United Way would like to show our appreciation for our company sponsors, donors, employee campaign managers, volunteers, and advocates. As a thank you for their support, below are articles from Through Eagles Eyes, written by Diane Winn and Tom Searcy, which will be posted monthly. These inspirational articles will discuss today's management and leadership hot topics.

Diane Winn and Thomas Searcy co-founded Through Eagles Eyes, Inc. in 2006. Through Eagles Eyes, Inc. is a talent management organization. It works with medium sized companies to drive profit growth through their people development. Improved productivity throughout an organization is its goal. Both Diane and Tom have extensive background in the financial consulting field (over 50 years combined) which gave them extensive experience in understanding the challenges business leaders face, as well as gaining expertise in coaching them through those challenges. Diane is a Professional Certified Coach, one of only a few in Indiana, and Tom is certified in neuro-linguistic programming, the basic science of communication that forms the basis for coaching practice. Also, Eagle Eyes' ability to support performance excellence for its clients took a giant step forward with its alliance with Kerry Garman, SPHR, a highly skilled professional in training, coaching and organizational development.

Visit www.througheagleseyes.com to learn more about how Eagles Eyes can help your organization.

This Opportunity Won’t Last... (we hope)

February 2012

We have touched on the subject of business underperformance before, but an opportunity of this magnitude compels us to focus again on this issue.

We have highlighted before that the first decade of the 21st Century, in terms of real economic growth was one of the three worst in our country's history. Unfortunately, 2011 wasn't anything to write home about, either, and because of the imposing number of economic challenges creating a powerful financial drag to growth going forward, a number of respected economists are wondering aloud whether we are facing yet another "lost decade".

Excellence Is a Choice! What Is Yours?

January 2012

The first decade of the 21st Century produced the poorest economic results in the United States since the Great Depression. We now read about economic problems consuming Europe that are almost certain to visit our shores in 2012, creating renewed challenges for virtually all businesses.

To avoid the worst of the consequences, forward-thinking organizations are taking action now. The question on the minds of many leaders is, "I know we need to do something, but what exactly should we do?"

A Powerful Message for our Business Community

November 2011

We recently attended a seminar in Indianapolis presented by best-selling author and business researcher Daniel Pink. To spend an entire day listening to a two hour presentation is quite a commitment, but we found it worth every minute.

Daniel Pink drew most of his comments from his latest book Drive. For those of us attempting to help our employees be as productive as possible, he had a lot to say in a short amount of time.

A Case Study in Opportunity

October 2011

In the last two weeks, we have attended two seminars, have been forwarded two articles and read two books all chronicling the current condition of leadership in the United States. It might be that we are intended to write more on the subject.

Most of our readers know from reading many sources, including our articles, that leadership in our country could be and needs to be better. So, how can that get done? Perhaps a contrasting case study will provide insight into what works and what doesn't.