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What We Do
Leading. Talent.
We Help You Hire, Engage, and Develop a Top Performing Team

The Conner Connection™ offers Consulting and Training to organizations with a desire to achieve maximum impact in the selection, engagement, and development of your most important resource–your PEOPLE.

90% of all businesses name “PEOPLE ISSUES” as their number one business strategy struggle. ~ Harvard Business Review

The Talent Management Solutions offered are based on the use of Birkman, DISC, and Omnia talent assessment tools. Through consulting, training, and the proper implementation of assessment tools; The Conner Connection can help you achieve measurable and sustainable improvement in the management of any organizations’ Top Talent.

We engage with clients who are concerned with selecting the right fit for a particular job or preventing turnover. Other clients are frustrated with the lack of motivation of their current employees or with communication, leadership, and team building issues. Still other clients are overwhelmed in their efforts to prevent employee “burn out” and properly engage and develop their key employees to their full potential.

This is where we come in.

Why Talent Management Consulting & Training?

Better Candidate Selction

Even the most impressive resume & interview won’t always tell you if a candidate is a good match for a specific position, workplace, and management style.

Improved Employee Engagement

Learn what lies “below the surface” of even the most dedicated employee and customized ways to motivate them, preventing costly turn turnover and loss of key players.

Strategic Leadership Development

Make the most of your top talent by managing them to their key strengths, ensuring maximum performance and profitability.

Talent Management Consulting Services
SELECT: Hiring Consulting

Establish Strategic Hiring Plan to meet short term and long term goals

Job Analysis and Benchmarking

Custom hiring plan and benchmark to ensure the right criteria to measure candidates

Work with recruiting partners to source qualified candidates

Resume review and interview recommendations

Coordinate with Job Candidates for Interviews

Establish Individualized Interview questions

Conduct Interviews

Follow up analysis of candidates

Coordinate official offer letters

ENGAGE: Engaging and Motivating Existing Team

Onboarding of New Employees

Establishing Guidelines for Employee Performance Reviews

Periodic Employee Roundings / Status Checks

Team Dynamics Consulting and Coaching

5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team

4Conflict Resolution training

Communication Training and strategic planning

Develop an Employee Exit Strategy

Strategic Succession Planning

DEVELOP: Develop Top Talent and Leaders to fill potential

Leadership Development

Executive Coaching

Board Training

CAREER PLANNING AND COACHING

Students seeking college and career path guidance

New Grads seeking first job

Career Transition Candidates

Career Satisfaction Coaching

Certified Human Behavioral Consultant
Advanced Accredited DISC Trainer
Meet Mary Wray Conner
President/Director of Talent Management Solutions

Mary Wray Conner is the Director of Talent Management Solutions at The Conner Connection. She works closely with organizations to help facilitate the optimal use of Human Capital Management Strategy throughout the employee lifecycle. Mary Wray has more than 30 years of experience working with a variety of businesses, non-profits, and ministries. Her expertise is helping organizations improved communications to build stronger relationships/teams resulting in increased effectiveness and productivity. She is a Certified Human Behavior Consultant which gives her unique insight to enable others to gain a more thorough understanding of their unique strengths as well as an increased awareness and appreciation for the strengths of others. Mary Wray is an Advanced Accredited DISC Trainer, A Birkman Certified Independent Consultant, and is trained in the use of Omnia Talent Assessment tool.

Mary Wray can best be described in three words, “PEOPLE, PASSION, AND RESULT.” Her enthusiasm for working with and through people to achieve maximum productivity is contagious. She is passionate about investing her time, talent, energy as well as strong leadership, communication, creativity, and “out of the box” thinking to make a difference in the lives of other people. Her ultimate goal is to enable organizations to achieve sustainable results that grow and maximize their potential through successful placement and management of their most valuable resource- their PEOPLE.

“The Conner Connection has been integral to our business process and Mary Wray is a vital asset to our continued growth.”

Chad McMillan

CEO

If you’re interested in learning more, we’d love to sit down and talk with you.