Celebrating Erin Wolff’s 2 Year Anniversary

This month, alongside New Hat‘s 8th business anniversary and Paige Williams Interior Design‘s 10th(!), we have another to recognize. Erin Wolff “turns 2” as a Strategist with us!

Erin originally came to us via Bethany Bauman of Embody Design Co (the most generous referral queen, in allllllll of the land). Here’s the funny kicker: Erin had been on my radar too because of her business Pomelo Grove. As I was mindmapping for Ellevated Outcomes dream clients, Pomelo was on my list. I even went on a (wo)manhunt one night, trying to meet Erin. Little did I know that a few months later, her name would pop into my inbox…

When Erin came to us, she originally advocated her strategy superpower to be product management. Afterall, she’d spent her corporate career “chapters” with businesses like UnCommonGoods, Rodale Inc, FTD, and ProFlowers. She’s helped our boutique retail clients level up, by implementing product assorment analyses, data-driven order-to-buy processes, and sell-through tracking.

BUT.

As exciting as those reports and analyses are (I’m not being sarcastic; they are exciting) – for the past two years I’ve been pushing Erin into a different strength, where I viewed her strongest creativity shine: People. Or as she recently specified: Organizational Design.

Nearly immediately, I witnessed her People superpower make the biggest financial and emotional impact for clients.

In one client success story, she helped a CEO build a team of 6 from 0 (in one year). Simultaneously, this CEO doubled her salary. AND she reduced her physical labor in the business, granting a full day for on-the-business CEO work, every week.

If you’re familiar with Clifton’s Strengthsfinder, Erin’s top strength is being an “Arranger.” She’s able to zoom out and see how the puzzle pieces can be (re)-arranged for maximum impact. And as CEOs always must consider: most effective cost. In a different client example, moving around a couple puzzle pieces led to a $1,500 savings per month on payroll. Her work, internally and externally, is thorough, efficient, and effective.

Though Erin comes across as soft spoken and observant, her magic is the quiet power that lies beneath the surface. She’s a brilliant question-asker. And the answers she hears lets her quickly prioritize strategic initiatives to get a client the best bang for their buck.

Those who are card-carrying members of the Erin fan club love her because: while she’s ellevating their outcomes, as an entrepreneur herself, she’s able to relate to what her clients are going through – whether they’re in a learning pit or on a mountain top.

I’m really thankful to have celebrated Erin’s 2 year anniversary with us a couple weeks ago. Her spirit, point of view, and contributions help make the whole of Ellevated Outcomes’ team, greater than the sum of our individual parts.

Happy 2 years, Erin!

PS – here’s where you can learn more about Erin and our entire team.