Vince Crew

"Everyday Ethics has one mandate - Understand that daily decisions and actions impact the enterprise well into the future."                                                            Vince Crew

Incredibly successful firms have 'crashed and burned' over performance goals and guidelines.  When it comes to leading people, creating, and operating within an ethical culture, we can get stuck, stalled, or stale.

Are you stuck between transition (doing things differently) and transform (doing different things)?

Are you stalled at a point where you can't seem to breakthrough to the next level?

Are you stale when it comes to ideas for creating a stronger, higher performing, ethical culture among your team?

Establishing, communicating, and enforcing a strict code of conduct and decision making parameters is the single greatest factor in establishing an enterprise that attracts and retains the best employees, vendors, customers, and community supporters.  Among issues of importance:

• Development of corporate codes of conduct, values and principles statement
• Review existing policies and procedures relating to compliancy
• Manager development in detection, inquiry, and enforcement
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 consultation and in-house programs
• Executive and Management team development on workplace conduct

Vince Crew brings fundamental truths, understanding, and a distinct process necessary to aid in developing practical solutions to everyday ethical dilemmas.  His approach is, practical, essential and effective.

Vince helps clients meet the challenges of:

• Ensuring Accountability
• Instilling Discipline
• and Developing Cohesive Teams that Act with Clarity, Conviction, and Consistency.

Vince Crew is "America's Everyday Ethics Guy" and the author of four books including "Everyday Ethics, Everlasting Consequences... A personal guide to professional integrity" (Insight, Jan 2008) which was featured on FOX Business Network's Neil Cavuto show on January 21, 2008.

He has made a living helping owners and executives grow their firms by concentrating on developing leadership, staffing, and everyday ethics strategies to support enterprise goals.

Vince is a businessman with an incredibly diverse background from sales and marketing to middle and executive leadership in a number of industries, including corporate, entrepreneurial, and nonprofit settings.  He has helped hundreds.  He can help you.

His perspectives are bold, confident, and unabashedly proven to lift the standards of individuals, their organizations, and communities.

Clients benefit from his assistance because:

• His work is highly individualized.
• He doesn't dwell on weaknesses, but leveraging strengths.
• He doesn't read other people's stuff and give 'book reports,' but offers original thoughts and proven strategies he has seen work or implemented directly.
• He relies on his own experiences and those of his clients to deliver the best advice, encouragement, and implementation assistance he can with every engagement.

When it comes to his areas of interest: Leadership, Staffing, and Ethics – Vince "wrote the book(s):"

"Everyday Ethics, Everlasting Consequences" (Insight, 2008)
"Leadership Defined" (Insight, 2005)
"The Leadership Thought Guide Vol. I" (Lighthouse, 2004)
"Keeping The Very BEST" (Lighthouse, 2003, 2nd Printing in 2005)

Since 1997, leaders have regarded Vince as a trusted advisor to help facilitate change, foster accountability, and bring perspective and insight.  Over the years he has also earned a reputation as a resource to media outlets including radio, TV, and a number of industry newspapers and journals. 

Vince earned a Master of Science degree in Marketing and Communication from Franklin University (Columbus, OH) with extensive research in ethics and leadership strategies throughout organizational lifecycles.  He received his B.A. from Ashland University (Ashland, OH).  

He is in high demand as a professional speaker to trade and professional associations throughout the United States and is a frequent contributor to newsletters and sought after for commentary.  The author of a monthly newsletter, The One Sheeter©, Crew is also a syndicated columnist of "Beyond The Bottom Line."

By an intense process of defining and demonstrating his client's distinct values, they are better able to identify, think through, and fight pressures and temptation.  This focus will:

• Contribute to community, market, and industry strength
• Create high performance/ high-principled work cultures
• Achieve recognition as an 'enterprise of choice'
• Enhance corporate reputation and value proposition
• Improve relationships with key stakeholders
• Reduce risk of reputation damage, regulatory action, and litigation threats
• Attract and retain the BEST employees, customers, and external supporters for the firm

Programs and Services

Building corporate responsibility programs to meet emerging standards, our programs are designed for organizations wanting to surface their values and integrate ethical standards throughout their operations.  Programs are developed to meet each organization's distinct corporate culture and needs. 

Topics include governance, executive suite decision-making, compliance issues, management and supervisory development, vendor relations, and external constituency relationships.

Program evaluation and measurement

Clients can benefit from his review of existing ethics compliance programs to determine their efficacy in reducing, resolving, and identifying potential areas of concern. 

Convening and facilitating collaboration among leaders in business, society, and government entities

Facilitating sessions with appropriate stakeholder groups to evaluate expectations and foster dialogue which offers an 'objective' voice in highly charged situations.  The result is a blend of prioritization, better positioning, increased trust, and the development of healthy, profitable relationships.

Reviewing ethics-related communications

Vince can review individual reports, newsletters, and other internal and external materials relating to or containing conduct, values, or position-related content.  Our recommendations can improve the effectiveness of communications, in terms of clarity, consistency, and practicality.

Ethics Coaching

This service is especially valuable when a company is confronting crisis, merger, acquisition, succession, or other states of transition (positive or uncertain).  Clients will benefit from spot analysis, reviews, advice, and one-on-one, confidential assistance in developing strategies with the owner, executive officer, or executive team members.

Designing and delivering workshops, seminars, and writings to support Ethics Initiatives

Vince Crew is a nationally-recognized professional speaker who has delivered executive workshops and programs to individual company, nonprofits, government, trade and professional associations throughout the U.S.  He is also available for article writing, and media interviews on: governance, workplace dynamics, civility, accountability, and other ethical leadership challenges. 

His nationwide clientele includes:

• Healthcare (acute, sub-acute, long term, hospice, home health, HME/DME, senior independent and assisted housing)
• Business (established and transitioning mid-sized to corporate settings)
• Retail (independent, franchise, and corporate)
• Professional Services (consumer and business-to-business)
• Law Enforcement (state and local)
• Trade & Professional Associations

Top 7 Reasons Owners & Executives Call On Vince Crew

1. To gain a fresh perspective on personal challenges and opportunities associated with expanding their enterprises
2. To refine ethical decision making skills
3. To increase personal effectiveness
4. To accelerate results
5. To fill a gap in knowledge, experience, and skills
6. To address time-sensitive challenges or opportunities
7. To inform and inspire a leadership team with practical ideas for strategic growth