Endeavor Talent Solutions

08/11/2026

We’re excited to welcome Samantha Braun, SHRM-CP, to Endeavor Talent Solutions as our Talent Solutions Coordinator!

Samantha brings several years of human resources experience supporting employees, leaders, and talent initiatives. She has a particular strength in turning ideas and information into practical, engaging resources. At Endeavor, she’ll use that experience to create tools, training materials, and social media content that support HR Advisors and make HR more effective and approachable.

Samantha holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Purdue University. She brings a thoughtful, creative, and people-centered perspective to her work, along with an eye for organization and design.

Outside of work, Samantha enjoys spending time with her husband and their son, gardening, being outdoors, and working on creative projects.

Please join us in welcoming Samantha to the Endeavor team!

07/31/2026

Everyone is helping.

Everyone is involved.

So why is nothing getting done?

In many organizations, the problem is not a lack of capable or committed people. It is that responsibilities have evolved informally, multiple leaders are contributing to the same work, and no one is clearly accountable for the final outcome.

What looks like collaboration can quietly create:

• Duplicated effort
• Decisions that keep getting revisited
• Conflicting direction
• Work that falls between departments
• Frustration among otherwise strong leaders

Effective teamwork does not require everyone to own everything. It requires clarity about who owns the outcome, who contributes, who should be consulted, and who needs to be informed.

In my latest article, I share five practical questions leadership teams can use to create clearer ownership without creating rigid silos.

Read the full article: https://wix.to/APK62Sa

When everyone is involved but no one is clearly accountable, collaboration can become confusion. Role ambiguity creates duplicated work, delayed decisions, and conflicting direction. Learn how clearer ownership and decision authority can help your leadership team work together more effectively.

06/12/2026

We’re excited to welcome Amanda Hecht, SHRM-CP, to Endeavor Talent Solutions as a Senior Advisor!!!

Amanda brings more than 17 years of leadership experience helping organizations create stronger teams, clearer expectations, and more consistent ex*****on — the kinds of people systems that allow leaders to spend less time in the day-to-day and more time moving the business forward.

Prior to joining Endeavor, Amanda held HR leadership roles with Nestlé and Franklin Electric, where she led HR operations, talent initiatives, leadership development programs, succession planning, and enterprise talent processes.

As a SHRM Certified Professional and Hogan-certified practitioner, Amanda partners with leaders to develop talent, navigate complex people challenges, and build high-performing teams.

She earned her degree in Business Management from Indiana University and is actively involved in supporting local Greater Fort Wayne community and educational organizations.

Amanda’s experience and approach align strongly with Endeavor’s mission: helping business owners and leaders remove daily friction so their teams operate with more clarity, consistency, and accountability.

Please join us in welcoming Amanda to the Endeavor team.

06/10/2026

One of the biggest mistakes leaders make is assuming their best employees will always stay.

After all, they're engaged.
They solve problems.
They take ownership.
They get results.

But that's exactly why they notice when accountability is missing.

They notice when:
• Deadlines are missed without consequences
• Expectations are applied inconsistently
• Poor performance is tolerated
• They carry more than their share of the workload

Most top performers don't complain.

They adapt.
They compensate.
They carry the team.

Until one day they decide they've had enough.

The hard truth?

Many organizations don't lose their best people because of compensation.

They lose them because excellence is appreciated—but not protected.

Every behavior a leader tolerates sends a message.

And often the message isn't received by the underperformer.

It's received by the top performer.

I explore this challenge in my latest article:

Why Top Performers Leave While Underperformers Stay

If you're struggling with retention, accountability, or leadership consistency, it may be worth asking:

Are your best employees experiencing the culture you think you've created?

Read more: https://wix.to/VLY4pd6

Top performers rarely leave all at once. They start disengaging when poor performance is tolerated, standards feel inconsistent, and they carry more than their share. This article explains why accountability gaps drive good employees away and how leaders can build a culture where excellence is value...

06/09/2026

Lead Fundraising Strategy. Build Donor Relationships. Advance a Mission That Changes Lives.

Endeavor Talent Solutions is proud to partner with Catholic Charities Fort Wayne-South Bend in the search for their next Chief Development Officer.

This is a meaningful leadership opportunity for a development executive who wants to combine strategy, relationship-building, and mission impact.

The next CDO will play a key role in strengthening fundraising strategy, deepening donor relationships, and expanding support for services that make a real difference across the region.

Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Organization: Catholic Charities Fort Wayne-South Bend
Role: Chief Development Officer

Know someone who would be a strong fit? Please share this with them.

Apply or learn more here: https://endeavor-talent-solutions.careers-page.com/jobs/1e945fa2-f84d-4246-b6ae-e749d17d6c42

Catholic Charities Fort Wayne-South Bend is seeking a Chief Development Officer to lead and strengthen the organization's fundraising, donor engagement, community partnership, and development team efforts.

05/26/2026

Most businesses think their employee handbook protects them.

But here’s the reality:

👉 A handbook only helps if it reflects how the business actually operates.

And that’s where many organizations quietly create risk.

I regularly see handbooks that are:

Outdated
Generic templates
Inconsistent with actual practices
Never referenced by leaders

So when difficult employee situations happen…

👉 Managers improvise.

Different leaders handle situations differently. Expectations become inconsistent. Documentation gets messy. And suddenly the handbook that was supposed to create protection creates confusion instead.

But this isn’t just about compliance.

A strong handbook should:

Clarify expectations
Support managers
Reinforce accountability
Create consistency across the business

In other words:

👉 It should function as an operational leadership tool not just an HR document.

Because culture is not defined by the policies you have.

It’s defined by the standards leaders consistently reinforce.

I wrote more about this in my newest article: https://wix.to/gYssKMy

Reflection:
If a difficult employee issue happened tomorrow, would your handbook support your leaders or leave them guessing?

Most employee handbooks don’t actually protect the business. Learn the common handbook mistakes SMBs make and how to create policies that support leadership, accountability, and compliance.

05/14/2026

Ever feel like you’re working all day…
but somehow ending right back where you started?

That’s not just being busy.

👉 That’s a loop.

It shows up like this:

You answer the same questions again
You fix the same problems again
You follow up on the same things again

And it feels productive.

Because you’re doing work.

But here’s the reality:

👉 Some work doesn’t move your business forward
…it just keeps it spinning

This is one of the biggest hidden issues I see with small business owners.

Not a lack of effort.
Not a lack of good people.

👉 A lack of clarity and structure

I wrote a short article on this and how to start fixing it:

https://wix.to/g2apEcT

If you’re curious where this might be happening in your business, I also created a quick assessment:

👉 https://talentstrategy.endeavortalent.org/friction

Read more:

Not all work is productive. Learn how hidden friction is slowing your business and how to fix it.