“At that moment, I knew one thing for sure. I got an excellent return on my investment…”

Recently our top client, Arrivalist, was successfully acquired. Arrivalist’s CEO, Cree Lawson offered this ROI testimony after the acquisition:

“In 2012, our first hire was flaming out. Worse, I knew our interview process needed help, too.

Trying to fix both problems, I called Chris Shaver, a former business associate. He recommended adding a Relationship Needs assessment as a final step in our hiring process. I had never heard of it. So, a psychologist I trusted and I took the assessment first.

Impressed, I was curious what it would say about our first hire.

Chris cut through the psychological jargon. He showed us how our employee’s Relationship Needs were not a match for the role. Then he found us someone who was, fresh out of business school. That person matured rapidly and became our VP Analytics. This was so impressive that I slotted Chris into our hiring process. For the next 11 years, I trusted him to help us hire the right people and to use the Relationship Needs assessment to keep me and our leadership team on track.

As we grew, we had very low turnover. Our people helped us stave off better-financed competitors. As a team, we weathered the pandemic and the collapse and rebound of the travel industry.

In June 2023, when Alpine Investors, a “people-first company” acquired us, getting our people in the acquisition became critical to sealing the deal.

At that moment, I knew one thing for sure. I got an excellent return on my investment in Chris and his data-driven Relationship Needs insights.

If you want to master people acquisition and managing your leadership team, I highly recommend Chris Shaver and his approach to Relationship Needs.”

- Cree Lawson, Former CEO & Founder of Arrivalist

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