My name is Deb Harris, the founder of TeamWorx, LLC.  I graduated from Loyola College, Baltimore, in 1982, with a B.S. in Accounting.  I became a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and worked in public accounting and in private industry, focusing on small businesses with up to 50 employees. 

In 1987, I joined my sister and her partner in starting a nationwide insurance and tracking services company (Lease Tracking Services, Inc.), as their accountant.  A few years later, I became a partner and the Treasurer, managing the accounting and computer departments until 1998.  Then we discovered a powerful assessment tool; the Kolbe Concept^®.  Little did we know the incredible changes that were about to occur!

At that time, we were suffering from internal conflict, low morale, high employee turnover, dissatisfied customers, plus we were five weeks behind in our production schedule.  Can you imagine the negative impact this had on our bottom line?  Does any of this sound familiar?

With nothing to lose, we decided to drastically change the responsibilities of two of our managers based on our Kolbe A^TM results.  I was one of those managers.  I became the Chief Operating Officer (COO), responsible for managing 80% of our staff and our internal processes.  The other manager became responsible for resolving customer complaints and creating new services. 

Within six months of this change, internal conflict diminished, morale was higher than ever, and employee turnover was nonexistent.  Customers started complimenting us on our prompt, courteous and innovative service, and we were on schedule and more productive then we had ever been!  Can you picture the positive impact this had on our bottom line?  We never imagined we would see such tremendous results so quickly!  It became clear that the key to a highly effective team was to align all of us into the "right fit" jobs. 

I was hooked!  It became my quest to learn as much as I could about human behavior and motivation,applying these concepts to the workplace.  I received training in Kolbe, Myers Briggs and the Enneagram.  I discovered my passion and ability to integrate the unique talents, what I refer to as the "star-ability", of the individual to create an empowered team!

My background in small business as a CPA, Treasurer, COO and owner, plus my strong organizational skills and unwavering belief that every person has a unique talent to discover and share, led me to create TeamWorx in 2002. Since then, I've had the privilege and pleasure of working with a number of small businesses from various industries.

Customer references are available upon request.