Strategic Essentials, Inc.

We understand your challenges because
we've been there ourselves.

For over 30 years, Valerie Cardenas, the founder of Strategic Essentials, has been an entrepreneur, owning various businesses including a successful contracting firm that merited 1st place state and national awards. She has first hand knowledge of the challenges of being a CEO as well as those of the management team in business operations in today's environment.
Strategic Essentials is an affiliate of Leadership Management, Inc. (LMI) -- the world's largest and most experienced producer of leadership and management development programs. We provide the most comprehensive organizational development process available today through the unique LMI Strategic Development Process™. Our practical, common-sense approach is proven, measurable, and supported by the largest statistical research base in the development industry.
Whether your needs include a growth strategy, growth management or team development, we can deliver time tested and affordable methods to help you build your organization, its profitability and owner income. As a level 4 leadership development company, we specialize in helping individuals and organizations tailor a plan that reduces the gap between potential and performance. Programs typically deliver 10 or 1 or greater return on investment.

How we partner with you in designing
your blueprint for success

We bring a "What Matters Most" focus to your organization.
Our experience shows that success comes from the proper alignment of leadership, strategy, management, and culture. In fact, most challenges CEOs and management teams face are related to one of these. Our services are geared to help the CEO and executive management team drive and implement a strategic plan throughout the entire organization, making "What Matters Most" clear to all employees.
Along with targeted skill-building lessons, every LMI development process is designed to change behaviors in a way that produces improved results. LMI's goal setting and productivity methodologies are used in every process and are designed so that participants emerge with specific and measurable goals set around your organizational objectives and a plan of action to reach those goals.
Instead of training and development being a cost, it becomes a the driving force behind the implementation of your blueprint for success with measurable ROI. This is also the key to creating a results-based, goal-oriented culture focused on "What Matters Most."