November 3, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
As updated news on the state of the incoming work force is reported, it will cause decision makers to update their thinking and strategy regarding employee training and development. I suspect corporate training will take on more meaning and a greater role as we move forward. Why?
Consider recent statistics regarding alarming educational trends impacting the [...]
October 31, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
Here’s a great time management tip or time management activity that can really save you time!
Overwhelmed by a large project? Having a hard time getting motivated? Finding yourself procrastinating?
Ever heard the expression or question, “how do you eat an elephant? “ The answer? – one bite at a time. Well that same principle applies when [...]
October 30, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
Social Networking can provide career opportunity, help with career information, help with career planning and even help you advance your career….but you’ve got to manage your on line “rep.”
It’s almost as if we don’t have a choice. Earlier this year…(and when I checked it was January…phew has time gone fast)…I wrote a post about integrating [...]
October 29, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
Power up your management success with a great management concepts training resource….read on…
Every once in a while I’ll be posting lessons and coaching tips from my portable learning resource - Management-in-Minutes, which has a generous library of lessons, articles, tools and tips that are short and high-impact…meant to help a busy professional build their knowledge [...]
October 27, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
Whether you use this phrase or not, we are all managing projects on some level….we are all a project manager. This is a key attitude to professional success.
There are 3 core components of managing a project: the process, the tools we use, and how we manage the human side of it.
What’s the human side?….how you [...]
October 26, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
As we move forward in this “new economy,” I think it would serve us well to give new definitions to many common areas of our professional lives.
One key area of note is that of management…how we see it, how we define it, and our relationship to it.
I would like to propose a new way of [...]
October 22, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
Want a counterintuitive route to management success?….well you may or may not. But, you may want a creative way of enhancing employee motivation, increasing employee retention, and accessing a management best practice.…If so, read on…
Though this article was written sometime ago, I think it flew under the radar for some time. I’d like to resurrect [...]
October 10, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
Some blog posts are of great value by sharing a small bit of very important information and then asking a question. (btw…that’s a effective method of coaching as well.) Recently, I read a trends report received from The Herman Group (http://www.hermangroup.com) reflecting the trends in eating choices. I posted that report on my news blog [...]
October 7, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
As we continue to move through the “new” economy, it’s very clear (as many are saying) that a new normal is developing. That means that ongoing change is probably a given for many.
Change for many can be a great source of stress, even positive change can create “negative” stress. As a coach, I work [...]
October 5, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
I’ve been thinking alot lately about professionalism in this new 21st century workplace….what it is now as opposed to what it was when I was growing up in the workforce as a now baby boomer. In my day, it was a big deal and there was an understanding about its basics. I think great career [...]