All the sunshine in Southern California is making people smile,  and now an article by Jonathon Lansner featured in the OC Register points to positive economic signs for the county as well giving people even more reason to smile.  This includes Mari Kurtz president of OC Metals and Cal Pac Sheet Metal who is featured in the article.     Like many businesses she is having to chart new courses.   While many businesses are in  survival mode, Mari is focused on creating new opportunities  that will help her companies thrive.\n\nhttp://www.ocregister.com/articles/business-241250-big-local.html\n\nJanine McDonald and Linda Krall have been working with Mari’s management team for the past several months.   By first grounding the group in the values and mission of the organization, the team could then see a future of possibilities rather than doom.   They are committed to achieving the strategic priorities they helped to identify as critical to the success of the business.   Everyone has clear roles and understands how their work contributes to the bigger vision of where the business is going.  They know that together, they can achieve more than any one of them could individually – true signs of a high performance team in the making.  Collaboration, creativity, communication and customer service are the keys to their recovery.\n