D Chad Strickland
Founder
Chad is a Human Capital Executive focused on the power of Belief , Purpose and Communication to drive business results . With a 20 year career spanning legal ( labor + employment ) to business executive , Chad has been exposed to how the power of people can impact an organization . During a 14 year career tenure with one of the mot successful and highest growth speciality retailers in the country , Chad was responsible for the most valued aspect of the business model : attracting , hiring , training and engaging the 20,000 + associates ( majority millennial ) capable of developing meaningful relationships with customers . Building this function from scratch gave Chad invaluable experience and lessons on what ’ s effective for todays millennial workforce .
Since leaving large enterprise in 2016 , Chad has been embedded in the start-up world conducting extensive research into the difference between its culture and that of large enterprise . This research is being used to develop a new kind of human capital strategy , based on design , social ecology , and neuroscience to help organizations succeed in tomorrow ’ s competitive landscape . This proprietary methodology , Workforce Design , is used to help organizations be relevant to the next generation workforce .