Tunnell Consulting - Consultants to Management

about us

	Our Mission Our History Our Employee-Owned Company Our Philosophy Our Consultants Our Multidisciplinary Approach Our Performance Goals
Our Mission Statement
	We add value to our customers' operations through the provision of customized consulting, facilitation, and educational services using participative teaming approaches and bringing to bear appropriate technical expertise. Our mission is to demonstratively improve the processes of change by which our customers upgrade their operating performance.
We Have an Established History, and a Proven Track Record with Clients
	Tunnell Consulting was founded in 1962 and has steadily grown from a sole proprietorship to a broad-based firm that applies a diversity of skill sets to boost client performance. The greatest measure of our success continues to be the high percentage of clients who repeatedly return to us when they expand or reorganize, change direction, or encounter a critical process or organizational obstacle. As our client list has grown, so have our areas of expertise and the size of our consulting staff, but we have remained committed to developing business relationships that last. We hope to continue to do that, by providing the right people with the right skills that a project commands, and by delivering flexible solutions, not off-the-shelf programs that assume your firm squeezes into a one-size-fits-all mold.
We Don't Have Employees, We Have Company Owners
	Tunnell Consulting has operated as an ESOP company (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) since 1988. This means each employee is also a company owner and has a real and personal interest in our continued well being. We believe that shows in the quality of the services we provide you, and in the quality of the attentiveness you receive. We hope you will find us extremely client-driven, committed to finding a customized solution that exactly meets your needs, and determined to define success in terms of project outcomes that achieve your expressed goals.
We Have Adopted a Learning Philosophy
	The one thing we know for sure about the needs of business and industry is that they will change. To keep up, we have dedicated ourselves to being a learning organization that supports the continual growth of its consultants, and that stays active in a variety of respected professional organizations. This all doesn't mean, however, that we fall for every new theory or technique that surfaces. Simply, that we have the background to anticipate where business and industry are going, and the resources to respond quickly and effectively by developing products and services that light the way.
Our Well-Credentialed Consultants Work as a Team
	Our consultants, you will find, operate as a working team so they can integrate the different skill sets they offer. Our staff consists of well-credentialed and experienced men and women who have extensive business and industry experience; many of them have held key management positions at top manufacturing and service companies and many have earned advanced degrees in science, engineering and business. Several of our consultants are also experienced educators. Tunnell Consulting has an extensive training history, and has presented countless in-house and public seminars on both technical and organizational subjects to hundreds of people.
We Integrate Knowledge from a Broad Range of Disciplines
	Because the reasons companies need our services are so complex, we believe it's imperative that we offer both the skills to diagnose and treat technical problems, and the skills to help you address broader organizational challenges. Our experience has taught us that many projects, even the most highly technical, are most successful when the organizational culture is open to new ideas. Thus, in addition to expertise in specific technical specialties, we offer our clients organizational approaches that can either stand alone, or that can be integrated into a primarily technical assignment. To secure the fullest value from our services, we also deliver strong project management, including excellent communications, organization, reporting and leadership.
Your Peak Performance is Our Goal
	Tunnell Consulting has consistently stressed increased client performance as our central mission; if you don't become a more efficient and profitable company because of us, we haven't served you well. To move you closer to your goals, we reinforce your organization's foundation by bolstering resources already in place or supplying new technology to move your company forward. With a more solid grounding in the technical or organizational essentials that match industry demands, companies can then achieve and maintain higher levels of profitability, increase their competitiveness, and more successfully extend their limits -- moving confidently toward the peak of performance.