by Rob Jolles | Aug 26, 2011 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Management Training, Motivation, Self Help
I have coached and mentored many people over the course of my career, but one of the most difficult issues deals with how to manage your boss. For the sake of this BLArticle™, let’s spend our time talking about managing a difficult boss because, quite frankly, it’s...
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 | May 27, 2011 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Management Training, Motivation, Sales Training, Self Help
Warning: Having a lunch with Rob can be hazardous or perhaps to be more accurate, it can make you a living transition to a weekly BlArticle™; and so our story begins… The other day I met a friend for lunch at a designated time and place. I had planned a very busy day,...
by Rob Jolles | May 13, 2011 | Corporate Communications, Management Training, Motivation, Self Help
I was talking to a friend this week, and he was telling me about a struggle he was having with his manager. From the stories I was hearing, it seemed that this manager was a nice enough person. Unfortunately, it also sounded like this individual just wasn’t cut out to...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 18, 2011 | Coaching and Mentoring, Management Training
Coaching, mentoring and management. Those words go together like, “peas in a pod”, like, “ducks in a pond”, like, “peanut and butter”… or do they? When you look at the curious relationship between coaching, mentoring and management you see anything but a...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 11, 2011 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Management Training, Motivation, Sales Training
I want to talk to you about a problem that has the potential to be so big, that it can destroy a corporation. Don’t panic, it’s not something that will destroy a world, or a country, or even a family. It will simply destroy a corporation. It’s a silent killer, and...
