Founded in 1976 as American Business Locations, Inc., ("ABL"), the firm began consulting with CEOs in talent management, organizational development & strategic planning in 1983, and was renamed American Business Leadership, Inc., in 2009. American Business Leadership, Inc., works with CEOs of for-profit and non-profit organizations and their leadership teams in Team Building, employee selection & placement, and coaching of executives & supervisors in organizational development, strategic planning, & career planning. Research indicates that these processes substantially reduce the high cost of employee turnover, while increasing company esprit d'Corps, as well as employee morale and productivity. ABL's CEO and Chief Consultant holds certifications in administration and analysis of valid, reliable, and economical personnel surveys that measure the behaviors, values, emotional intelligence, and talents-skills-competencies-acumen of individuals in a way that can be matched with company jobs that have been benchmarked for the purpose of identifying the attributes of individuals who are most likely to be happy and successful in those jobs. ABL also provides the certified "Stages of Business Growth" model of strategic planning, that begins with the "Company X-Ray" measurement process that addresses 27 major obstacles to organizational success, identifies the company's stage of growth and the issues that are prevalent and lie ahead, and develops a strong strategic plan.