"True Happiness in life isn't having what you want - but wanting what you have"! Phil Evans - Success Coach
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Mark Jones' Welcome Back and Outlook for 2009
The TRAC Consulting Team welcomes you back from the Christmas and New Year holidays. We trust you all had time to relax and spend some quality time with your families and friends.
If you listen to the experts this year is already shaping up to be very challenging for everyone, however we can't wait (bring it on), we think it's going to be a great year... its all about attitude! You can subscribe to the doom and gloom or you can choose to be proactive and make things happen... we all have that choice!
Jeanette and I will be heading overseas in late February for three weeks to meet up with our US partners LearningChange to focus on strategic planning for our joint venture projects both here and in the USA. It appears that president Obama has reignited the flame for the people of the US, its a new dawn and a time for optimism and there's no reason why on the other side of the world we can't lift and pick up our game as well.
Out new venture with Learningcahnge International has been recieved very well in the market place including both the private and public sectors. We will be introducing a whole new marketing look and profile during the first quarter of 2009... watch this space for more information!
Are You On Track for 2009?
Do you want to get things back on TRACK 2009? Do you wish to be a stand out and NOT a statistic of the slowing economy? Well here are three very simple, cost effective and easy to initiate activities that can get you off to a flying start.
Compelling Vision - Make time with your key personnel and partners to create a vision for the future.... a compelling and inspirational vision can certainly change attitudes and work behaviours.
Goal Setting and Strategic Planning - These are must do activities for the first quarter... involve everyone in this process. Remember that..."People will support what they themselves create"... Empower them!
Take action, Be a leader, instill a culture of procativeness...there's no time to wait... in the current business environment he who hesitates will have to be reactive... and that's NOT good business practice!
Upcoming Events in 2009
Aligning with TRAC's core value of "Contributing to our Community" we are please to announce the following events for 2009.
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21 April 2009 - TRAC has won the tender to host a Corporate Team Building activity for the AIMS National Convention at the Hyatt Regency Coolum.
This Community Benefits activity is called "Bikes 4 Tykes" which we have very succesfully hosted on numerous different occassions for corporate clients. This team building experience is a powerful and rewarding program where the finished product (Bikes) are donated to children in need and from disadvantaged backgrounds. For more information about this program or any of TRAC's other Charity based team building and conferencing events please contact TRAC on 07 5439 7999 or follow this url for a PDf summary document. http://www.tracc.com.au/docs/publications/Community%20Benefit%20Programs.pdf
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JUNE 2009 - TRAC and it's USA based partners will be delivering through the FACILITATION ACADEMY a regionally focused "Visionary Leadership" program. This program was originally concieved from training Youth Leadership programs within the United Nations (preparing tomorrows leaders today) and has now being delivered across a number of regional destinations in both the USA and Australia. For more information about this cutting edge professional development event contact Mark Jones on 0421 688877 or email mark@tracc.com.au
Growing Creative Businesses Mentoring Program Update
Auspiced by Sunshine Coast Enterprises and sponsored by Federal and local governments, this outstanding and rewarding small business development program kicks off again in February 2009 with cluster mentoring sessions in Maroochydore and Noosa.
With nearly 100 participants from all over the Sunshine Coast, this business mentoring program has already seen many local small business owners demonstrate significant benefit directly to their bottom lines over the last year. Excerpts from testimonials follow...
There are still a few places available for 2009, so if your truly committed to growing your business or know of Sunshine Coast based small businesses who would benefit from such a program please call us on 07 5439 7999 and ask for an information kit. The program provides over $7500 of business development support per business for an affordable cost of $450 per participant. A great opportunity and value proposition in tough times!
A personal note - Jeanette's Artwork
Just a quick brag about my wifes artworks. In recent times Jeanette has had some of her pieces hanging in some of the Sunshine Coasts leading galleries in Montville and Noosa. Supported by some great editorials in the regions leading Lifestyle Magazines she is accumulating strong accolades for her work which are painted in mixed mediums. Now, I also know that she will probably give me some grief for putting this information into our newsletter, but I also think its a great opportunity for her to expand her capability. Not only is she a wonderful person, she has developed herself into an accomplished artist. I'm a pretty lucky guy!
So if you would like to see some of Jeanette's pieces or talk to her about the commissioning of work for your reception area or boardroom areas give her a call on mobile 0421 206244.
Back to reality of work, 2009 by all accounts will be a tough year. We intend to send out a briefer and more regular version of our newsletter focusing on business tips, growth strategies and success stories that will help you to stay on top of the pack. Best wishes for 2009 from all of us at TRAC Consulting and know that we are committed to helping you have your best year yet during the coming year. Call us on 5439 7999 for all your business dvelopment, training and consulting needs.
The TRAC Consulting team.
