Joe began delivering motivational and inspiring presentations in 1978 to statewide audiences and then to national audiences in 1984 when he was Director of Training and Organizational Development for a major wholesale/retail grocer in the upper Midwest. Since then, he has delivered hundreds of presentation to groups interested in maximizing their organizational performance.

As an Organizational Architect, Budnick through Jericho Consulting is dedicated to the strengthening of organizations by creating the right “blueprint” to meet their unique needs. Just like the building of a structure, every organization needs a blueprint to follow. And whether you a starting from scratch or doing a “re-model”, Jericho will work with your company to review the three critical components of your operation: Your People; Your Environment; and Your Product. With a blueprint designed for your company’s unique needs and organizational culture, you will have an organization which maximizes its strengths while managing its limitations.

The first step in this process is to review the foundations of your organization, working to understand the values and virtues, mission and vision, as well as the company history. From there, a review of the support structure begins. A core belief of Jericho is that the entire organization is a support system for those delivering your products and services. The final step before creating the blueprint is to review those elements exposed to the outside world; the front line employee, the customer, the member, the patron, or who ever it may be.

Through this process, Jericho has helped numerous organizations strengthen their team performance and maximize individual performance. If you want a blueprint for your organization, contact Joe today at jbudnick@jerichousa.com or call him at 763-464-3236.

Company Background

Throughout our business experience, we have seen walls put up by employees and management which ultimately reduce the employees’ and corporate efficiency and/or productivity. These walls can take the form of communication barriers, inaccurate assumptions, closed mindedness, or any number of actions and attitudes. These walls can create conflicts within an organization and result in an environment where employees and management are not equipped to succeed and excel. With Jericho Consulting these walls can be removed and you will achieve extraordinary success in managing your workgroups.

Biography Joe Budnick

Joe Budnick is a proven leader with demonstrated profit achievement in retail, wholesale and marketing environments. Since his entry into business in 1974 he has been committed to the development of people and organizations in order to achieve operational goals and objectives. Joe is de finitely an out-of-the-box thinker who is dedicated to creating new ideas to achieve lasting results.

Joe is president of Jericho Consulting, a company he and his wife, Lisa, started in 1988. Since then he has assisted clients in the development of organizational strategies including visions, missions, objectives, operating plans and resource allocation. Through Jericho’s consulting services, he has provided clients with a variety of Human Resource, Training and Operational services.

Prior to forming Jericho, Joe was Director of Organization and Employee Development for a major Midwest food wholesale/retail company. In this executive role he had Human Resource responsibilities for all company operations which included the development of employee recruitment & retention programs for all positions; executive recruitment; organization design and development including comprehensive assessment of key management employees and design of development plans; employee compensation and bonus programs; development and presentation of retail training programs for independent retailers; and provided leadership coaching to senior management.

In this position, Joe reduced employee turnover by 35% through the development of various employee relations programs; implemented a fee based development program for independent retailer employees utilizing video based training, computer based training, and interactive workshops; helped re-designed the organizational structure as it evolved from a wholesale focused company to a retail based company; and he recruited and selected key executives.

From 1968 to 1980, Joe acquired his knowledge of operation through working at a chain of Minneapolis, MN based hardware stores. At the age of 16 he became a department manager, responsible for all sales and inventory control of his department. Once out of college, he became a “turn around expert” manager noted for his abilities to turn stores from unprofitability to profitability. He concluded his career there as the company’s Director of Training.

Joe holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of Minnesota, with an emphasis in Speech Communications and Business Administration. He has taken courses in the Advanced Interpretation of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and is certified to administer the MBTI. Additionally, Joe is a certified administrator of Scientific Content Analysis, SCAN, a unique investigative tool to help uncover the truth behind an occurrence.

Since 1980, Joe has spoken around the nation specializing in the areas of Customer Service, Leadership and Performance Management. For a complete listing of his seminars, click on the Presentations & Seminars tab.