helping us to top-grade our organization."
- Tom Kuhn, CEO, CORPAK MedSystems
"As a rapidly growing venture capital backed private company attracting and retaining the right senior leadership talent is critical to our success. Signuum provided targeted support and resources that were critical our review of key elements of executive pay that we felt were most important in attracting seasoned corporate talent to our currently much smaller platform. The benchmark analysis provided by Signuum helped us better understand and discuss strategy regarding external and internal equity issues. Signuum clearly listened to my needs and the responsiveness and professional content presentation was critical in supporting several key decisions. I highly recommend Signuum as a resource to any business enterprise that needs executive compensation expertise."
- Gaile M. Omori, Vice President Human Resources, Millennium Pharmacy Systems, Inc.
"Liz is a consummate professional who understands small business and what drives value for the small business owner. I have relied upon her advice and counsel regarding strategic issues that were critical to my business's success. She is an outstanding business partner."
- Rod Tonelli, President, Ruettiger, Tonelli & Associates
"Liz is one of the best I know at developing and implementing a human capital strategy that is focused on delivering results. She is a business person first and an HR professional second. She knows that successful strategy execution is dependent on having the right people practices in place AND that those practices need to be aligned with the business strategy. When I think of Liz, I think 'strategic, practical, and results-focused.'"
- Gaye van den Hombergh, President, Winning Workplaces
"Signuum was contracted to devise a solution to a very complex employee relations issue which had a longstanding impact on our company's bottom line. They were asked to devise a strategy to transition our piece rate incentive pay system to a flat rate hourly pay system in our nonunion plants. Signuum did a great job in researching, benchmarking and developing an hourly compensation and employee relations strategy to help our plants make the transition without union organizing activity. They brought a unique skill set that no other consulting firm had, as well as a deep compensation and labor relations expertise which helped guide us through the transition. I would use Signuum again and recommend them to anyone with complex compensation and labor relations issues."
- Bob Gault, Sr. Director Human Resources, Exide Technologies
"Liz led us through a strategic process that matched our actions to our mission and focused our teamwork on achievable goals. We moved to a higher level of efficiency and productivity built around a common understanding of the our challenges and how we will address them together. Liz gave us the framework to become a better team."
- Cory Ryan, Executive Director, Connections for Abused Women and their Children (CAWC)
"Elizabeth Calhoun is a top level executive consultant that brings the professional HR practices of corporations like Pepsi and Sears into your organization. No matter if you are a small business like Susan G Komen - Chicago, building capacity or a large corporation looking to identify some shortcomings in the HR department, Elizabeth can get the project completed. She broke down the areas that needed immediate focus and built a project plan and detailed analysis of what we needed to have in place for us to be compliant, legal and then help us provide solid services for our employees. If you are in need of an HR consultant that is motivated and has a passion for their job, Elizabeth Calhoun is the right decision."
Susan G. Komen for the Cure®- Michael J. Ziener, Executive Director, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® - Chicago
"As you know, I went into this process kicking and screaming, but feel as if I am emerging on the other side with opportunity and excitement in the future. I am very confident that [name] is the right person for this position and our team. I fully believe that your guidance and the behavioral interviewing process is what helped all of us make this decision with the best information we could have."
- Kathi Grummel, CFRE, Development Director, Chicagoland Area Affiliate of Susan G. Komen For The Cure®
"We contracted with Signuum to help us with our Minority Student Achievement initiative at Glenbard District 87. Signuum helped us create strategic relationships with targeted area universities to source qualified minority student teachers and to create a strategy around fully leveraging these relationships. Signuum also developed a recruitment video designed to increase the flow of qualified minority student teacher candidates interested in working in the District. We have been very pleased with the quality and professionalism of the recruitment video and have received a lot of positive feedback from the District and the community. In addition, we are very pleased with the relationships we have developed with our targeted universities. In fact, in only a few short months we have already sourced 3 minority student teachers. It has been a pleasure working with Signuum. Their level of experience, expertise, and professionalism made working with them very easy to do and has yielded great results."
- Rod Molek, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, Glenbard Township High School District 87
