About Warren Quinn
My Story
Warren Quinn believes that every organization should operate from a core “Universal Why,” which is the personal and professional growth of everyone affiliated with the organization.
He works with owners and executives to help them become the best human beings they can be and then cascade a “contribution culture” throughout the organization, resulting in higher productivity, loyalty, and profitability. As the CEO of HUMANS AT WORK, Warren provides private executive advisory, leadership and culture training, and organization development consulting.
He is the Executive Director of the American Subcontractors Association (ASA) of Baltimore and the Harford County (MD) Contractors Association, a CultureWise™ Licensed Consultant, and a Certified Practitioner for The Leadership Circle 360 Profile™.
In the exit planning space, Warren focuses on the business owner’s need to develop a new skillset to transition to their next phase of life. As a speaker, his mission is to help others understand how positive, loving, professional relationships in the work environment contribute to business success and personal growth.
After starting his career in the landscape construction trade following his undergraduate work in Political Science at Hampden-Sydney College, Warren received his Doctor of Law (JD) degree from Emory University and practiced general corporate law for several years.
He then spent 18 years at the American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA) learning non-profit best practices from his mentors and peers in the association executive profession. While with ANLA, he led the development and delivery of elite education and business services to over 1,700 closely-held companies and mentored the leadership development of the CEOs, presidents, and owners of those firms.
Starting in 2013, when ANLA merged with another organization and moved its headquarters to Ohio, Mr. Quinn began his executive leadership practice, including several years as a Vistage CEO Peer Group Chair.
In the for-profit sector, Warren works primarily in the exit planning space, focusing on the business owner’s need to develop a new skillset to transition to their next phase of life and developing the organization to support the owner’s exit plan.
As a speaker, his mission is to help others understand how positive, loving, professional relationships in the work environment contribute to business success and personal growth.
In the non-profit sector, Warren is recognized for his work in developing and maintaining the association management “body of knowledge” through his service for several years writing exam questions as a member and chair of the Certified Association Executive (CAE) Item-writing Committee and serving as a member of the CAE Commission and the CAE Appeals Committee, and through his presentations as a speaker at ASAE educational events.
His unique journey, combining executive and hands-on operational experience in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors, and his legal and financial background, informs a powerful approach to leadership and organization development.