Most companies don’t stall for lack of talent or ambition. They stall because the basics get skipped. We help executive teams get them right, so growth and profit follow.
James Louis Consulting was founded by Jamie Polk, M.HROD, a senior HR, organizational development, and safety leader who has worked alongside leaders at Fortune 500 companies, scrappy startups, and midsize businesses trying to get out of survival mode.
Jamie kept seeing the same pattern. Smart, ambitious companies got stuck because they skipped the basics, chased trends, or paid consultants for binders of brilliance that ended up on a shelf. So he built a different approach. The Five Critical Cs turns proven research into steps your team can actually use, at your pace and within your budget.
Jamie holds a master’s degree in Human Resources and Organizational Development from the University of Georgia. He is a Prosci certified change practitioner, a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, an InsideOut Coaching practitioner, and a Certified Board Advisor.
The Five Critical Cs is a sequence, not a buffet. Each step builds on the last.
Big firms often arrive with a prepackaged method. We start by listening. Every engagement begins with discovery and ends with a plan built for your company, your people, and your budget.
Every engagement is built around your goals. These are the areas where we help most often.
Find out what’s really happening inside your company. We combine surveys, focus groups, interviews, and the data you already have to show where culture, structure, and leadership help or hurt growth. You get a prioritized plan, not a pile of findings.
Your frontline and midlevel leaders carry every initiative. We build their skills through coaching, workshops, and practical tools they use the next day.
One on one coaching for executives and senior teams leading major change, focused on alignment, decisions, and follow through.
Untangle roles, processes, and incentives so your structure supports your strategy instead of slowing it down.
Facilitated sessions that turn your purpose into a compass people use to make decisions every day.
From hiring and onboarding to engagement surveys you actually act on, we help you build a place good people want to stay.
Practical, energizing sessions on The Five Critical Cs for leadership teams, conferences, and associations.
Fix the process first, then let technology speed up good work. We guide HR system selection, implementation, and adoption.
