The HOT Plan? is a proven pathway to organizational success. Developed by businessman and educator Dr. Harvey Dean, the HOT Plan is a system based on collaborative teams who identify must-win challenges and key initiatives, then create targets to accomplish them. When teams hit their targets, they accrue points. Points collect company-wide and translate into a bonus at year's end, gamifying the system. The HOT Plan? is profitable, motivating and fun for all involved. As a former coach and teacher, Dean learned how to create champions. Later, Dean created an organizational structure that could duplicate his sport team's success in his business. He called his system for success The HOT Plan'.According to his business's statistics, the HOT Plan? ushered in his company's greatest period of growth in its 44-year history. Today Dean's company, Pitsco Education, ships educational products to 53 countries, services schools in all 50 United States, and is projected to reach more than three million students and teachers annually. Since the founding of Pitsco, more than 200 million students worldwide have been served by Pitsco's curriculum and products. But Pitsco's greatest strength, according to Dean, is the company's amazing workplace culture. Research shows that a strong workplace culture creates a distinct competitive advantage for companies. In 2015 two university-based studies verified Pitsco's deeply embedded, highly engaged employee culture. When interviewed, employees attribute the Pitsco culture and productivity to the HOT Plan.