by Rob Jolles | Mar 4, 2011 | Motivation, Self Help
Each week I try to share with you an idea or thought that I think might be of value to you. That’s part of my job. Just like you, some days on the job are better than others. Some days are so beautiful that we can’t help but smile, and think to ourselves how lucky...
by Rob Jolles | Jan 21, 2011 | Corporate Communications, Motivation, Sales Training, Self Help
It’s been a busy week at Jolles Associates, Inc. I spent over five hours on the phone with various people I professionally coach. We were working on strategies to reignite sales that centered on the emails they were writing. We were going to get out...
by Rob Jolles | Jan 14, 2011 | Coaching and Mentoring, Management Training, Motivation, Self Help
Do you know the difference between “coaching” and “mentoring?” Most people don’t. As a matter of fact, most people use the two terms interchangeably as if there is no difference. Well, there happens to be a big difference. You could go to Webster’s...
by Rob Jolles | Jan 7, 2011 | Management Training, Motivation, Sales Training, Self Help
I admire my daughter. She will be graduating in five months, and when she does, she’s heading to New York to begin the working part of her journey through life. She has no job yet, no place to live yet, and she barely knows her way around Syracuse let alone one of...
by Rob Jolles | Dec 24, 2010 | Corporate Communications, Sales Training, Self Help
Mark these words well, because you won’t hear them uttered by me often. I received a cancellation for a presentation I was scheduled to deliver in January… and I’m happy about it. No, I haven’t been hitting the eggnog; I’m truly happy about it. The request came in...
by Rob Jolles | Dec 17, 2010 | Motivation, Self Help
This week’s blog was supposed to be about a sales message that I think would have hit home for many of us, but a chance encounter with a driver in Kansas City has interrupted that message. We’ll get to it another time. I need to tell you about my new...