Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Volti

VOLTI
While on a skiing retreat in February of 2000, two unaffiliated clients of Charles Acklin's approached him at separate times announcing that they were no longer going to work with his partner and himself. Each client explained that the company Acklin was working for and the senior partner could not practice what they preached. The clients described the work Acklin had done for them generated revenue and improved their processes, but the company was not willing to take care of its assets. The clients both asked Acklin "How long are you going to put up with this?"Months earlier, in August of 1999, Charles Acklin was approached by two investors, Doctors from Michigan and Pennsylvania, offering him start-up capital if he would consider leaving the partnership and starting his own venture. At the time, he had been uninterested, but after this chance encounter on his ski trip, and three months of attempting to define and improve the partnership with no success, Acklin called up the investors and accepted their offer. Acklin officially resigned his position on October 1, 2000, and started VOLTI on October 31, 2000. VOLTI's mission is to accelerate and increase the success of it's clients. Volti goes into a company as a guest, "embedded" rather than imposed. They learn a company's style, values and traditions, and then the companies needs. Then they go to work for the company, working with teams and individuals in everyday, real-life situations to bring out the needed improvements, employing the proven elements of Volti's program. Volti focuses on the strengths of the present staff to begin creating improvement from the inside. Improvement in people brings improvement in their work, and that brings improvements in company performance. This ends in profit."VOLTI would not be where it is without Ken Fakler. Ken targets issues and goes beyond textbook definitions. He doesn't cheer lead, he facilitates results. Together we clarified propriety elements, infrastructure, our unique business model and sales process. During times of lost funds, negative cash and discouragement, Ken supported me as I refocused and recovered." Fakler has helped stabilize, expand, innovate, and transform VOLTI from a highly successful 'one-man operation' to a team, really taking it to the next level.

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