All I Learned In The Business I Learned In The Chorus

• Being an effective member of a team
• Taking responsibility and being accountable for your actions
• Personal ethics
• Partnerships with everyone are positive
• Courage - getting out of the comfort zone
• Honesty and truthfulness
• You are never "off" - you cannot say or do anything you want!
• Much more!

What Does A Leader Look Like?
Look In the Mirror! A challenge to explore responsibility for relationships.

• Managing and Leading a Team
• Be a leader of leaders - bring out the best in yourself and in others.
• How to guide others as a coach, counselor and mentor.
• Finding and developing leaders for tomorrow.
• Getting great results rather than just a good process
• Developing a vision and motivating others to follow your vision
• Focus on relationships - with your team and your customers or clients
• Making a difference in your own life and for all those around you
• Planning your work - Working your plan

The Art of Interviewing

• Knowing the requirement of the open position
• Establishing the skill and training required
• Writing an expectation statement for the role
• Knowing where and how will this position be advertised
• Screening the resumes - knowing what to look for in a candidate
• How to develop good questions
• The phone interview - asking the right questions
• Selection of candidates for face to face interviews
• Role playing for honest answers
• Setting assignments for the candidate
• How to use the panel interview with your partners
• Final selection - if no one meets the requirements, keep looking!
• Setting the new hire up for success

Tips For Job Interviews - Career Development
Opportunity vs. Preparedness

• If opportunity presents itself and you are not prepared - it is a missed opportunity!
  The act of preparation often times creates opportunities!"
• Understand what you do best
• Seek a position that will focus on your strongest skills
• Research the companies you are targeting for employment
• How to write an effective resume
• What should be included in a cover letter
• How to prepare for the interview
• Suggestions on how to best answer interview questions
• What most employers are looking for in a candidate
• Practice talking about yourself and your experience
• Suggestions on follow up
• If the job is not the right fit - move on!