MAKK Strategies is based on these principles:
* By helping individuals/employees change their behavior patterns, MAKK Strategies will find companies and individuals up to 333 hours (that is roughly EIGHT 40-hour weeks) of lost time a year. This can add up to $6000 or more per person per year (dependent on salary).
* By helping to reduce clutter in the workplace and at home, clients will be able to better organize their time and resources.
* By helping companies to re-engineer their business processes, clients will save money on a 3-to-1 ROI.
* Disorganization can sap individuals and employees of their time and their energy.
* It costs less to prevent downtime than to try and make the time up.
* At MAKK Strategies, we tie worker productivity directly to Supervisory training and skills.
Deirdra Gross (a.k.a. the “Personal Trainer for Your Life"), is the Founder/President of MAKK Strategies and a Professional Organizer and Time Management Expert. Deirdra started MAKK Strategies in August of 1999. After graduating from the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Deirdra has held a number of positions, including Vice President of a Language School. Deirdra then went on to work as a Management Consultant for two national Management Consulting firms. She worked on Process Improvement & Redesign for companies such as Bell South, Northern States Power, General Motors, IMC Agrico, and many others.
While a consultant, Deirdra developed and honed her organizing, time management, and process improvement and redesign philosophies that she currently shares with her corporate, small/home office and residential clients, both locally and across the country.
Deirdra has been a columnist in publications such as “Inspiring Times” and “Women’s Independent Press.” In print, she has been featured in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh Business Times and The Almanac. On television, she has been featured on Lifequest and on the radio, she has been featured on both WPTT’s American Entrepreneur as well as KDKA’s Small Business Report. Deirdra is also a frequent guest panelist at Entrepreneurial Thursday, a weekly networking event for Pittsburgh entrepreneurs.
She serves as a Past President of NAWBO Pittsburgh (National Association of Women Business Owners), co-founder and Director of 1st Thursdays WBAN (Women’s Business Alliance Night) and is a current member of HELP (Helping Entrepreneurs Learn from Peers). Deirdra is also the co-founder of Team 100 Pittsburgh, a virtual networking group.
