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We enjoy sharing our experiences through blogs posts, as we continuously seek new ways to serve our clients.
Health care is undergoing a sea change, and it’s hard to predict what the California marketplace will look like even a year from now. The Affordable Care Act is impacting both public and private health care sectors. New plans are entering the market and long-established…
In keeping with our core value to volunteer locally, members of the Highlands Consulting team and their families spent last Saturday morning helping out at the Sacramento Ronald McDonald House. The Ronald McDonald House provides a home-away-from-home for families of children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals.…
Choose a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life, right? Sometimes we get so busy or distracted that we forget to find the fun in what we do. I’m going to use mowing the lawn (my favorite household chore) as…
As the Agile methodology gains momentum on many of our clients’ projects, Highlands Consulting has been engaged to lead and support various Scrum activities. Last year, Michele Rickey-Pidd became a Certified Scrum Master, enabling her lead a Scrum team on a large State health care…
Life moves at a very fast pace, and work is no exception. Often, we find ourselves hidden within cubical walls, working independently without much interaction, rarely taking a break to accomplish our fast-paced objectives. Gone is the “office water cooler” where we used to discuss…
I think many aspects comprise the unique Highlands Consulting culture. We have a passion to help our clients succeed, an innate curiosity, a quest for learning, and an esprit de corps about client service. Our people want their clients and colleagues to excel. We’re flexible…
Jim Turko recently attended the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) conference in Orlando, Florida. Over the course of three days, he participated in numerous events with people passionate about sharing their change management knowledge and ideas. The sessions offered great insight about how change…
Our Michele Rickey-Pidd and her State client staff had a messy-fun time at the “Run or Dye” 5K run last Saturday, March 22nd. Talk about teambuilding! Plus, proceeds benefited four local charities.
Jim Turko has been busy! In addition to keeping his client commitments, Jim became a Certified Prosci® Instructor in 2013. He has already delivered two 3-day Prosci Certification courses, resulting in 16 consultants certified in the Prosci® change management methodology. As if that’s not enough, Jim…
Our lobby in the Wells Fargo building always looks so amazing this time of year. Wishing our clients, partners and friends a wonderful holiday season and happy 2014!