SERVICES

Johnson & Associates
A Full Service Community Economic Development Provider.

 

We deal in futures . . .Yours!


Johnson & Associates is your one-stop-shop for Economic Development and Community Development solutions! Our professionals have over 70 years of combined experience in executive recruiting, community assessments, strategic planning, leadership training and industrial recruiting.  We are experienced in assisting communities and organizations in achieving success.

Executive Recruitment

J&A has designed a unique approach to finding the ideal candidate for your position. Let our proven successful program locate the perfect person for your community or organization.


 Organization/Position Needs Assessment
National Recruitment Network

Initial Candidates Screening
Team Talk
Finalists Selection
Background Investigations
Finalists Interviews
Candidate Selection

Selection Announcement
Follow-up

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TEAM TALK

Our Team Talk series includes several workshops, each step enhancing communication skills:

Dynamic Communication Workshop

“It’s not enough to be talented and have great technical skills . . .

you must also master the art of interpersonal relationships”.

- Judy Suiter

The Dynamic Communication Workshop is a perfect way to open a retreat or an annual conference. It is ideal for staff, committees, boards, council members and businesses as a way to significantly improve communication skills and relationships.

Expected Outcomes:

• Win/Win Interactions

• Increased Job Satisfaction

• Enhanced Productivity

• Reduced Tension

• Improved Relationships
 

Dynamic Communication stems from the right combination of tone of voice, words, body language and pace of speech and actions. These four factors are the components of each person’s unique behavioral style. Using the techniques in this workshop organizations/teams can immediately open the door to effective communication and superior relationships.


Building High Performance Teams

“Once employees begin to operate effectively in teams, you can begin to expect dramatic reductions in expenses . . . and significant improvements in satisfaction and performance”. 

– Edward Lawler

 

People are the greatest asset of any organization and the team approach maximizes the effectiveness of people in order to increase performance. When working as a team, people become part of the solution . . . instead of part of the problem!     

At Building a High Performing Team Workshops, participants gain an understanding of their own work style and develop an appreciation of the styles of others.

Expected Outcomes:

• Increased Team Productivity

• Improved Work Quality

• Better Team Member Attitudes

• Increase Job Satisfaction

• Reduced Employee Turnover

• Quicker Decision Making

 

A facilitated, highly-interactive discussion designed to encourage the sharing of insights contained in each participants personalized WorkStyle Insights™ reports will be conducted. And a “Call-to-Action” identifying what the team should Keep Doing/Stop Doing/Start Doing in order to perform at a higher optimal level will be developed.

 

Coaching Workshops
& Individual Coaching

“Coaching focuses on how to take good people and make them

the best that they can be . . . positioning them to work more effectively

and cohesively and making the most of their capabilities”.

- Morgan, Harkins & Goldsmith

Whether conducted as one-on-one sessions or in a group setting, Coaching addresses each participant’s WorkStyles and Workplace Motivators --- in other words the process focuses on “how” individuals do what they do as well as “why” they do the things that they do.

Based on the participant’s understanding of their styles and motivators, this Coaching process leads to the creation of an Action Plan reflecting how individual performance can be enhanced in future activities.

Expected Outcomes:

• Understanding the Participant's General Characteristics

•  Personal Attributes

• How They Make Decisions & Approach Challengers

• How They Communicate

• Their Value to the Organization

•  Ideal Work Environment

•  Keys to Motivating and Managing

• Behavioral Hierarchy

• Development and Learning Insights

• Understanding the Values that Drive Their Actions & Decisions

Coaching programs are tailored to the unique needs of the individual or group and are incorporate the use of two validated assessment tools that capture the unique WorkStyles™ and Workplace Motivators™ of participants.

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Visual Communication

JAToday is excited to bring to its organization a partnership with Armillary Inc., a small business with locations in Canton, Georgia, Lansdowne, Virginia and Austin, Texas. Armillary Inc. provides photographic services to cities and towns who are trying to promote their locations to current and prospective businesses and residents.

Through a series of virtual tours, spherical images and still photographs Armillary Inc. works with city managers and economic developers to enhance city and county web sites for communicating effective visual presentations of their key attractions. These attractions can be local residential or commercial real estate, historical buildings, restaurants, private schools, outdoor attractions or anything of interest that would expose the positive attributes of the community.

If you do not have Quicktime Player, it's a free download from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Examples can be reviewed at:

County/City: http://armillaryinc.com/panos/topofthedam.mov

Residential:
http://armillaryinc.com/panos/viewer.php?customerid=nb1320


Downtown:
http://armillaryinc.com/panos/viewer.php?customerid=cantonga

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Economic Development

Quality economic development must be carefully designed. J&A has the knowledge and experience to guide your community through its own individual planning process, leading your team to achieving what may seem impossible. This is not a cookie cutter approach; everything is customized to meet your specific needs.


Economic Development Training
Community Assessment
Lead Development
Community Asset Identification
Targeted Industry Analyses
Workforce Analyses
Advertising and Marketing Campaigns
Long-Range Budget Planning and Forecasting
Trend Forecasting
Economic Restructuring
Identification of Economic Development Allies
Community Image Campaigns
Strategic and Tactical Planning and Implementation
International Community and Economic Development Initiatives
Industrial Maintenance, Expansion, and Start-Up Programs
Tourism Development
Blueprint for Enhanced Intra-Community Communications

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Community Development

Before your community can experience economic development success, there must be a foundation of sustained quality community development. Our professional facilitators and trainers can move your leadership from visioning to planning to accomplishment.


Strategic Planning
Board Orientation
Mission/Vision Development
Board Retreats
Team Building
Sales Team Training
Adult and Youth Leadership Programs
Group Decision Making
Business Retention and Expansion Programs
Economic Development Overview
Community Development Overview

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Community Advancement

Community development and economic development are the twin pillars of community advancement. The work that is the foundation for successful community development is also the foundation for successful economic development. Significant community advancement only occurs when the necessary groundwork has been completed. J&A can accomplish this
for you!


Organizational development
Demographic analyses
Aging populations consulting
Cultural consulting/program development
Community ethnography
Assessments and surveys

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