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The ADVANCE, September 29, 2021/Page 12A (Site Ahumtce
Summit Covers Strategies Businesses Need to Succeed
Photo by Makaylee Randolph
HIRING THE BEST TALENT — Dee Ann Turner, keynote speaker for the Greater Vidalia Chamber's Business Solutions
summit, tells attendees that making the right "people" decisions is critical to business success.
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
“People decisions are
the most important deci
sions you will make/’ au
thor and business expert
Dee Ann Turner told at
tendees of the Greater Vi
dalia Chamber’s Business
Solutions Summit last
week.
The summit, held on
September 23 in down
town Vidalia, covered
cutting edge strategies
business owners need to
succeed - from how to at
tract customers and find
talented employees, to how
to dodge cyber attacks and
make the most of social
media.
Turner, author of Bet
on Talent, shared strategies
on how to create a suc
cessful business culture,
including learning how to
recognize the differences
between just hiring people
and selecting real talent.
Turner is a 33-year vet
eran of the Chick-fil-A Inc.
and former Vice President,
Human Resources, where
she led Talent Manage
ment and Staff Learning
and Development.
She explained that
the key to the best cus
tomer experiences is both
remarkable culture and
extraordinary talent. Ac
cording to Turner, talent
should be judged on three
spectrums: character, com
petency, and chemistry.
Through her experi
ence working closely with
Chick-fil-A Founder Truett
Cathy, Turner learned that
a culture may change com
petency within talent, but
character seems unaffected
regardless of the environ
ment. She stressed the im
portance of evaluating the
character of talent when
recruiting.
Turner argued that re
markable culture derives
from the atmosphere of
the company. “Millenni-
als and Gen Z entering
the workforce truly want
a remarkable culture in
their employer,” she ex
plained. “They do not just
want to hear about how
a workplace is a ‘family’
and that not be true. They
truly want to be in an atmo
sphere where coworkers
and employers are caring
and encouraging.”
She concluded her
lecture with stories from
her time at Chick-fil-A,
where she watched the
development of the qual
ity of service for which the
franchise is known. “Tru
ett addressed all owners of
franchises and told them
he wanted the employees
of each store to give the
customers ‘second mile
service,’ “ she said.
Turner added, “He did
not make rules for how
to do this: he just told ev
eryone to look for ways to
go above and beyond the
norm. Since then, there
have been tons of stories
about employees changing
tires, driving several miles
to give customers forgotten
items, and even rescuing
customers from flooded
houses after a hurricane.
With the right talent and
environment, excellence is
easily achieved.”
The summit also fea
tured other speakers:
Greater Vidalia Cham
ber Chair Steven McCo-
mas, Chick-fil-A CEO
and Chairman Dan Cathy,
Memorial Health Mead
ows Hospital Director of
Community Wellness Su
san McLendon, Univer
sity of Georgia Small Busi
ness Development Center
Consultant Nadia Osmon,
Taylor Insurance Services
CEO Trey Taylor, and rep
resentatives from Respon
sive Technology Partners.
Sponsors for the sum
mit included: DBM Roof
ing; DOT Foods; Taylor
Insurance Services,; Tar
Land and Timber; Terry’s
Flooring and Blinds; Vyve
Broadband; Million Pines
Community Bank; ATC;
Brown Realty Company;
BTI Services; and Ingley,
Roper, Moore & Co., Inc.
Memorial Health Mead
ows Hospital served as the
280 Society Sponsor.
U.S. Constitution Day Facts
Harden's Chapel Cemetery
Harden’s Chapel Cemetery, Inc.
Homecoming Cancellation
The 158th annual
Homecoming, held at
Harden’s Chapel UMC,
has been cancelled for
2021, due to COVID-
19-Delta variant concerns.
In 1863 Homecoming
began at Harden’s Chapel
United Methodist Church.
Our forefathers and moth
ers worked to preserve our
heritage and to leave a leg
acy, and many have already
gone to their heavenly
home. Our community
and those with loved ones
buried in the cemetery,
always looked forward to
the annual Homecoming
on the 2nd Sunday of Oc
tober.
In a recent Board of
Director’s meeting, we re
gretfully made a decision
to cancel the 158th Home
coming for 2021, due to
COVID 19 and Delta Vari
ant circumstances beyond
our control.
Homecoming has al
ways been a community
celebration and a time to
share memories. We must
continue in our mission
to carry out plans for the
future of the cemetery.
Let me assure you that to
gether we make decisions
in the best interest of your
family and the cemetery.
The financial stability and
the upkeep of the cem
etery are vitally important
to carry out the original
plan implemented in 1992
“A Continuous Care Sys
tem.”
(The original plan is...
to use interest only of the
fund, to cut the grass.)
Families who have
loved ones buried here are
encouraged to visit often
and care for the inside of
your family plots.
Contributions and
memorials are appreci
ated throughout the year.
You may continue to mail
your contributions to the
cemetery office at Hard
en’s Chapel Cemetery,
Inc., 1830 GA Hwy. 135,
Vidalia, GA 30474. An ac
knowledgement and me
morial card will be mailed
to you and the family to
whom you made the con
tribution. Thanks for your
continued prayers and
support for the success
of Harden’s Chapel Cem
etery, Inc., which will con
tinue for years to come.
The Board of Directors
of HARDEN’S CHAPEL
CEMETERY, INC.
Chartered in 1992
• The U.S. Constitution has 4,400
words. It is the oldest and shortest
written Constitution of any major
government in the world, written on
only 4 pages.
• 70 men, chosen by their
states, attended the Constitu- - V
tional Convention in Phila
delphia, but only 39 men
were present to actually
sign the most famous
legal document in the
world.
• James Madison is
known as “the father of the
Constitution.”
• Only six men signed both
the Declaration of Independence in
1776 and the Constitution 11 years
later in 1787: George Clymer, Benja
min Franklin, Robert Morris, George
Read, Roger Sherman, and James Wil
son.
• Only two of the men who signed
the Constitution became U.S. presi
dents: George Washington and James
Madison.
• Benjamin Franklin was the old
est person to sign the Constitution at
age 81. Because of his poor health, he
even needed help signing his name.
As he did so, tears streamed down his
face.
• Neither Thomas Jefferson nor
John Adams signed the Constitu-
,• • tion: Jefferson was in France
at the time as a U.S. minister
and Adams was in Great
Britain, also serving as a
U.S. minister.
• Even though Patrick
Henry was elected as a
delegate for the Constitu
tional Convention, he de
clined because he was an anti-
Federalist and opposed the new
Constitution. He believed individual
state rights and individual state con
stitutions were more important.
• Though signed in Philadelphia,
the Constitution has been on display
in the National Archives Building in
Washington, DC., since 1952, dis
played behind protective glass framed
with titanium, and containing argon
gas and kept at 67 degrees Fahrenheit
with a relative humidity of 40 percent.
When it comes to providing
m io^-term Care
my years of experience
make the difference,
Mark Findley, Assistant Administrator, is a proud member
of The Oaks Bethany Skilled Nursing team, with 48 years of
experience. Ensuring that high quality care is provided to the
patients and maintaining the high standards of excellence that
The Oaks Bethany Skilled Nursing is known for.
Mark Finldey
Assistant
Administrator
48 Years
TheOaks
Bethany Skilled Nursing
1305 E North Street, Vidalia • 912-537-7922
