“50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ in the United States.” This annual award recognizes top employers that display leadership and innovation toward engaging their employees.

Inc. Magazine recognized Trissential as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in America for three years in a row (2011, 2010 and 2009)! As an Inc. 5000 honoree, Trissential shares a prestigious pedigree with such notable alumni as Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Clif Bar, Patagonia, Oracle and scores of other powerhouses.

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal has named Trissential to its list of the “Twin Cities’ Largest Management Consulting Firms.” Trissential is #13, up from #18 in 2010.

The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee has named Trissential to its list of the “Fastest Growing Firms” in the Milwaukee area. This award recognizes companies for outstanding growth over the past three years.

The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee has named Trissential #22 on its list of the 25 largest management consulting firms in Milwaukee. This distinction is based on the number of Wisconsin-based employees in the management consulting field.

Star Tribune has named Trissential a 2011 Top Workplace in Minnesota. The Top Workplace program recognizes the most progressive companies in Minnesota based on employee opinions about company leadership, communication, career opportunities, workplace environment, managerial skills, pay and benefits.

Finance & Commerce has named Trissential co-founders and principals Keith Korsi and Michael Vinje “Minnesotans on the Move.” These annual awards go to Minnesotans poised to make business news in the coming years.

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal named Trissential one of the best small companies to work for in 2010 and 2009 based on actual responses to comprehensive employee surveys.

Also in 2009, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal named Trissential the 6th fastest growing company in the state. In the spirit of following our own advice, we achieved this in part by aligning our business to the economic market—a smart growth strategy for any business.

For the second year in a row, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) named Trissential to its 2009 Future 50 list (this year among the “Fastest Five”) for achieving significant and sustained revenue and employment growth.

This year’s coveted Tekne Award from the Minnesota High Tech Association went to CareerOneStop.org—a site whose enterprise architecture strategy was developed and executed by our Essentialists.