Our Vision is to be trusted advisors to those who are on their journey of continuous improvement and operational excellence. 

 

Our Mission is to help businesses drive more of their top-line revenue to bottom-line profit.
 

Our Core Values are:

Collaboration: Partnering with our clients to understand – and help them achieve – their goals and objectives 

Trust: Building collaborative relationships and fulfilling expectations with confidence through open and honest communication 

Respect: Engaging with esteem and regard for clients’ culture, associates, business, and customers 

Integrity: Saying what we’re going to do, and doing what we say

Fun: Approaching business in a lively, energetic manner, while creating engaging and memorable client experiences

Kelli Baxter is principal and founder of Value Generation Partners. She is author of Discover Your Inner Leader workbook. Kelli is a business development professional, specializing in consultative sales, process improvement, and leadership development. Her diverse background includes holding various leadership positions – in a nonprofit organization, a public higher education institution, and an entrepreneurial boutique leadership development consulting firm, which afforded her the opportunity to do what she loves – build long-term professional relationships and resolve organizational challenges.
 

Kelli has a bachelor’s degree from Malone University, the Human Performance Improvement certification from the Association for Talent Development, and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Kent State University. She is a 2014 recipient of the Distinguished Sales and Marketing Award from Sales and Marketing Executives International. As a Value Generation Partner, Kelli is a workshop facilitator and client relations professional.

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Rod Baxter is principal of Value Generation Partners. He is author of Lean Six Sigma DMAIC Workbook, Operational Excellence Handbook, SUCCESS Series handbooks, and Discover Your Inner Series of workbooks. Rod has an MBA and holds the following professional certifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• New Product Development Professional (NPDP)

• Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB)

• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)

• Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE)

• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
   

In his career, he has led operational excellence, transformation, and value generation journeys with small to Fortune 500 global companies – representing service, health care, manufacturing, and higher education. Through these experiences, he traveled the globe, facilitating improvement initiatives with colleagues and teams in Europe, Asia, Middle East, and the Americas. As a Value Generation Partner, Rod is a workshop facilitator and content specialist.