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CSR is growing! We are excited to welcome Patrick Larkin to the team. Patrick is dedicated to excellence in leadership and operations within the nonprofit community. Prior to joining the CSR team and founding PSL Consultants, Patrick worked in the museum world, in particular in the public horticulture community. In his more than 25 years crisscrossing the country in leadership roles at varied institutions, he has learned the myriad ways diverse institutions can serve the need

Who hasn’t seen a job posting filled with a grand list technical skills and experience requirements?  But when that “perfect” candidate arrives, with just the right combination of expertise and years of experience, are you also assessing that candidate for FIT with your corporate culture? Your corporate values and culture should be communicated in all aspects of your organizational marketing, including your social media, promotional materials, job descriptions/postings, and i

We are excited to welcome Kate Risk to the team as our new Analyst. As an Analyst, Kate will serve a pivotal role in working with Client Managers and Clients. Kate is from a small town in Alabama and moved to the Atlanta area to pursue a career in strategic communication. When she is not in the office, working on meeting minutes and open items, Kate loves to travel, host dinner parties, and cheer on the Crimson Tide. Welcome, Kate! #analyst #CSR #katerisk #team

The CSR team is growing! We are excited to welcome a Vasu Pathak to the team as a Client Manager. As a Client Manager with CSR, Vasu Pathak, works with Atlanta-area businesses to efficiently identify roadblocks to growth, and implement structured strategies to maximize organizational profitability and work life quality. Rather than regurgitate a laundry list of standard business development tools, Vasu’s consulting style prioritizes identifying and developing core company val

Guest post by Wendy Guarisco. Wendy Guarisco has 30 years of experience as a communications and marketing professional. She’s worked with Fortune 500 companies, one-man shops, and everything in between. And as the founder of her own media consulting firm, Guarisco Group, LLC, she knows first-hand the opportunities and challenges of small business ownership. Guarisco Group, LLC has been a CSR client for more than 6 years. My family teases me mercilessly for the amount of Purel

At CSR, we’re all about implementation. It’s the R in CSR: Results. We work to get it done, and we practice what we preach, implementing recommendations within our own organization and not just for our clients. Case in point: In our latest blog series, Betsy wrote about Patrick Lencioni’s “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.” The first dysfunction she mentioned deals with developing relationships and trust with your coworkers outside the office to improve relationships and trust

CSR is excited to announce the addition of a new Client Manager, Kaile Daffron. Kaile believes in a multi-faceted approach to problem solving, seeking solutions from multiple disciplines. She brings more than a decade of experience to the CSR team in managing projects, program development and advising. Before joining CSR, Kaile had a diverse career across multiple industries. Most recently, she was a client and operations manager for an employee engagement and recognition com