March 12, 2010 by JoAnn Corley
“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 [...]
December 10, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
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 [...]
December 4, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
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 [...]
November 23, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
There has been a study released conducted by the well respected Center for Creative Leadership, where this question was posed, “Do the leaders within your organization have the skills they need to be successful in the future?” Several thousand leaders participated in the study, the results of which produced a list of key skills necessary [...]
November 23, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
Is Coaching the Next New Form of Employee and Management Training?
The Answer is YES! – Call It C.I.T. and… it’s a refreshing alternative to management training seminars.
In fact, more and more companies are putting corporate coaches on retainer.
You know corporate coaching has been around for a long time, mostly confined to the context of executive [...]
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 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 [...]
September 1, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
I’m sure in reading this title, some of you may be thinking…wow, that’s a bit harsh! Well, so be it if it communicates a critical point that will help others.
I was conducting a management training seminar last week in the Carolinas that dealt with unacceptable employee behavior. I had the opportunity to have a [...]
June 16, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
Have you ever wondered what are the essential things I need to know in order to be confident that with that specific knowledge I will and can be a competent and effective manager? Well I have “the list.” This is my wish list for managers! Read on for the first group of “The List”
January 27, 2009 by JoAnn Corley
Do you know of anyone who is incompetent on purpose? I bet you do know of someone. You know that really bugs me! Why, because there is absolutely no reason to be so!
In my view being incompetent is a choice because the person has not pursued what’s necessary to become competent. Now more than [...]
