The Greenwood Indiana Parks Department will be having a Community Garage Sale at the Greenwood Community Center on May 9th at 8:00 a.m.
The Community Garage Sale is a fundraisers for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life which is going to be held on Saturday and Sunday May 16th & May 17th from 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Donations for the Yrad sale are now beeign accepted. During the Yard sale there will be a Relay For Life Ping Pong Tournamnet inside the Greenwood Community Center at 10 am.
The 5$ entry cost will be donated to the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.
Please come and support the Julian Center by attending the concert on May 14th 2009
Young Voices of Indianapolis Spring Concert
Tickets are $10
Ruth Lilly Hall in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center
University of Indianapolis
1400 East Hanna Avenue, Indianapolis IN
Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:00 pm
The Julian Center is a women's only Domestic violence shelter that offers counseling services to women and their children who are experiencing various forms of Domestic violence.
Their mission is:
The Julian Center is a nonprofit agency providing counseling, safe shelter, and education for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other life crises. Through outreach and consultation, we also seek to educate the community about the issue of domestic violence and its impact on all our lives.
Our programs and services are designed to contribute to a significant reduction in the incidence of domestic violence and sexual assault, to support survivors in healing, and to help break the intergenerational cycle of abuse.
Here we are..... May ....the Indy 500 is just around the corner and the entire month of May there is stuff to do. Here is a short list of what is happening at the Speedway, for the entire activity calender go the the schedule section of the Speedway website
Saturday, May 9, 2009 Indy 500: Pole Day Qualifying, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Gates open at 7am to 6pm, tickets will be $10
That might be a great mothers day give for the moms who like racing. Featured band to play is the legendary funk of George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic.
Sunday, May 17, 2009, Chase 500 Festival Kids' Day,Noon - 4 p.m., Monument Circle; Downtown Indianapolis, Free, open to the public
This year's Kids' Day theme, "Everyday Heroes," will be the theme for this years Kid's day - Batman and Robin will be at the Circle for several 30 minute performance. 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m
May 20th.... American Family Insurance 500 Festival Community Day; 9am-6pm, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
TICKETS: $7/person; Kids 6 and under free; available at Gate #2 or Gate #10
LAP THE TRACK: Enter gate #10 off 30th Street to drive your car around the track.
May 22nd, 2009 Miller Lite Carb Day and Concert, gates will open at 8am to 6 pm, tickets are 10$
This day you can see the fun pit stop challenge competition and the Firestone Freedom 100 race. 3 Doors Down is the featured artist for that day.
May 23rd ....IPL 500 Festival Parade, start time is noon, Downtown Indianapolis.
IPL 500 Festival Parade and the kick-off for the race weekend will be downtown Indianapolis and they expect over 300,000 spectators.
This year's event will feature SpongeBob SquarePants, Pablo & Tyrone from "The Backyardigans" and Dorothy the Dinosaur and Wags the Dog from "The Wiggles."The 33 starting drivers of the Indianapolis 500 andthis years Grand Marshall is basketball hall of famer Dick Vitale.
May 24th, 2009 last but not the least Indy 500 Mile Race, gates open at 6am to 6 pm, be ready for traffic, get there early, tickets still available and start at 20$.
Every business eventually will face growing pains, no matter how small or how large and how each person acts to the growing of the business will be one of the determine factors how and if a business will grow later.
Each person has a part in the growth and sometimes a decision has to be made if each person is in the right position or if they would be better in a different area...or just let go.
A recent example I can think of was a contractor who had decided to expand their business into a different area of a market but still within their area of general expertise. In matter to facilitate the growth the company hired, a well-known and very experienced manager for the area. Within the company, they promoted a manager to the general manager's position to oversee the growth and to support the managers in the newly created area.
The general manger received training and directions on how to deal with people and situations when they arise. Directions to him where, that he support to the managers and not to work as the on-site mangers, to give directions, step back, and trust the manger to do their job.
One day the general manger came to one of the jobsites, did not even looked for the onsite manger, grabbed a shovel and jumped into the newly created hole and started shoveling.....
Why I am telling you this story?
When you are planning to grow your business, you need to trust your team you have hired. When one part of your team is not doing what they where instructed to do, you might have to revisit your managements team structure and reshuffle your team until it is either in the right position or let it go.......
You cannot grow a business alone, you need the team to help you grow, or otherwise you will reach a point that you are to large to handle the customer flow by yourself and then your personal success will pull you under.........
Goals
•· Not only have the goals; write them down
•· Revisit the goals at least once a month
•· Set time frames when to achieve each goal
•· Set a measuring point on how to measure the goal
Good Habits
•· Set at daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly schedule
•· Write it down
•· Be consistent anything you do
•· Incorporate your family, and employees in the plan or planning
•· Volunteer on a regular basis
•· Reflect over the previous day, when something went wrong try to find out what you could have done different.
Create how-to manuals
Create a how- to manual for every part of your business, so when you have to train your employees they know exactly what the expectations are in each department there are working in. ( I will just name a few)
•· Front desk
•· Marketing
•· Inside and outside Sales
•· Independent contractor
•· IT
•· Billing
Stand out from the crowed
•· survey your current clients to find out why there are working with you and what they want from a company like yours
•· survey your employees to find out why there are staying or possible planning got leave
•· Can you truly deliver what your clients are looking for
•· Have you elevator speech ready, on how and why you are different
Know your numbers
•· Know where your leads are coming from
•· Why is a customer leaving or joining you
•· Know your company's income by a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis
•· Know your employee turnover and why there are leaving
Be a better leader
•· Give your employees achievable goals and expectations to achieve
•· Hold them accountable and let them set the time to achieve the goal
•· Follow up with them on a regular basis
•· Do at least an annual review. Quarterly or monthly follow-up is the best way to stay in touch and catch inconsistencies and stand-out's
•· Find out why they do what they do, to be able to find their "hot button" and to get them going into the right direction. (It takes a manager to fire a person but it takes a leader to push a person to achievement, my personal quote)
Dream and choose your future
•· Pick the company you keep very carefully. Positive company will foster positive thoughts and feeling; negative will pull you down.
•· Seek out a mentor that will keep you going into the right direction. The person can be with in a different same field of work, and should be willing to give honest and constructive feedback.
•· Set personal challenges to accomplish.
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