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Compassionate Solutions, LLC, is a nurse-founded healthcare staffing agency based in Bowie, Maryland, serving hospitals, clinics, and schools across the region. Founded by transformational servant leader Michelle Shaw, a nurse with 15 years of experience, she believes healthcare staffing should be seamless, reliable, and rooted in compassion.
With a 100% placement rate and a 100% client satisfaction score, Compassionate Solutions has built a reputation for delivering highly qualified nurses, allied health professionals, and support staff for hard-to-fill roles. According to Founder Michelle Shaw, over the past two years, we’ve expanded our impact, hosting two school health fairs in partnership with Prince George’s County Public Schools and two community health fairs, providing health screenings, wellness education, and critical resources to hundreds of residents.
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A notable program at Compassionate Solutions includes the offering of flexible staffing with specialty nurses to reduce leadership burden and staff anxiety, allied health and locum tenens staffing, long-term succession planning support, and seamless agency-to-hire transitions for healthcare organizations.
Their success story at St. Coletta of Greater Washington, a school for children with disabilities, saw our team fill urgent staffing needs within hours, followed by the placement of five nurses for long-term support—transforming a crisis into a lasting partnership. Guided by our tagline, Healers Need Help Too, we combine operational excellence with a deep commitment to service, ensuring healthcare providers are supported, communities are strengthened, and every partnership reflects our values of compassion, integrity, and excellence.
Contact Michelle Shaw at: m.r.shaw143@gmail.com
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Market Research
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Where She Leads Now: Lynda Dorman’s Next Chapter of Influence
Lynda M. Dorman is a seasoned executive, entrepreneur, and management consultant with more than 30 years of leadership experience across the business, government, and nonprofit sectors. She is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dorman Group Holdings LLC (DGH), a Maryland-based, MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) /SBE (Small Business Enterprise) -certified management consulting firm specializing in organizational capacity building, including policy development, program development, project management, business assessments, information technology, training and curriculum development, small business advisement, and grants management.
Originally established as The Dorman Group in 2009, the firm was rebranded in 2019 to mark its 10th anniversary and expanded under the DGH portfolio, including Dorman Global Media, a digital marketing solutions trade focused on AI training, integration, and engineering.
Dorman’s achievements have been widely recognized. She was inducted in 2024 into The BOW Collective™, an elite network representing the nation’s top 1% of small business owners, where she received the 2025 BOW Knows Growth Award at its national conference in February 2025.
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Dorman was honored as Community Leader of the Year by Women of Prince George’s, where she now serves on the Board of Advisors and as a speaker. Other honors include being named one of the “25 Influential Women in Business-Making a Difference” by Minority Enterprise Advocate magazine and recognition by Aetna Insurance’s African American History Calendar for her contributions to improving health outcomes in BIPOC communities.
Dedicated to service, Dorman has held volunteer leadership roles on numerous boards and committees, including the Thurgood Marshall Center Trust and the Coalition of 100 Black Women – Prince George’s County and Southern Maryland chapters, and as a 32-year member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Dorman continues to champion innovation and empowerment through her recent facilitation of accelerator programs focused on underserved communities and minority-owned businesses.
Current Focus Areas
Supplier Diversity & Workforce Development: Helping minority entrepreneurs gain access to corporate supply chains and build sustainable business models.
Strategic Planning & Nonprofit Management: Supporting nonprofits with capacity-building, fundraising, and operational strategy.
Corporate Social Responsibility Consulting: Guiding organizations to align their missions with impactful community engagement.
Future Projects
AI & Public Safety Tech: Building on her work she’s exploring new applications of AI and robotics for health screening, access control, and community safety.
Her philosophy is rooted in faith, intentionality, and excellence, and she’s known for creating programs that are both mission-driven and scalable.
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A Business Dilemma: Scenario for Group Exercise
Every month, we present a realistic workplace challenge. After reading it aloud, have participants discuss:
- What’s the core issue?
- What are the possible actions?
- What are the risks and consequences?
- What would they do and why?
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Off-Topic Rambling
Bob dominates the pre-meeting time with negative stories about his vacation. The meeting is now 9 minutes behind schedule.
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💬 Discussion Prompt: How can you redirect without offending? What’s the role of the facilitator?
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🧠 Suggested Answer to Business Dilemma Scenario
Answer: The facilitator could thank Bob for sharing, then steer the conversation back with a phrase like, “Let’s jump into today’s agenda so we stay on track.”
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WPG Mission Statement
The Women of Prince George's uses our strategic roster of business relationships in the Washington D.C. area to create mutually beneficial relationships between key businesses and local women. We connect professional women and entrepreneurs with neighboring markets and provide exposure to businesses targeting the Prince George's County community. We provide mentorship, education, workshops, content, and professional direction. We aspire to educate women, strengthen our families and communities, and thus increase our economic position as a global leader.
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