by Joanie Connell | Dec 12, 2016 | Assessment, Blog, Empowered, Leadership, Parenting for the Workplace
Increasingly, parents are getting involved in the job hiring process. This presents a challenge for employers because you don’t know how much of the candidate you’re getting vs. their parents. Things parents do for their adult children today: Go to job fairs and open...
by Joanie Connell | Nov 16, 2016 | Leadership, Managing Change, Resilient, Women Leaders
Show Highlights Do you wonder what type of career or business is right for you? Joanie shares the types of assessments she uses to help people to find out what motivates them and discover their self-awareness so they can find out what fits them. Entrepreneurship...
by Joanie Connell | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Parenting for the Workplace
An eighth grade girl had a concussion and dropped her books at school. An eighth grade boy walked by her and laughed at her in front of his friends. Did any of them stop to help her? No. As parents, we’re mortified to know our sons and daughters are...
by Joanie Connell | Oct 1, 2016 | Blog, Life Change, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills
I saw the play Tiger Style! last night. The story is about two seemingly successful 20-something Harvard grads who are actually falling apart inside. As a doctor and a computer programmer, they both have achieved success in their parents’ and society’s...
by Joanie Connell | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog, Flexible and Limber, Generations, Managing Change, Parenting for the Workplace
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” –Viktor F. Frankl The principal of a school was concerned about a complaint from a parent regarding the size of the desks in the third grade classroom. “Some of the...