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Interviewing & Rapport – An Excellent Example

I love this story and example of rapport. Beyond interviewing, rapport is essential to career success! Using Rapport Building to Get a Job in 1 Hour!- My Actual Story Many years ago, when I went to an interview for the post of sales manager in one of the Grade A companies, I expected the person interviewing me to be professional and was expecting someone... [Read more of this review]

A Special Announcement

August 29, 2010 Special Note: When this post went live, some of the links were not working.  That has now been corrected.  All links are working properly. I am very excited to announce the release of 2 new books I’ve compiled this summer! The first is a collection of wisdom for every professional entitled: Wisdom@Work – Insights for 21st... [Read more of this review]

How Effective Are You?

How Effective Are You? In the realm of time management, the word effective is used quite often.  In fact, there is usually a comparison made between effective vs. efficient and of course, both are needed for professional success. As a reminder, a common definition of effective is doing the right things at the right time to get the best results. However,... [Read more of this review]

Professional Success Tip – A Twist on the Word – Value

I love this quote, “What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than how valuable we are.” Edgar Friedenbar Quick Coaching Tip of the Day: Make a list of how you are valuable to your company. To extend the thought, listen to this brief Seminar-in-a-bite: http://joanncorleyspeaks.blogspot.com/2009/11/useful-career-success-strategy-are-you.html  Read More →

Do You Have A Learning Rhythm?

If you a really interested in your own development and growth, in the growth and development in the people you lead then you’ll want to read on. As companies continue to invest in the training of their employees there still seems to be some key elements missing to insure there is a meaningful return on investment. The key employee training component... [Read more of this review]

Professional Success Tip – Start Where You Can

“You too can make a difference in life – first, start with you own.”  Anonymous Start Where You Can This success tip impacts your personal productivity, your success as a manager,  and the overall building of a successful career. I have the great opportunity to meet people from all over the country. In many of my seminars ideas and... [Read more of this review]

Leadership Lessons from Tiger Woods

First let me say, my heart is very sadden by the public display of the dismantling of a public image and there in is the reason why I decided to write this post.  There are many lessons  here for professional success, professional credibility and leadership and management success. The grace of it?….we are learning from someone’s mistake,... [Read more of this review]

A Success Quote equals Bite-size Coaching

Ever considered it that way? This is cool management insight! I love quotes!  I have since I was young. I would collect them, make collages of them, and put them on hand made cards for my friends.  Whether it’s a success saying or a success quotation – it’s a bite-size form of coaching. It’s powerful information and inspiration... [Read more of this review]

Work Success Tip – Think Beyond Goals – Think Potential

I was recently reading a great blog post that discusses the use of goals in improving performance.  This post stretched my thinking beyond the use of goal setting. In fact goal setting is also needed for something I believe is equally as important and that is developing potential. In the work that I do in coaching professionals, it’s been clear... [Read more of this review]

A Key to Performance Success – Do This Unique Assessment

As the end of the year approaches, (which is hard to believe), it’s a ritual of many to take stock of the year that’s gone by. By the way if you don’t do that, that’s personal and professional success tip #1 – make it a habit to do an in depth assessment of how your year has gone. Related to performance success, this is... [Read more of this review]

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