About Us

At TrailPath Workplace Solutions, we believe the next frontier of business excellence lies in truly connecting people to the improvement of the business. This means breaking down the silos between Human Resources and Operational Excellence and uniting them through a shared purpose: creating meaningful employment environments where people and businesses thrive together.

We are builders of what we call the People Bridge, which is the critical connection between workplace culture, operational systems, and human potential. Our guiding principles are rooted in dignity, trust, and meaningful work. 

Through NxtPath, we’ve helped organizations reduce costly turnover, improve engagement, and unlock the full capability of their people. Because when people are engaged with dignity and meaningful work, better business simply follows.

Dignity

Trust

Meaningful Work

Upcoming Webinars and Speaking Engagements

July 24, 2025

The Business Case for Investing in Employee Experience

Discover how aligning HR and Operations can reduce turnover, boost performance, and create lasting workforce stability. Join TrailPath founder Robert Martichenko to explore the business case for investing in employees—and why it’s the key to building future-ready organizations.
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From Insight to Impact

From High Turnover to High Retention: Questions Every Leader Should Be Asking

Turnover shows up in reports, and instability shows up everywhere else. It’s felt in missed goals, low engagement, and constant disruptions. Workforce instability—whether it’s high turnover or people staying but disengaged—isn’t just the cost of doing business. It’s a signal that something deeper needs to change. Thriving teams don’t come from just keeping people—they come from creating the conditions for them to succeed. Asking simple, thought-provoking questions can help leaders take meaningful steps to make positive impacts.

Uncertainty Is Rising: Why the Best Time to Focus on Your People is Right Now

In today's rapidly changing world, uncertainty is a constant. From economic instability to shifting market conditions, organizations and leaders are under immense pressure to adapt and thrive. Yet, in the midst of chaos, one thing remains steady and unwavering: your people. To weather the storm and come out stronger, the key to success lies in how we invest in our workforce today.

The Key to a Thriving Workplace

A proven framework to guide everyday decisions, behaviors and participation. Inspired by years of operational experience and formed through scientific investigation, the MEE Framework creates a consistent, principle-based approach for understanding what people need to thrive in their employment environment. It’s the key to both organizational prosperity and the prosperity of its people.

Three Reasons to Focus on Workplace and People Development

In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving workplaces, building a Meaningful Employment Environment (MEE) is no longer a “nice to have”—it’s essential. Creating a workplace where employees feel respected, valued, and connected to a purpose is not only the right thing to do but also delivers substantial business benefits. Here are the top three reasons to focus on workplace and people development.

TWS Resource Library

For the latest resources on Meaningful Employment Environments™

Four Perspectives on MEE™: Who Benefits Most?

When half of the workforce is declining or surviving in the workplace, the instability that comes with it affects everyone. Everyone benefits from a team that is committed and participates in making the workplace better. Here are four important perspectives within an organization and the benefit that building a Meaningful Employment Environment™ brings to each of them.

Finding the NxtPath in the Workplace

MEE requires alignment at all levels: organizational decisions, leader behaviors, and team member participation.  NxtPath has been designed to provide a scalable “next path” for everyone.

TrailPath Workplace Solutions Launches with Modernized Strategies to Tackle Workplace Instability

TrailPath Workplace Solutions Launches a Revolutionary Learning and Business Management System to Combat Looming Workforce and Workplace Crises

Three Essential Questions for Making People Policies Meaningful

When team members were asked as a topic of interest on a comprehensive assessment to evaluate organizations as to their position as a Meaningful Employment Environment, only 56% of respondents indicated that they believe their company makes organizational decisions with people’s best interests in mind.

Imagining a World Filled With Meaningful Employment Environments

Many managers throughout history have seen that if they shine a quantitative spotlight on their business performance it often provides the nudge they need to start seeing the results they desire. In simpler terms, measuring results and talking about those results often produces behaviors that lead to improved results.

Beyond Operational Excellence

The purpose of this conversation is not to disparage lean or operational excellence or anything in that family of work. The purpose is to highlight the fact that we still have so much potential in our organizations to emphasize people and what they truly mean to our businesses. If people are our most valuable resources, we have often underinvested in them and treated them as expendable.

A Workforce in Crisis

People have always been the foundation of every organization, but today expectations have changed, participation around work has diminished and the available workforce related to the number of jobs is inverted. This is particularly true for front line workers.

Navigating the Workplace Crisis

Demographic and societal shifts are fundamentally disrupting workplace dynamics, challenging our ability to attract and retain top talent at a time when talent is scarce. This is particularly true with our frontline team members.