Certified Business Associates

1. Learning and Development Component
   1. Public Workshop attendance at wholesale prices
   2. Strategic Management Certification Program Webinars and Archives on all seven components of the Business Excellence Architecture
   3. First year Coaching and Mentoring by a Global Partner
   4. User Conferences twice a year (face-to-face learning)
   5. Special regular Bridge Calls on specific learning topics
   6. "InfoExchange" intranet with a wealth of materials for members and associates only—see Component V
   7. Haines Strategic Library (11 Volumes with 7,000 Best Practices reference pages)
   8. A wealth of Global Partners and others in the network to call on for any advice and counsel needed
   9. Get a Ph.D. equivalent in Systems Thinking and Strategic Management
   10. Involvement, participation, and co-facilitation on International Projects and Public Workshops with other members and associates
   11. Workshop design, agendas, participant notebooks, and PowerPoint Presentations available to you
2. Haines Centre Brand Component to supplement your own
   1. Haines Centre Brand support through specific world-wide yearly Marketing and PR plan
   2. Branded products and services to use and recommend to others
   3. Haines Centre branded, highly visited five websites with strong client testimonials
   4. Brand Identity Brochure—high quality CEO level presence
   5. Use of Certified Business Associate logo and certification through Haines Centre logos and brand standards
   6. Use of University of San Diego brand, logo, and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) as a sponsor and certifier of Centre Workshops
3. Marketing and Sales Component
   1. Marketing materials on all Centre products and services along with the ability/permission to tailor them
   2. Haines Centre website featuring you along with links to your own website
   3. Local Marketing and PR framework, suggestions, and support for you
   4. Haines Center referrals for follow up, networking, and sales from free articles/Systems Thinking Press sales/phone calls/emails
   5. Extensive email database for local Marketing Support
   6. Start up/Marketing/Sales/Pricing advice on InfoExchange along with Member coaching
   7. Earn commissions on sale of Centre products/workshops/in-house consulting work
   8. Professional advice on how much/how fast to raise your daily rates due to Haines Centre association
   9. Instant home office daily support and advice on all matters through our Headquarters' staff "service bureau" concept
   10. Support to develop your own:
       • Strategic Life Plan
       • Strategic Plan
       • Marketing/Sales Strategic Plan
       • Individual Development Plan (IDP)
       • Your own sales process and sequence
   11. Involvement and visibility in our monthly Strategic Thinking Times Newsletter
   12. Involvement and visibility on our client Webinars along with follow up coaching/blended learning
   13. Assistance with proposal/RFP development along with samples to guide you
   14. On-line Survey Instrument support/customizing
   15. Sample agendas and client documents to use to guide your practice
4. Copyrighted Materials Use Component
   1. CEO level books/Executive Briefing Booklets to support/give credibility to your practice areas and presence
   2. Electronic/hard copy materials to use/sell/gain commissions (including articles, models, instruments, and templates)
   3. Electronic/hard copy PowerPoint slides to use/sell/gain commission on all seven hexagon Best Practices for public/in-house training and/or consulting
   4. Continuous stream of new products and services from Haines Centre—all based on 50 years of scientific research on Systems Thinking as proven Best Practices
   5. Wealth of samples—tips—trends on InfoExchange
   6. Specialty materials in different languages (Arabic—Spanish—French)
   7. Ability to author/develop/sell your own/joint Systems Thinking Products through Systems Thinking Press' store
   8. Ability to purchase all Systems Thinking Press' materials at wholesale prices
   9. Ability to purchase a yearly unlimited copy reproduction master of all PowerPoint slides, and all Articles—Models—Instruments—Templates
5. Haines Centre InfoExchange Component
   1. Haines Centre for Strategic Management Policies
   2. Member Plans and Communications
   3. Member Expertise
   4. Samples—Trends—Consultant Tips
   5. Centre Consulting and Training Services and Flyers
   6. Marketing and Sales Materials
   7. Business Excellence Architecture and Content
   8. Systems Thinking Press®—Authors, Products and Flyers
   9. Centre Power Point Slides and Models
6. International Work and Travel Component
   1. Paid and unpaid International work and travel combined
   2. International vacations as part of the Global Partner Meetings with tax write offs
   3. International travel as a business expense for tax purposes

Certified Business Associates

1. Helps individual and small groups of external consultants and trainers to achieve Business Excellence, wealth, and balance in their work and lives
2. Become a respected Master Level Consultant and Trainer in Strategic Management...Our Only Business (Planning—People—Leadership—Change to deliver Customer Value)
3. Become part of a world-wide group of "thought leaders" (Master Minds) in the state-of-the-art Systems Thinking applications from its Best Practice research
4. Increase your income, rates, competence and prestige/credibility while still maintaining your own desired practice, markets, separate P/L, lifestyle, and career/life goals