The Winning Way

Good Morning!
I Have Been Thinking

Leadership and Management Profiles

Why do you suppose this is such an important part of your business plan? Who is in charge and are they successful in their own right?

Have you worked out the management competencies

A comprehensive needs assessment, conducted may reveal a set of “core competencies” which are essential for effective leadership. The core competencies provide a focus for learning and development, as well as performance management. They serve as a framework and are integrated into all levels of management according to the knowledge, skills and abilities required for each level of management.

The core competencies establish clear performance standards and accountabilities. They can outline required competence levels, focus activities on organizational priorities and develop consistent principals and practices. Additionally, core competencies align leaders with the business vision and link their individual job performance to specific business goals.

There are ten core competencies:
Customer Service
Change Management
Conflict Resolution
Performance Management
Principled Leadership
Communication
Continuous Improvement
Planning and Organizing
Organizational Performance
Administrative Excellence (Functional Job Knowledge)

Using this list as a basis for a checklist for your management team you can develop standards and thus place your team in the best light.

Opportunity is never lost
It goes To Those Ready to Accept It!

Carolyn

Ice Breakers
Giggles

Crystal, our 5-year-old daughter, recently met an Amish girl her age. Within a few minutes they were off, hand-in-hand, to play.

I caught glimpses of them chattering and giggling. Even though Sylvia, the Amish girl, spoke only a Pennsylvania Dutch dialect, she and Crystal got along well.

Later I asked Crystal, “Could you understand anything Sylvia said to you?”

“No,” she replied.

“But you played so nicely together. How?”

“Oh, Mommy, we understood each other’s giggles.”

Thought for Today:

”Risk! Risk anything! …Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth”. -Katherine Marshall

Tips and Techniques

Squeeze pages, or lead capture pages, have been around for a long time, but they are just catching on with new webmasters. Why make a squeeze page now? A squeeze page is a one-paged advertisement that encourages subscribers to join an email list, or clicks on links leading to your products and services. Notice that subtle different between a squeeze page and a buy-now page.

The idea of a squeeze page is to make a quick and eye catching way to grab visitor’s attention within the first few seconds.

Happy designing!