A Transition Performance Company

The Huddle Pros is a Transition Performance company—pioneering a new approach to how organizations navigate and sustain performance through transformation.
We created the Transition Performance System to help you move forward without sacrificing performance.
Bringing Fortune 50–level transformation capabilities within reach—without the traditional cost or complexity.

Why We Exist

Too many transformations fail to sustain performance driven top-down, resisted in practice, and costly to both people and results.

Research continues to show there is no single "best practice" approach to navigating transitions, yet organizations continue to rely on the same outdated methods.

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We created the Transition Performance System because this work is deeply personal to us.

Having lived it, led it, and studied it, we built a human-centered approach designed to turn complexity into alignment, momentum, and measurable performance.

We are committed to the success of people and organizations, because when people thrive, performance follows.

Empower People. Elevate Business.

Why Choose Us

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Our Logo. Our Story.

The Circle

Shared Focus. Shared Roar. Shared Success.

It represents collective courage, alignment, and momentum, where every empowered person contributes to elevating the business and driving the Roar Forward!

Empower People. Elevate Business.

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The Lion

Standards of Strength. Leadership with Rigor. Results that Roar.

It reflects the highest standards: academically distinguished scholar-practitioners with evidence-based rigor, Ivy league credentials, and global Fortune 50 results.

This depth of expertise fuels our cross-functional, multi-industry, repeatable solutions, rooted in original research and real-world practice unlocking capability, ownership, and unified success.

Roar Forward!

The Huddle

We Huddle. We Help. We Make It Happen… By Empowering You!

It embodies our digitally enabled, proven-in-practice, proprietary suite as the engine of our simple approach, turning insight into decisions, decisions into action, and action into results that matter, to Better Your Business.

It’s our strategic HUDDLE that unifies your team, guides the plays, and energizes execution to achieve your goals.

Together, We Are Goal Getters!

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The Team

Chief Performance Officer

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Dr. Sherry Maklary, MBA, MST, MA, MSW, CCMP, CVC

CEO, Principal

sherry@thehuddlepros.com

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Chief Huddle Officer

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Alex Ortiz, MBA, CPA

COO, Principal, Global Operations

alex@thehuddlepros.com

Let’s Huddle

Whether you’re exploring, stuck, or ready to move forward—we’ll help you find your focus and take the next step.

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FAQ

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What is The Huddle Pros?

The Huddle Pros is a Transition Performance company focused on helping organizations improve performance during transformations, transitions, and business improvement initiatives. We combine evidence-based insights, real-world Fortune 50 experience, and practical tools to help organizations move from now to next with clarity, alignment, and momentum.

What is Transition Performance?

Transition Performance is the ability to sustain and accelerate performance while people, teams, systems, and processes are evolving. Instead of treating change as a one-time event, TPS focuses on the ongoing transitions organizations experience and empowers people to help shape and lead them.

How is Transition different from Change?

Traditional change approaches often focus on announcing what is changing. Transition focuses on helping people move through the process successfully.

Change says:
“Here’s what’s different.”

Transition says:
“Here’s how we move forward together.”

The Transition Performance System (TPS) is designed to create clarity, ownership, alignment, and sustained performance throughout that journey.

What makes The Huddle Pros different?

We combine:

  • Fortune 50 transformation experience
  • Multidisciplinary expertise
  • Evidence-based methods
  • Human-centered execution
  • Practical self-service tools
  • Transition Empowerment

Unlike traditional top-down approaches, TPS is built around co-creation, engagement, and enhanced performance.

What is The Huddle Pros 6-Pack (THP 6-Pack)?

THP 6-Pack is a:

  • Methodology
  • Model
  • Framework

designed to help organizations navigate transitions while maintaining and accelerating performance. It combines strategic guidance, practical tools, execution assets, and structured conversations to help organizations move forward effectively.

Who is TPS designed for?

TPS is designed for:

  • Business leaders and executives
  • Operations, HR, and strategy leaders
  • Project and program managers
  • Managers leading teams through transition
  • Organizations improving operations or performance
  • Individuals navigating professional transition
  • Teams looking for evidence-based solutions

No prior expertise is required.

Do I need experience in change management to use TPS?

No. TPS was intentionally designed to be accessible, practical, visual, and easy to apply for busy professionals and organizations of all sizes.

What industries do you work with?

The Huddle Pros brings experience across:

  • Healthcare
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Consumer products
  • Construction
  • Real estate
  • Energy
  • Technology
  • Finance
  • Operations
  • HR
  • Marketing
  • Project management
    and many other sectors.

What is the Huddle 360?

The Huddle 360 is a strategic business solution that helps organizations identify where to focus for performance improvement across seven key business areas:

  • Leadership, Culture & Talent
  • Client & Market Experience
  • Legal, Compliance & Safety
  • Finance & Risk Management
  • Growth & Sustainability
  • Services & Project Delivery
  • Operations & Infrastructure

What is the Huddle 5?

The Huddle 5 is a short assessment that takes less than two minutes and helps uncover focus areas that may be impacting business performance. It provides quick insights and recommended next steps.

What are the Huddle Sessions?

Huddle Sessions are guided conversations and strategic working sessions designed to gather insights, identify opportunities, and accelerate execution.

What is the Huddle Pros 6-Pack?

The Huddle Pros 6-Pack is a structured transition system designed to guide organizations through performance-focused transformation.

Offerings include:

  • Essentials
  • Momentum
  • Enterprise

Each level provides different levels of support, tools, and execution assets.

What is included in Essentials?

Essentials provides:

  • The step-by-step methodology
  • Strategic Plays
  • Action Essentials
  • Guidance to gather insights
  • Practical tools to define and lead transitions

It is designed for organizations that want to lead transitions internally.

What is Momentum?

Momentum includes:

  • Everything in Essentials
  • Execution-ready templates
  • Action Kits
  • Expanded implementation assets

It is designed to accelerate execution and implementation.

What is Enterprise?

Enterprise provides scalable transition support with certified Huddlers and consulting-level support for organizations managing larger or more complex initiatives.

What kinds of business challenges do you help solve?

We help organizations address (non-exhaustive):

  • AI without a plan
  • Outdated technology
  • Inefficient operations
  • Low team performance
  • Unstable profitability
  • Ideas without impact

Our solutions focus on aligning people, strategy, execution, and performance.

Do you offer AI consulting?

Yes. We help organizations:

  • Identify valuable AI use cases
  • Align AI to workflows and business goals
  • Improve adoption
  • Support teams through implementation
  • Focus on measurable business outcomes

We believe AI only creates value when aligned to real organizational needs.

What does Transition Empowerment mean?

Transition Empowerment means the people closest to the work help shape the transition from the beginning. Instead of forcing adoption through top-down mandates, TPS creates ownership, engagement, and sustainable momentum through participation and co-creation.

Why does The Huddle Pros use the lion logo?

The lion represents:

  • Leadership
  • Strength
  • Courage
  • Rigor
  • Excellence
  • Results that Roar

It reflects the standards and evidence-based approach behind The Huddle Pros.

 

What does Roar Forward mean?

Roar Forward represents moving forward with confidence, alignment, momentum, and performance — even during times of uncertainty and transformation.

How do I get started?

You can:

  • Take the Huddle 5
  • Explore the Huddle 360
  • Contact The Huddle Pros directly

The goal is simple:
Find your focus. Empower your people. Elevate your business.