The workforce problem, measured. Founder and CEO of The Wilkinson Firm. Podcasts, keynotes, panels, and expert commentary, backed by published federal labor data for 24 Southeast metros.
Daryan Wilkinson is the founder and CEO of The Wilkinson Firm, an MBE-certified workforce firm operating two divisions across the Southeast: HR consulting built exclusively for behavioral health, IDD, and community health organizations, and premium hospitality and event staffing. He built the firm from the field, and he brings numbers, not talking points: TWF publishes metro-level workforce data for 24 Southeast markets sourced from federal labor statistics, and Daryan speaks from it.
Remote-ready with broadcast audio. Responds within 48 hours. Comes with segment-ready data, not a sales pitch.
Why behavioral health turnover runs 40 to 70 percent, what it actually costs, and the operator-level systems that fix what policy cannot. Grounded in metro-by-metro federal labor data TWF publishes.
What an advisory bench that includes a former EEOC administrative law judge sees in HR files before disputes, audits, and surveys, and the boring, cheap fixes that prevent settlements.
The real cost of a single behavioral health departure, the portfolio math that reaches millions, and how to make retention compete with capital projects for budget.
How a Southeast workforce firm built its own AI-powered operations stack, lead intelligence, and market data engine, and what that collapse of the tooling gap means for every small business.
"In this sector, the workforce is the asset, and it is the only asset that can quit."
"Nobody approves the turnover spend. Everybody pays it."
"The termination was probably defensible. The file is not."
"Savannah has 460 licensed behavioral health counselors. That single number explains more about service waitlists than any policy debate."
Podcast interviews (20 to 60 minutes) · Keynotes and conference sessions · Panels · Workshops for operators and HR leaders · Expert quotes and background for journalists on deadline. Exclusive metro-level workforce data available to media on request.
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Also available for commentary: Briana Beatty, Founding Partner and CHRO (retention, people systems), and James Lewis, Esq., employment law (compliance, workforce risk). Full bios on their author pages.