Monday July 14, 2014 To Benefit the Jimmy Fund & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Pan Mass Challenge. Everyone has a story. Some are cancer patients, some survivors. Some are doing it for family or friends. Some are just doing it. On August 2nd and 3rd, 2014 over 5,500 cyclists will travel eight different routes, logging between 70 and 192 miles over one or two days, through 46 scenic Massachusetts towns. […]
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:00-9:00pm Royal Sonesta Hotel 40 Edwin Land Boulevard Cambridge, MA 02142 Sonesta.com/Boston Join over 200 guests from the arts, business, and legal communities of Greater Boston to celebrate our thriving creative economy and recognize those business and legal professionals who work to strengthen it. Martinis & Masterpieces features live music, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, amazing views of the Boston skyline, artwork by local artists, and a silent auction featuring art and [...]
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:00-9:00pm Royal Sonesta Hotel 40 Edwin Land Boulevard Cambridge, MA 02142 Sonesta.com/Boston […]
Cheryly Jacobs to present at the: Beyond the Basics: COMMUNICATE & NEGOTIATE Tuesday May 20, 2014. 7:30am to 12:00pm […]
A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader; a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves." - Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt understood the importance of true leadership and its ability to create a strong, cohesive team. In an increasingly competitive market, do you understand what's needed to build your organizational team and retain talent? In the latest issue of HR.com's Talent Acquisition Excellence Essentials, Chuck Mollor – Executive Coach & Managing Partner of [...]
It’s a Lot More than You Think! Leadership development is a long term vital business practice to almost all successful companies. People will often use the term “leadership development” and “management training” interchangeably, however, I would like to distinguish the two and put a spotlight on new manager training and why it is so critical for employers. I remember my first promotion in my career that required me to supervise others. I was so excited [...]
Managing performance is a key component of every manager’s job. Successful managers collaborate with their employees to establish challenging goals at the beginning of the year and commit to consistently scheduled 1:1 meetings to review progress and provide direct feedback. Wait…what? […]
So say Larry Downes and Paul Nunes in their new book – ‘Big Bang Disruption – Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation’. This one phrase struck a chord with me. Anyone involved in sales in the past 10+ years has experienced the ‘expert’ buyer who had more answers than ever before. The time taken to make a decision seems longer than ever too – once again a product of the information search employed by [...]
BOSTON, March 3, 2014 – MCG Partners, a Greater Boston-based management-consulting group, announced today that Heather Wood of North Reading, Mass., will join the firm’s expanding group of professionals as Vice President, leadership facilitator and executive coach. Heather brings 16 years of experience in leadership development, team building and executive coaching across multiple business sectors, including financial services, software development and bio-pharmaceutical. […]
Cheryl Jacobs-Senior Vice President 508.279.0400 [email protected] listening is a communication technique that requires the listener to feed back what they hear to the speaker, by way of restating or paraphrasing what they have heard in their own words – to confirm what they have heard and moreover, to confirm the understanding of both parties. This focus on “understanding” is at the core of active listening and what makes active listening a valuable technique to develop [...]
