by Rob Jolles | Jun 12, 2015 | Public Speaking, Self Help
Humor comes easily to me. Maybe it’s because I used to watch, obsessively, old time comedians like Jerry Lewis, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, George Carlin, Buddy Hackett, Don Rickles, and Milton Berle, to name a few. Maybe it’s just how I’m genetically programmed....
by Rob Jolles | May 29, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Public Speaking, Self Help
I’m not crazy about Matthew Broderick: I loved him in Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, but who didn’t?! Thirteen years ago, I was in the audience of a Broadway performance of the musical “The Producers.” He was performing one of the lead roles. It turns out that some...
by Rob Jolles | May 15, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Public Speaking, Sales Training, Self Help
I was a lucky kid for many reasons, and one reason was because I had a Dad, Lee Jolles, who taught me many amazing things. One of the best things he taught me was something he didn’t realize he was teaching me. You see, like most parents, my Dad always wanted to hear...
by Rob Jolles | Apr 17, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Self Help
As a Xerox trainer in the 80’s, the Xerox Corporation gave me the opportunity to go through their “Leadership Through Quality” program. I jumped at this chance to learn about the “Problem Solving” and “Quality Improvement” processes – something the company was known...
by Rob Jolles | Mar 6, 2015 | Corporate Communications, Sales Training, Self Help, success
I still have a few painful memories of my first awkward dates when I was in High School; some rather unlucky girls were treated to an awkward, but well meaning, Rob Jolles. At the time, I thought I was quite a prize. After all, I wasn’t a person who had nothing to...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 20, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Self Help, success
If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m a movie buff. At six years old, I would walk with my brother Richard to the Silver Movie Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland and thus began my love for movies. I shared that love with my own kids; one of our favorite outings...
