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Strategic People Solutions has
also found that a plan works
best when the owner has a
clear picture of what he wants
the business to look like in the
future. They can then build
a plan that includes hiring,
procedures and operational
systems that help the business
owner reach his stated goals.
The old axiom that says “the
cobbler’s children have no
shoes” certainly doesn’t apply
to Strategic People Solutions.
The Drs. Gatty implement every
strategy that they recommend
to their clients first in their own
business. Ann said “Anything
I’m putting in other businesses
I’m also doing here.”
Ann has recently published
The book actually evolved from
wanting to help wounded or
hospitalized military veterans.
Ann has two sons who currently
serve in the U.S. military, and
she also wants to be of service.
She and her husband acquired a
Great Dane, Beretta, and when
he was one year of age, they
went through the certification
program sponsored by the
Therapy Dog International
Organization. Beretta can
go into hospitals to provide
comfort and therapy to the
patients. He is very gentle, as
well as tall, and can easily reach
into the hospital beds and/
or wheelchairs. It was an eye-
opening exercise for Ann.
Through the process of training
her dog, Beretta, for his
therapeutic duties, Ann realized
that she began using examples
from Beretta’s training in her
work with business owners.
Seeing the world through a
dog’s vision helped devise a
very simple, straight-forward
approach where collaborative
ideas, mutual respect, trust, and
team-work are integral parts of
the equation in the workplace
to maximize effectiveness and
efficiency in the organization.
Ann shared that when dogs
mingle socially in the dog
SOAR TO SUCCESS / November 2016 / Feature Article