Henry Luke- Newsletter #41-COMMUNITY VISIONING RESULTS
September 2003
THE COMING JOB BOOM-On
Monday August 25, 2003, I read an article on “The Coming Job Boom” with
this statement…. “Forget those grim unemployment numbers. Demographic
forces are about to put a squeeze on the labor supply that will make it
feel like 1999 all over again.”
This article is attached.
Then in the August 2003 Area Development Magazine, I
read, “Working Hard to Find Workers”. Roger Herman of Greensboro, North
Carolina is quoted in the magazine article, “The labor shortage is
real. In fact, it is a lot more serious than most executives realize”
and “There is a lot of drum beating that says the long-term impact of
the labor shortage will send US manufacturing overseas. I don’t agree
with that at all. As a matter of fact, I see manufacturing growing in
the United States in the coming years. Foreign companies are actually
opening up plants in the US. If we can train workers, the future will
be bright.” Herman has written a book “Impending Crisis: Too Many
Jobs, Too Few People.”
Our
Vision communities are all working on strategies in the six foundations
to prepare for this job boom. Note the 10 fastest growing occupations
in the “Coming Jobs Boom” article.
This will encourage us that better times are ahead for those
communities that are prepared for the changing future.
PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT-Attached
is a July 28, 2003 Business Week article about General Mills’ aim
to increase productivity 15% per year. They studied processes outside
their industry like: US Marshall’s Service SWAT team, a NASCAR pit crew
and Air Force mechanics repairing Stealth bombers.
Examples of productivity increases include time to change a production
line between products reduced from 4.5 hours to 12 minutes. It is clear
that productivity increases are a requirement to continue to be
competitive.
LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT-A consulting firm
in Saginaw, Michigan, Molitor International, has a long history of
introducing positive change in organizations. Their clients have
included Dow Corning, Cox Cable, and General Motors. When Saginaw
County Vision 2020 wanted to develop a program to train 1,000 leaders,
they asked Molitor to develop a three-day training program.
The program has been very successful as described in a
recent five-day series of Saginaw News article. The articles
began on July 20 and are attached.
The Vision produced agreement on the Key Benchmarks, Vision
and Strategies. The 1,000 Leaders program is producing new leaders to
work with existing organizations to implement the strategies.
Molitor International will facilitate a session on Community
Leadership Development at our Process Managers Meeting on October 2-4,
2003 in Saginaw.
Brian Molitor has written a book entitled, “The Power of
Agreement”, available at
http://www.powerofagreement.com/poa.html
PAULDING, GA-Planning
for Paulding is a Vision driven Strategic Plan for Paulding County,
Georgia. Paulding is part of the Atlanta MSA and was the 7th
fastest growing county in the United State during the 90’s. The process
began in August 2003.
SAGINAW,
MI-Our Vision
Process Managers will meet in Saginaw for their 2nd for the
Second Annual Process Managers Meeting on October 2-4, 2003. They will
share ideas, successes and best practices.
LUKEVISION-
Celebrating 20 years of
building Community Vision, we now have links to Visions or Strategic
Plans for 54 communities or regions on our web site, including the 10
communities below. Visit at
http://www.lukevision.com/communities.htm Since August 31, 2003
there have been requests for 54,228 pages from the entire web site.
PAST
COMMUNITY VISIONING REPORTS,
the Community Strategic Planning Process, and client web sites can be
reviewed from the menu below. Luke Planning, Inc. provides
facilitation for Community Vision and Community Strategic Planning.
Please forward this newsletter to anyone who may have an interest in
these topics.
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