For Immediate Release: March 27, 2018
Contact Information:
Tony Benjamin, MBA, PHR
435-817-7695
The Grange Inks Deal with Colorado’s River Restoration
South Jordan, Utah: The Grange, LLC, a strategic HR consulting firm, has signed an agreement to provide consulting services to River Restoration, a river engineering firm from Carbondale, Colorado.
Tony Benjamin, founder and Owner of The Grange said “River Restoration does some really cool things. I’m honored to be working with them. They are blazing a trail in a unique industry and are situated to drive innovation in their industry for a long time to come.”
River Restoration seeks to improve and unite communities by reengineering rivers. Company engineers take “a fluvial geomorphic engineering approach to river channel design.” The company specializes in engineering and restoring rivers to better fit their environment, including human use. Their portfolio includes work completed on the Ogden and Helper rivers in Utah, the Arkansas River and Gore Creek in Colorado, and the Turkey River in Iowa.
High on the agenda for the two companies is effectively managing River Restoration’s consistent growth. “Laying the foundation for growth is vital for companies like River Restoration,” Benjamin said. “They have a good culture in their company. We’re going to preserve the things that have made them successful and add to them in a way that facilitates growth.”
Over the course of the last year, The Grange has been in the news for other reasons as well. Some mentions include Mr. Benjamin’s DisruptHRSLC 2.0 speech being one of the top five most watched Disrupt speeches, has been quoted in HR Magazine, published an article in The Enterprise, and HR training given at Utah State University, Eastern campus. The Grange recently announced plans to hire a professional sales team to further its own growth.
About The Grange, LLC: The Grange LLC is a strategic HR consulting firm based in South Jordan, Utah. It specializes in working with small to medium-sized businesses. The owner of the company, Tony Benjamin, is a 17-year veteran in the Human Resources industry, working for some of Utah’s fastest growing, most well-known, and successful companies including Control4, Air Medical Resource Group, and Ovivo USA. Mr. Benjamin earned a degree in Political Science from Utah State University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
For Immediate Release: November 3, 2017
Contact Information:
Tony Benjamin, MBA, PHR
435-817-7695
Tony Benjamin to Speak at USU Eastern’s Business Conference
South Jordan, Utah: Tony Benjamin, Founder of The Grange: Strategic HR Consulting, will be speaking at the Utah State University Eastern Business Conference in Price, Utah. His presentation will focus on the things that small businesses need to know about human resources. Starting at 11:00am on November 9, 2017 Benjamin will address the proper role of human resources, the most important risk factors for small businesses, and how to implement HR best practices early.
“I’m really excited to be invited to speak to small business owners in Price,” Benjamin said. “I have a soft spot in my heart for Price and want to give back to the community there in any way I can.” Benjamin attended college at what was then the College of Eastern Utah on a debate scholarship, winning a national, junior college, championship while there.
The Grange, has sponsored a previous event in Price, and Mr. Benjamin recently spoke at the DisruptHR SLC 2.0 conference in Salt Lake.
Tickets for the event are available at www.usueastern.edu/businessconference or at www.carboncountychamber.net. The public, both local and extended, is encouraged to attend.
For additional information about the conference itself, contact Ethan Migliori at 435-613-5435 or ethan.migliori@usu.edu.
About The Grange, LLC: The Grange LLC is a strategic HR consulting firm based in South Jordan, Utah. It specializes in working with small to medium-sized businesses. The owner of the company, Tony Benjamin, is a 16-year veteran in Human Resource industry, working for some of Utah’s fastest growing, most well-known, and successful companies including Control4, Air Medical Resource Group, and Ovivo USA. Benjamin earned a degree in Political Science from Utah State University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
For Immediate Release: May 23, 2017
Contact Information:
Tony Benjamin, MBA, PHR
435-817-7695
The Grange Shakes Up HR for Small Business
South Jordan, Utah: Tony Benjamin, Founder of The Grange Strategic HR Consulting, has a vision for small business that is shaking things up.
Benjamin founded The Grange in 2016 with the idea of bringing all the advantages of a forward thinking HR department to small business. His vision centers around the idea that all companies, no matter their size, need a human resources function. In February of this year he said, “That’s why I started The Grange, to make high-end, strategic Human Resource services available to small companies from their inception.”
The idea for the company grew out of Benjamin’s love for small business. “Laying the foundation for a successful business is more important now than ever,” he said. “In a world where small businesses are competing for the same skill sets and talent as companies like Google and Amazon, you can’t wait for your company culture to just evolve. You have to design it and sculpt it from the very beginning.”
In more than 16 years of working in human resources, Benjamin recognized that many companies make a huge oversight when getting established. He said: “By the time companies feel compelled to hire an HR professional, their cultures are often already set in stone and have a difficult time scaling.”
“It’s a bit of a shock for employees to go from ‘whatever works for you,’ to ‘here’s your 40-page employee handbook,’ he said. “For instance, you don’t take a new product to market without doing your research; you create a plan and execute it. It’s the same with employees. You can’t hire 20 people and not have a plan in place for how to onboard them, integrate them, train them, manage their efforts, and, most importantly, keep them from getting poached by a competitor. That’s doubly important for small businesses.”
The Grange has set revenue records almost each month since its founding and continues to field calls from around the country.
“You wouldn’t have expected it, but the first client that hired us was based in Montreal. They’re opening a plant in Utah and needed somebody to help them with their HR process here. There isn’t a small business in the country that doesn’t need our services,” he stated with confidence. “We offer the best of all possible worlds, a high-end skill set at a low cost.”
On May 1, of this year, The Grange rolled out a new product for businesses with less than 15 employees called, Republic Group HR Services. It allows micro companies to pool resources and purchase HR services together. Groups are forming now. Benjamin expects the idea to gain traction. “Until now, if you were a boutique with five employees, you had to hire an attorney to write your employee handbooks, create policy, or to just get advice on how to handle an employee who isn’t performing well. You would worry as much about the amount of time you’re on the phone as you would about getting your questions answered. That’s a dangerous place to be when most employee relations issues are complicated and come with heavy consequences if you get it wrong.”
“I want to shake up small business and HR forever,” Benjamin said. “I want to make effective HR a tool that small business can use to compete on the largest scale.”
About The Grange, LLC: The Grange LLC is a strategic HR consulting firm based in South Jordan, Utah. It specializes in working with small to medium-sized businesses. The owner of the company, Tony Benjamin, is a 16-year veteran in Human Resource industry, working for some of Utah’s fastest growing, most well-known, and successful companies including Control4, Air Medical Resource Group, and Ovivo USA. Benjamin earned a degree in Political Science from Utah State University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
