Launching
Your Career

Leadership

Corporate Governance

Frequent speaker and media interview guest on the topic of Onboarding.  Talks listed below are appropriately customized for the audience.

Talks for young professionals:

 

Learn about:

On-boarding,

Tips for receiving meaningful valuable appraisals,  

Establishing your network,

Making effective decisions,

The value of getting an MBA,

How hard work will impact on your success,

Unique personal productivity ideas   

• “A New Day One: Habits and Strategies for Success”
• "Prepare for an Extraordinary Career”
• "Launching an Extraordinary Career"
• "The Fast Track for Young Professionals”

Talks for human resource professionals.

Learn the importance of:
Hard work,
Matching the right boss,
Understanding the compensation system,
Knowing when to fit-in,
Maintaining heterogeneous friendships.

• "HR's Role Supporting the Launch of a Career"

Learn about:
Unusual techniques for effective decision making,
Filling in the career mosaic,
Providing unusually productive appraisals,
Advising about graduate school,
Unconventional approaches to developmental assignments,
Increasing importance of interpersonal skills.

• "HR's Role in Mid-Career Success"

Learn how to:
Refine your personal habits,
Increase your personal productivity,
Giving to build your personal network,
Delegate the right things,
Demand outstanding results,
Step back to get ahead,
Keep balance in your work / personal life.

• "Your Extraordinary HR Career"

Talks for engineering students and young graduates:

Learn:

Against-the-grain leader proven tips,

How and why specific social skills will help you get ahead,

How Emotional Intelligence will support your success,

When the ability to persuade becomes critical in your career,

What really motivates your team.

• “The Soft Side of Engineering”
  
  
• “Engineering Your Career Success”

Talks for general audiences of all ages.

Learn about:
What you don’t know that can hurt you.
Successful on-boarding,
The importance of your attitude,
Unconventional tips for your first six months,
Managing your boss,
An unusual approach to networking.

• “A New Day One: Revitalizing Your Habits and Strategies for Success”
  
  
• “Success Secrets for Starting an Extraordinary Career”

Recent Talks:

• Aon Corporation: Rotational Development Program
• Reader’s Digest Association
• UIC Collegiate Financial Organization
• Bank of Winnetka
• Institute for Design Engineering & Application
• Northwestern University Continuing Education
• Northwestern University Alumni Club of Seattle
• Carthage College