Secrets to Success at ALL4

At ALL4, success isn’t just hiring people, but hiring the right people. Perhaps there really is no secret to success other than hard work, however, we’ve put together a few things that may help you understand more about us and what we value.

Success begins with a strong foundation and ALL4’s is built upon our CORE4 foundational beliefs of Ownership, Accountability, Authenticity and Culture. With a strong foundation you can build your structure, or brand, by embodying our eight organizational values. These are the principles we use to guide decisions and actions.

CORE VALUE	BEHAVIOR
TAKE ACTION	Self-Directed and solution oriented.  Be decisive, adaptable, and work smart.
GROW YOUR BUSINESS	Be entrepreneurial.  Innovate, take risks, and consider the positive financial return.  Cultivate opportunities, clients, and relationships.
ACT WITH INTEGRITY	Demonstrate trustworthiness, dependability, and thoroughness.
INVEST IN OTHERS	Serve others.  Give generously without expectation.  Train, mentor, and develop individual potential.  Express appreciation.
PURSUE EXCELLENCE	Surpass expectations.  Seek challenges.  Deliver accuracy and have a sense of urgency.
EMBRACE CHANGE	Step into organizational and personal change.  Challenge yourself and continuously learn.
ENJOY THE JOURNEY	Stay engaged and keep things in perspective.  Have fun.
PRACTICE AUTHENTICITY	Be open, vulnerable, and transparent.  Demonstrate compassion, empathy and candor.

And finally, we have identified specific traits and skills we think our consultants need to be successful.

• Critical Thinking
  Our clients pay us to solve their problems; usually when they come to us their issues require us to be able to creatively assess their problems and offer one or more solutions.
• Organization and Time Management
  All of our consultants are working on multiple projects at the same time and each of these projects are “the most important” project to that particular client. The environment is deadline driven and can be fast-paced. Without solid organization and time management skills, work quality will suffer.
• Attention to Detail
  Everything that comes out of our office is considered work product and can have consequences for our clients with respect to regulatory compliance and/or public perception. The ability to pay attention to and address detail in regulatory analysis, writing, and calculations is important to our success.
• Oral Communication
  We communicate with, and for our clients in many different settings on a routine basis. Consultants who can think on their feet and communicate their thoughts coherently are successful. Good phone skills, public speaking skills, sales, and general presentation skills are necessary.
• Technical Writing
  Most of our work product is a report, letter, application, or e-mail. The ability to write clearly and directly in a logical manner is extremely important. We understand that college does not prepare entry level engineers for our writing style, so we are looking for people we believe have the ability and openness to be able to learn and adapt.
• Personality/Ability to Develop Relationships
  Much of our success as a company hinges upon our relationships with our clients. The ability to maintain and create these relationships is the key to our client growth. Everyone makes mistakes from time to time. Those who can sustain good personal relationships can get past a hiccup or two; those who do not have good personal relationships often cannot overcome a bump in the road.
• Openness to Feedback and Coaching
  We are a coaching organization who values people who display a growth mindset. People who are willing to take themselves on and learn from failure. Our quality is a hallmark of our reputation and internally, we review our documents and work products very carefully. We encourage feedback in all directions and want people who are open to both giving and receiving it. Critique is a common place for learning. Those who have difficulty accepting constructive changes struggle; those open to accepting feedback learn and improve.

Working at ALL4