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John Gaudet

PINNACLE GUIDE

I’ve been there

A Maine native and USAF Veteran (1977 – 1987), John Gaudet spent fourteen years working in human resource manager and director roles before founding human resource advisory firm J. Gaudet Associates, serving over 120 clients across Northern New England. He is a former Certified EMyth Business Coach, Working Genius Certified Facilitator, a Professional EOS Implementer (2018 – 2021), a founding member of Pinnacle Business Guides, and a Pinnacle Strategy Advisor and Leadership Team Coach.

John brings decades of experience as a human resources and organizational development advisor, an expert team facilitator, strategy advisor, leadership team coach. By combining his human resources, coaching, strategy and business growth experience with curated Pinnacle tools, he is uniquely positioned to help clients thrive.

On a typical day, you will find John providing business owners and their leadership teams with proven yet tailored strategic advice and coaching. As a Pinnacle Business Guide, he coaches teams, providing them with tools and methodologies to reach their long-term objectives (their Pinnacle), mid-point milestones, annual goals, and quarterly priorities, all while working to improve team health.

John enjoys helping his clients achieve their goals, and ultimately improve company culture, team health, employee retention, cash flow, and profitability.

The Pinnacle Principle

People

Surrounding yourself with the right people is a necessity. To embark on this journey, you’ll need to carefully select your team. Pick people who will help raise you up, and remove people who slow you down. A unified team working toward a common goal will always get further than even the most motivated individual.

The Pinnacle Principle

Purpose

The climb to the top requires some serious thinking. You have to figure out what you’re really all about, and what makes you different. How do you stand out from the crowd? What are you bringing to the table that nobody else can provide? What story are you telling with your work? This insight will help to develop the strategy you need for the journey.

The Pinnacle Principle

Playbook

“Just wing it” is bad advice when scaling a mountain, and it’s bad advice for business. Developing a clear-cut plan for everything you do will keep things running smoothly. Devise a strategy for business operations, meetings, and everything else you do, and keep it consistent.

The Pinnacle Principle

Performance

Actions really do speak louder than words. Even the best plan is useless without follow-through. You don’t have to get it all done in a day, but focus on incremental improvement and keep track as it happens. Only consistent practice can lead to exceptional performance.

The Pinnacle Principle

Profits

A great strategy builds momentum over time, continuing to get better, faster, and cheaper. With the right people, a clearly defined purpose, a detailed playbook, and consistent performance, profits are nearly inevitable. Sir Edmund Hillary once said, “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” (And as one of the first people to climb Mt. Everest, we think he’d know.)

The formula to success: the Pinnacle Principle

People + Purpose + Playbook + Performance = Profits

People

Surrounding yourself with the right people is a necessity. To embark on this journey, you’ll need to carefully select your team. Pick people who will help raise you up, and remove people who slow you down. A unified team working toward a common goal will always get further than even the most motivated individual.

Purpose

Actions really do speak louder than words. Even the best plan is useless without follow-through. You don’t have to get it all done in a day, but focus on incremental improvement and keep track as it happens. Only consistent practice can lead to exceptional performance.

Playbook

“Just wing it” is bad advice when scaling a mountain, and it’s bad advice for business. Developing a clear-cut plan for everything you do will keep things running smoothly. Devise a strategy for business operations, meetings, and everything else you do, and keep it consistent.

Performance

Actions really do speak louder than words. Even the best plan is useless without follow-through. You don’t have to get it all done in a day, but focus on incremental improvement and keep track as it happens. Only consistent practice can lead to exceptional performance.

Profits

A great strategy builds momentum over time, continuing to get better, faster, and cheaper. With the right people, a clearly defined purpose, a detailed playbook, and consistent performance, profits are nearly inevitable. Sir Edmund Hillary once said, “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” (And as one of the first people to climb Mt. Everest, we think he’d know.)

Build a Category of One Company

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Gain control

Grow leaders who grow companies.

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Simplify your business

Implement a proven, profitable framework to scale up your people, processes and profits.

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Be confident

Move your business upward with more clarity and confidence in your future.



Gain control

Grow leaders who grow companies.



Simplify your business

Implement a proven, profitable framework to scale up your people, processes and profits.



Be confident

Move your business upward with more clarity and confidence in your future.

Schedule a call

What Clients Say

“We began working with John in February of 2020. As of January 2021, we are using all aspects of the model with our staff and Board! John has led us through the process by teaching and guiding us every step of the way. He is very gifted at crafting the right questions to get you to dig deeper and reframing a discussion to pull out the most salient theme. We consider John a critical part of our team, and one of the biggest reasons we have been able to fully execute the model throughout our organization.”

Wendy Tardif – Executive Director, Dempsey Center

“The best part of Aroma Joe’s is that we are a fast-growing entrepreneurial brand. But we needed to ensure we were focused on key ideas and strategies to maximize effectiveness. With John’s help, we have been able to focus on big picture items and move important projects forward. Our weekly meetings leave the leadership team motivated with clear action items and steps to success.”

Loren Goodridge – CEO, Aroma Joe’s

“”When we started working with John, one of our biggest issues was hiring the right people, people that fit our culture and were passionate about their work. Together we defined the right combination of skills, knowledge, talent, and values that help make the whole team successful.”

Marci Booth – CEO, LIHC, Investment Group

The Journey Before Us

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Your journey to the summit requires patience and an ability to play the long game. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. You’ll need to keep your goals in mind and focus on putting your best foot forward every step of the way.

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