Civility Partners Receives 2019 Best of La Mesa Award!

by Catherine MatticeSep 9, 2019

Civility Partners Receives 2019 Best of La Mesa Award

La Mesa Award Program Honors the Achievement

LA MESA, CA — August 30, 2019 — Civility Partners has been selected for the 2019 Best of La Mesa Award in the Human Resource Consulting category by the La Mesa Award Program.

Each year, the La Mesa Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the La Mesa area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2019 La Mesa Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the La Mesa Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About La Mesa Award Program

The La Mesa Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the La Mesa area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The La Mesa Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.

SOURCE: La Mesa Award Program

CONTACT:
La Mesa Award Program
Email: PublicRelations@onlinetopnotice-2019.com
URL: http://www.onlinetopnotice-2019.com

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About Catherine Mattice

Catherine Mattice, MA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP is President of consulting and training firm, Civility Partners, and has been successfully providing programs in workplace bullying and building positive workplaces since 2007. Her clients include Fortune 500’s, the military, several universities and hospitals, government agencies, small businesses and nonprofits. She has published in a variety of trade magazines and has appeared several times on NPR, FOX, NBC, and ABC as an expert, as well as in USA Today, Inc Magazine, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and more. Catherine is Past-President of the Association for Talent Development (ATD), San Diego Chapter and teaches at National University. In his book foreword, Ken Blanchard called her book, BACK OFF! Your Kick-Ass Guide to Ending Bullying at Work, “the most comprehensive and valuable handbook on the topic.” She recently released a second book entitled, SEEKING CIVILITY: How Leaders, Managers and HR Can Create a Workplace Free of Bullying.

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