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Welcome to the January issue of Imagine Success Newsletter. In this Issue In Other News This months "Successful People You Should Know" is Dawna Findlay, Mortgage Broker with The Mortgage Centre and member of Mortgage Professionals Incorporated. I have had the pleasure of knowing Dawna for quite some time now through a mutual friend. When I was searching for a mortgage a few years ago, Dawna was the first person who came to mind as she was highly recommended. As everyone knows the process of applying for a mortgage can leave one a nervous wreck. What I remember most about Dawna and the service she provided was that she made this process as seamless and smooth as possible for me by being professional each step of the way, yet being genuine and real enough to share in a good laugh and always offering a postive spin and optimistic outlook to whatever challenge ahead. If you are looking for a mortgage or have a hard to place mortgage, Dawna will ease your mind and your nerves by doing whatever is necessary to secure a mortgage at the best rate and the best terms. What more could you ask for? Give Dawna a call today at 519-925-4361 or toll free at 1-866-996-9983. You can also contact Dawna through email at dawnafindlay@hsfx.ca Nancy Sova Senior Consultant Imagine Success Consulting
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Welcome to Our January 2009 Imagine Success Newsletter It's 2009! Hard to believe isn't it? With every new year, comes new resolutions for many of us, with a promise to be successful at something. Maybe it's to become healthier. Maybe it's to become wealthier. Maybe it's to follow a different spiritual path. Maybe it's to overcome obstacles that have stood in the way. Maybe it's a need to live a simplier lifestyle. Whatever it is, there is one common theme that will emerge with all of these resolutions. That is if you don't set GOALS, chances are you won't get there! Simple concept, but very powerful! To help you with this we are offering you a FREE SMART Goal Setting Worksheet AND a SMART Plan Worksheet that you can download right now to complete at your leisure. This is our way of saying "thanks" to all our past, present and future clients! With a new year also comes new and improved services from Imagine Success Consulting. We are excited to announce that we will be offering the Business Excellence Program which will replace the Go Venture II Orangeville, Small Business Program. Go Venture is a valuable program and I am delighted to tell you that it is still available in Barrie Ontario offered by Donna Douglas of Donna Douglas Communications. Please visit Donna's website for more information and registration details. The Business Excellence Program will begin in 2009 providing you with a blended learning approach that will include on-line sessions and sessions that you can attend in person. The benefit for you is tremendous. From the comfort of your own home you will learn about the topics; apply what you are learning to your business; participate with other on-line business owners and be coached by a business leader! We will still offer some sessions in an interactive environment so that you will have the best of both worlds and meet and network with your new business contacts. Topics for this new program will include Financial Management, Business Culture, Human Resource Management, Marketing and Promotion and Business Management. For more information please contact us. We will also be uploading some great FREE personal, business and professional quizs and assessments that you can access whenever you want from our website. Now that's exciting and just another way to say thanks to all of you! Remember to keep on reading our monthly newsletter and visit our website to find out when these incredible offers will be available! Each month we will be sending out our Imagine Success Newsletter where we will share an "article of choice" that we have found inspiring, empowering or educating and we will highlight a story of someone that we have met along the way in our "in other news - successful people you should know" section. And finally we will provide you with upcoming programs and workshops that are available to put you on the path to Success! Cheers, and may we wish you success for 2009! The Imagine Success Consulting Team
We Can We Help You or Your Business Be Successful! Imagine Success Consulting offers Personal, Business and Professional Success Programs and Workshops that are cutting edge and research based. We have world class consultants with many years of experience that inspire, empower and educate to put you on the path to Success. We offer success programs and workshops to diverse participants including the general public, small business owners, large businesses and not for profit organizations. In addition to our Personal, Business and Professional programs and workshops, we are also experts at providing Customized Teambuilding, Leadership and Professional programs for any group with outcomes targeted to improve performance that align with business or organizational goals and objectives. Imagine Success Consulting combines rigorous program design standards with unparalleled adult education delivery methods to create borderless opportunities. Please visit our website today to learn more! Are you organizing a conference this year? Do you need a Keynote Speaker? Are you looking for conference workshop presenters and facilitators? We offer "Expertise with Expression"! Engaging, dynamic Keynote Speeches and Conference Workshops with topics including Personal Success, Entrepreneurship, Exceptional Client Service and Building a Strengths Based Culture. Contact us today or visit our website
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Upcoming Workshops and Programs for 2009! REMEMBER All of the Programs and Workshops Offered Below can be Delivered at Your Location with a Minimum of 15 Participants! Contact Us today for More Information.
The Personality Dimensions Introductory Workshop is a huge hit! Do you want to understand what your personality preferences are? Do you want to understand other peoples personality preferences? This Positive, Engaging and Fun workshop will answer all those questions and more! Register Today for this dynamic workshop on Wednesday January 28th 2009! Same Page, Exceptional Client Service Workshop Bring all of your staff and Sign Up for this workshop on Wednesday February 10th 2009. Learn what your preferred style is for delivering Client Service, but more important Learn what your Clients Really Want and Need! Walk away with a clear understanding and practical strategies for increasing client satisfaction and sales! Experience it! - Customized Teambuilding! Customized Teambuilding is the only way to go when you are wanting to take your business or organization to the next level. It is vital to know the strengths and values of your team. Without this knowledge members are unable to connect themselves to the overall business goals and objectives. Talk to us today about customizing a teambuilding workshop that will provide solutions to compliment and enhance and drive your 2009 Business Plan! Professional Programs Personality Dimensions® Qualified Facilitator (level 1) Certificate Program SPACES ARE LIMITED! REGISTER TODAY! Are you involved in career education? Does you role include developing teams? If so then this 3 day certification program is for you! This program is delivered by Nancy Sova, a qualified Level II Personality Dimensions® Facilitator and involves acquiring an understanding and appreciation for the history and theoretical background of the tool. Practical facilitation techniques and strategies for handling problems, which may arise in an awareness or application session, will be included in the program. Mark your calendars for February 20th, 21st and 22nd 2009 and Register Today to be a Professional Certified Personality Dimensions® Qualified Facilitator! Leadership Development! Are you looking to define and build your personal leadership qualities, principles and actions? Then don't delay in registering for Leadership Lives!
This Months Article of Choice is "Why Most Small Businesses Will Beat the Recession" By Gene Marks | BusinessWeek January 07, 2009 Business owner Gene Marks offers three reasons why smart entrepreneurs will emerge from the downturn stronger than before There are about 20 million small businesses right now in this country, depending on who you ask. I’m going to bet that a great majority will survive the Great Recession of 2008-2009. I’m hoping my business will be one of them. And I’m also betting that when this recession turns into recovery, the remaining many will be stronger than ever before. Because Charles will definitely be in charge. And I don’t mean Scott Baio. I’m talking about the other Charles. Darwin. We’re all about to witness natural selection in real life this year—the kind of selection process that will impress even Simon Cowell. And the business owners who emerge from this Great Recession will emerge stronger for three big reasons. The first is happening right before our eyes. It’s companies such as Wal-Mart (WMT), McDonald’s (MCD), Best Buy (BBY), and Honda (HMC) becoming healthier at the hands of Linens ’n Things, Applebees, Circuit City, and General Motors (GM). Watch for more natural selection to occur as the 2009 economy turns from recession into recovery. Watch how the companies still standing will be standing stronger. The big names will make the news, but many smaller companies, like mine, will (I hope) see the same benefits. Because, like the competitors of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, and electronics chain Tweeter, the landscape is opening up. There was just too much stuff. Too many companies. Too many stores. And now that the market is adjusting to this reality, the weak are falling. Want to see this happening in real time? Just drive by your local strip mall. Good Riddance Already I can see it in my neighborhood. There used to be seven places to get your nails done within two miles of my house. Now there are four. And the customers from the other places will gravitate to the survivors. And the survivors will get stronger. And yet there’s another reason that shows more evidence of the Darwinian process at work, which will strengthen business owners like me once this recession turns around. It’s a new and healthy disbelief in the establishment. Recently we’ve been seeing big-time CEOs of big-time auto companies take first class jets and stay in fancy hotels while asking for bailouts without a financial plan. And we’ve seen more such CEOs of big-time financial institutions with no explanation why their billion-dollar companies vanished into thin air over a weekend. The surviving business owners who emerge from this recession will find out those big-time guys pretending they’re smart and important really don’t know any more than we do. Because of this, the recession is making these small business survivors more wary, guarded, cautious, conservative, confident, and stronger. Darwin would agree. Maybe we know more than we think. We’re here. They’re not. The final reason we’ll be stronger when this recession is over has to do with fundamentals. There’s a newfound wariness in selling too much into one industry or relying on just one customer. There’s a recent understanding of the importance of putting a few bucks away to ride out the ups and downs. There’s a new appreciation for those accountants and consultants who warned us against building up too much overhead. There’s a respect for the guy who didn’t upgrade his computer systems just because some propeller head told him it would “be cool to do it.” We’re seeing those auto dealers and parts suppliers crumble as their industry is shaken. We’re watching those companies—with too much payroll, too many facilities, too high rents, too much useless yet expensive technology—go down. Because, when things turn south, business owners that have lived through this downturn will have learned to be flexible. They will have learned how important it is to be able to cut prices or add more value to their offerings because that’s what customers are going to want most of all. Wal-Mart and McDonald’s and all the other low-cost/high-value companies understand this. Let’s hope we’ll never forget this lesson. Darwin would not want it any other way. Gene Marks, CPA, is the owner of the Marks Group, which sells customer relationship, service, and financial management tools to small and midsize businesses. Marks is the author of four best-selling small business books and writes the popular “Penny Pincher’s Almanac” syndicated column. He frequently speaks to business groups on penny-pinching topics. More penny-pinching advice from Marks can be found at www.quickerbetterwiser.com.
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