The Need To Be Liked

by Rob Jolles | Sep 20, 2013 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, Self Help, success

Something curious happened a few weeks ago that most of my social network either didn’t notice, or didn’t care about.  Unbeknownst to me, my social media consultant sent out a request to “Like” me.  I was not asked, and if I had been, I would not have given...

It’s All A Matter Of Focus

by Rob Jolles | Sep 6, 2013 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Public Speaking, Sales Training

Remember when reality shows were fresh and new?  I can recall watching the very first episode of “Survivor,” and I was hooked.  I have not missed an episode since the show first aired thirteen years ago.  In fact, I’ve applied to be on the show several times.  I’ve...

A Reason To Try

by Rob Jolles | Jul 26, 2013 | Coaching and Mentoring, Management Training, Motivation, Self Help

You’d think that, after thirty years of delivering seminars all over the world, it would get old and less exciting for me.  Oh, some deliveries are easier than others, but last week was special.  Last week’s seminar provided me with plenty of motivation to...

A Deal Is A Deal…

by Rob Jolles | Jul 12, 2013 | Coaching and Mentoring, Management Training, Sales Training, Self Help

At an early age, my Dad taught me to despise the word “renegotiate.”  If Lee Jolles had his way, he would have had it dropped from the dictionary.  Let’s take a look at the definition, and you’ll see why two Jolles men dislike this word: Negotiate (something) again in...

Breaking The Ice

by Rob Jolles | Jun 28, 2013 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Public Speaking

When I began working at Xerox almost 25 years ago, I had the pleasure of learning how to deliver training from the great Emmett Reagan. He was responsible for teaching every Xerox instructor how to conduct his or her training program.  Emmett was a longtime “Xeroid”...

You Can Judge A Book By Its Cover

by Rob Jolles | Jun 14, 2013 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, Self Help

A BLArticle® Miniseries Part 4 “You Can Judge A Book By Its Cover” We grew up hearing, over and over again, the following statement: “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” In the new, multi-visual, internet driven, see-it-buy-it world we live in, I believe this could...