It’s All About The Details

by Rob Jolles | Jan 10, 2014 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Self Help

I’m a details man and that’s how I like to think of myself.  Some might refer to me as a bit obsessive, while others might call me a pain in the neck.  Guilty as charged.  However, at the end of the day, I’m kind of proud of any of those names you might want to call...

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 Not Who You Know… It’s Who You Trust

by Rob Jolles | Aug 23, 2013 | Corporate Communications, irony, Motivation, Self Help

When it comes to true friendship, there is almost no truer or closer friend than my cousin Steve.  We’re virtually the same age, and we have been more like brothers since, well, since either of us can remember.  We played together when we were very little, we had...

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...

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...