by Rob Jolles | Jul 8, 2011 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Management Training, Motivation, Public Speaking, Sales Training, Self Help
I’d like to start this week’s BLArticle™ with a small confession. I’m about to try and teach you a thing or two about being a better listener. If I told you that I was a wonderful listener, my wife Ronni’s eyes would be rolling and my nose would be growing. Franklin...
by Rob Jolles | Jul 1, 2011 | Corporate Communications, Motivation, Public Speaking, Self Help
I was on the phone with a loyal BLArticle™ reader from Atlanta, and we started talking about that word I don’t like hearing very often; “nervousness.” I’ve already been over my views of eradicating that word from the Dictionary altogether and replacing it with the...
by Rob Jolles | Jun 24, 2011 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help
I’d like to debut a new feature to our weekly BLArticle™ conversations. From time to time, I would like to introduce you to others who are remarkable. I would like to tell you their story, and not mine. Meet Brian Jolles. Yes, I am related to Brian Jolles; He is one...
by Rob Jolles | Jun 17, 2011 | Corporate Communications, Motivation, Sales Training
If I had a nickel for every time someone spouted out the phrase, “we all sell,” I’d have enough nickels to pay for Redskin parking. Trust me, that’s a lot of nickels! Yes, it’s true that we all sell, and for people who sell for a living, I might be preaching to the...
by Rob Jolles | Jun 10, 2011 | Corporate Communications, Sales Training
This past week I went hunting for a flip-flop sandal, and a BlArticle™ appeared out of thin air. Don’t think for a second you are entering into a “fluff piece.” Through this harmless search, I ended up finding a critical business lesson. Let me bring you up to speed...