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Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership, WMEP
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Client Management Executive
Distribution Alternatives, Inc.
Lino Lakes, MN
" Barb provides an uplifting and endless supply of positive energy that is helpful in re-framing your point of view, and refocusing your efforts to be more strategic."
Brigadier General
Minnesota National Guard
"Barb helped me with negotiating skills to realize a higher salary and other benefits for a higher compensation package in my new role."
CFO and Treasurer
APi Group, Inc.
"Barb was a tremendous coach in a period of transition. She approached my search with both strategic and tactical insight - supporting and challenging me along the way.”
President
Stylmark, Inc.
“Barbara achieves success with a warm smile combined with a laser like focus. Having Barbara in your career corner is a big plus!”
Founder/President
The Courage Group, Inc.
“Barb’s impeccable character, keen insight, and executive coaching experience enables her to quickly develop a client-focused action plan that generates results.”
Founder
Marketing Ventures, Inc.
"Barb truly understands the marketplace and uses that knowledge to help her clients build and manage positive relationships with all career stakeholders."
Partner
Chandler Group Executive Search
"Barb’s strategic focus, contagious energy, positive attitude and dedication to the success of her clients are innate gifts which empower others to achieve success through her coaching."
Business Project Manager
"When my knees get wobbly, Barb has been there as a true wing woman understanding the uncertainty of it all and courageously asking more of me."
Speaker & Author
"Barb is very outcomes-based in how she partners with her executive clients and displays great empathy, understanding and commitment to their success."
Right Management
Vice President, Strategic Business Development Consultant
"Barb’s counsel and insight have yielded tangible dividends. I navigated the recruitment process with a more strategic approach and the results were successful within six months."
North Memorial Medical Center
Director of Diagnostics
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John Maxwell is a former Minister so I am sharing with you John's inspirational Christmas message for this holiday season on adding value as a leader: "Crowns and scepters, thrones and palaces, rulership and riches�these are the words we associate with medieval royalty. Celebrity and ceremony, elegance and style, popularity and paparazzi�these are the words we associate with modern royalty. Tattered cloth and shepherd's staffs, a stable and manger, humility and servanthood�these are words we ass...
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Read More...During this holiday season we all know job-related activity slows down, however, it's a perfect opportunity to take advantage and leverage your networking more strategically. It is a great time of year for holiday updates, but what do we write, or say when communicating to those on the receiving end. Documentation should be short and inviting, and conversations should be engaging and energetic.
Read More...Announcing for the first time an Exclusive ECI Thanksgiving Special! Capitalize on this opportunity to launch your career in 2015. I invest in you as a leader and I will stay with you until you land your next opportunity.
Read More...The Thanksgiving holiday is a time to stop and reflect on what we are grateful for no matter the circumstances. We are fortunate to have so many blessings whether we are working in a job, or looking for that next opportunity. Much too often we find ourselves wishing for what we don't have.If we are working, we are wishing for more timeoff.
Read More...As we reach the mid-point in November and stores are stocked with Holiday decor, it is time to start thinking about how to capitalize on the holiday season to maximize your networking and getting ready to launch your career in 2015. All too often Perception is that job searches should take a "break" during the holidays! The Reality is hiring does slow down but opportunities DO exist.
Read More...Executive Coaching Insight is partnering with ExecuNet to help create an effective networking game plan to seize the next six weeks as the holidays approach and prepare for the New Year. Our goal is to help keep your momentum going whether it is for your job search, or just wanting to stay connected. The key is making connections, building relationships, and networking to learn about new opportunities.
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