by Rob Jolles | Nov 17, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, success
The other day, I was talking to a client about working with her sales team. She casually mentioned that the company’s budget was tight, and unfortunately, the first thing to be cut would be the training in soft skills. What are soft skills? The term “soft skills”...
by Rob Jolles | Nov 3, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success
There’s nothing like a well-deserved celebration after a hard-earned victory. One seems to feed off the other, and like peanut butter and jelly, victory and celebration just seem to be made for each other. Call me a contrarian, but I think a celebration, during a time...
by Rob Jolles | Oct 6, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Sales Training
Who doesn’t like popcorn? Maybe it’s the taste, or maybe it’s the thrill of truly stuffing our face with it, or maybe it’s the sheer quantity that we’re allowed to eat: It’s a terrific food. We are practically raised and educated to enjoy popcorn. But what if you had...
by Rob Jolles | Sep 22, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, irony, Motivation, Self Help, success
I guess my fascination with models started when I was very young. My dad used to love to work on model tanks of all things, and he was darn good at it. He would spend hours working on those models, meticulously putting together every piece, then every decal, and then...
by Rob Jolles | Sep 8, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success
As far back as I can remember, I’ve always liked buying live music recordings. Live albums, live eight tracks, live cassettes, live CD’s, and live downloads. I love the music, and I love listening to the performer. I like live music because when I hear it live, it...
by Rob Jolles | Aug 25, 2017 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, success
As a little boy, I loved watching comedians – both old and young. In my office, I even have a wall filled with pictures of Red Skelton, Milton Berle, Buddy Hackett, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Laurel and Hardy, Dick Van Dyke, Phil Silvers, Don Rickles, and...
