Case Study: Port Blakely achieves aligned goals and higher employee engagement with ClearCompany

How one company balances profits and preservation with the power of ClearCompany

Port Blakely, a sustainable forestry company founded in 1852 with operations in the Northwestern US, the Southeast, and New Zealand, needed to modernize its people processes to balance environmental stewardship and business growth. The organization faced challenges in advancing employee skills, aligning day-to-day work to corporate goals, simplifying an overly complex, one-size-fits-all competency system, and building succession-ready talent — and required both software and hands-on consulting to address them.

ClearCompany’s Professional Services team partnered with Port Blakely over nine months to redesign performance management, creating role-based competencies, streamlined online review processes, and goal-setting tied directly to corporate objectives. The new system improved manager buy-in and employee engagement, ensured every employee sets at least one aligned goal, and is already informing recruiting and development for stronger long-term performance.

Port Blakely

Wun Saeteurn

Human Resources Manager