Who IS AT THE HELM FOR GUIDING STRATEGIES?

Donna Richardson, SHRM-SCP, SPHR  is the founder and CEO for Guiding Strategies LLC, which launched in November of 2004. She has over 35 years of experience successfully providing human resource leadership to business. She is recognized as a business professional for her ability to design and build human resource functions that support successful growth and develop empowered high performance employees. 

While working in industry Donna has served in executive roles including the Vice President of Human Resources. She has partnered with executive teams to achieve company success in start-up ventures. She is a master at fostering cultures to support execution of company objectives with high employee engagement. Her business acumen has supported many creative solutions to human resource challenges. She is a true Generalist with experience in all human resource functional areas and many different industries including medtech, biotech, service, plastics, non-profit, electronics and more. 

Donna has her BA in Business Administration from Metropolitan State University and MBA course work from St. Thomas University. Donna is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and serves on the Minnesota SHRM State Council as Membership Director and also serves on a local chapter Board of Directors. Donna is a member of Toastmasters International where she has achieved her Distinguished Toastmaster Award and held many Board positions. She also is a trained mediator. 

"You can’t take the “People” out of business; the two are interconnected. Individual achievement is what adds up to bottom-line results. Working to improve the culture of the organization helps every person understand how they specifically contribute to achieving the overall goals of the organization. With this connection between People and business the results are high performance individuals, satisfying their own motivators that drive their interest and make work meaningful.  The overall result is a culture where things get done with a sense of urgency and pride. I started Guiding Strategies so I could help businesses set a  course to improve the business/people connection and exceed their business expectations." 

MISSION

Guiding Strategies mission is to help organizations set a course, to improve overall business results, through the communication connection between business goals and the employees that do the work.