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Communication and teamwork deliver excellence for their clients! Photo by Gwen Juarez Photography When you have such a strong global brand that you can develop, you can go after all kinds of things and make money. It’s been a time of understanding and then trying to transition through that. Plant the right seeds. This is a people-based business. It’s built on relationships and the development of that. We have all kinds of activities we are moving forward on such as products but they are really all internal things to help EFFORT deliver for their customers.” Since that point, Chuck has continued on his journey to create a spiritual enterprise, all under the umbrella of the EFFORT Companies. Chuck has designed the different divisions of EFFORT to run much like that of a fine Swiss watch - ticking along efficiently, predictably, measurably, and reliably keeping perfect time with an intricate composite of finely tooled gears and springs that mesh smoothly and precisely together. Chuck Toups’ journey is about serving the Lord by serving people. As Chuck’s mind races faster than any race car in existence, he is always thinking about new and innovative ways to make the world a better place. The list of companies created by Chuck is long and undoubtedly there will be many more in the future. Through EFFORT, Chuck has created the perfect vehicle to drive his humanitarian EFFORTS of doing ministry through business. Here is a brief synopsis of each of The EFFORT Companies: WorldPMO WorldPMO is a project management solutions and services company that understands the power of a successfully executed project. Working closely with Fortune 100 companies, they provide EFFORT in support of programs and projects by effectively and efficiently delivering real, measurable results. WorldPMO has the capability to support projects anywhere in the world and has successfully executed and delivered projects in 49 countries. WorldPMO has the capability to handle project management services that encompass program management, financial management, portfolio management, compliance management, and procurement management. Other services offered include project assurance, project recovery, and resource assurance. EFFORT Systems EFFORT Systems is all about the delivery of EFFORT. It deals with commerce related and project delivery consulting. They provide engineering and consultancy in supporting their customers in delivering products and services no matter what industry they are in. This includes project management support, establishing project management offices, communications support, change management, technical engineering, and process outsourcing. They provide answers to the “what ifs?” EFFORT Staffing Originally created for internal consumption, the goal of EFFORT Staffing is to go out and locate those top 2 per centers then properly utilize, orient, and put them into the field for their customers. From the beginning, their purpose was to attract the right people, properly assess staff, and then place them into the appropriate position. The key to their success is their competency assessment and skill certification practices. EFFORT Staffing specializes in finding competent workers in the retail industry; the medical industry; general industrial; technical engineering; and project management. EFFORT Media EFFORT Media was first created to be an in-house media division. Over the past three years, they have built up their video, [ OCTOBER 2014 ] www.SBTMagazine.net 9