Joel Strom Associates (JSA) has earned a national reputation from over 25 years of consulting to businesses and organizations, partnering with them, and staying with them as long as needed, to help ensure they achieve their growth objectives.

Having been the owner of a manufacturing company, Joel has experienced it all - he's worked with difficult employees, knows how it feels to be catapulted to a position of leadership for which there was no training, and understands that it's difficult to work on a long-term strategic plan when you're pressed with unpredicted daily workplace issues.

Joel went through the sleepless nights, the business roller coaster, and worries about meeting payroll. But, he figured it all out. He used his business experience, innate understanding of people and their potential, engineering background, and MBA management skills. He developed the principles of Growth Management, a method to methodically and logically plan and control growth to optimize profit.

Since 1982, the JSA team has consulted to hundreds of businesses and organizations using the Growth Management model. Joel has been invited to deliver keynote speeches at national conferences, and the JSA team has presented workshops and seminars for thousands of people. Clients say JSA listens to them, quickly understands their workplace culture, and has the perspective to design highly-effective individualized solutions. "They're also genuinely nice people," says the CEO of an independent business. "I felt comfortable as soon as I met them."

While many people call JSA when there is a crisis, they often choose to keep JSA as their "working partner" long after implementation of initial solutions. Following the crisis that initially brought them to JSA, some have remained clients for over ten years - meeting monthly, quarterly, or annually so JSA can work with them and help them continue their success.