Leadership Blog
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.
Income: Help adults get good jobs, manage their money, and become financially independent
Whether we research semiconductors, listen to heartbeats, build trucks, or greet customers with a smile, every one of us is proud of a hard day's work. Our community is ready to work, eager to discover and develop and assemble, and we're only satisfied when the job is done well. In the last couple of years, though, it has become especially hard. Some people lost their jobs. Some had to take pay cuts. Some people even gave up trying to find work.
- Only 23% of Indiana workers have a college degree or higher.
- The poverty rate in St. Joseph County ranges between 10-12%. In South Bend alone, the rate hovers around 17%.
- The St. Joseph County’s projected population growth is 12% for the years 2005-2025. The fastest growing ethnic groups are Hispanic, African American, and multiple-race groups. More effort will be required to accommodate the needs of Hispanic and multicultural populations.
- The number of prime working-age workers (age 25-54) is projected to decrease by nearly 3,800 people.
We can adapt. We can change. Together, we will succeed by investing in people and programs to take care of this crisis and make sure that families have the basics: food, shelter, and clothing. We will educate and retrain people for the jobs that St. Joseph County is attracting now and five years from now. That includes teaching English to non-native speakers who have skills and talents to bring to the workplace. We will teach people how to build savings and manage their finances so that we can be proud of our work and our children will inherit our wealth and our work ethic.
