TrainerTainment Blog
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A Little Woo-Woo for Today
I say the blog is woo-woo because it’s about emotion. Touchy-feely stuff. I believe we are in a time of great emotion as we navigate through layoffs, shutdowns, pandemics, and more.
Do Your Business and Personal Values Match?
VALUES Do your personal values (how you run your life, treat your family, your view of “fairness,” creating work-life balance, listening, responding, maintaining your environment) match up to the life you lead at work? If not, why not? REFLECTION This might be a...
Make Virtual Work Your Real Work
WE ARE A TEAM Here’s the thing about TrainerTainment: we are a team. We are a virtual team. Everyone lives and works from their home in a different state or city. We know what it means to be a team (not just people who work together, or us and them, or leaders and...
Please, I’m Begging You!
Marlies is an amazing TrainerTainment team member. Her ability to keep us organized and take the lead on project and process development is second to none. In addition to her administrative powers, Marlies leads our management and leadership hiring initiatives. In...
Today’s Excellence is Tomorrow’s Mediocrity
The risk of refusing to grow! What a quote! I love this guy Rick Houcek who writes a 2-minute Monday morning motivator. It’s easy. in that, it takes about 2 minutes to read, and I almost always get a ton out of what he puts out. The title of my article today is a...
Krista Estes and Sonya Terry Join Our Growing Team of Sales Specialists
TrainerTainment is pleased to announce that Krista Estes and Sonya Terry have joined the company as sales specialists. Krista comes to TrainerTainment after eight years with Walmart as a talent manager and trainer in its Academy Operations training center. She is a...
Who’s Your Brand Ambassador?
I hope you enjoy Mary’s enthusiasm as she shares her extraordinary guest service experience in this week’s blog. We all encounter service providers and each team member is a terrific brand ambassador…. or not! For those of us who travel a lot, every little...
Culture is Defined by Design or Default
I just finished a terrific re-read by Dr. Marilee G. Adams. She's authored a book titled, Change Your Questions, Change Your Life. There were many things that caught my attention as I listened to words penned by Dr. Adams. However, the title of this article today made...
Beth Standlee will Play Featured Role at the Lasertron Conference 1/28/20
Beth Standlee will be featured prominently in the Winter LASERTRON Entertainment Center Conference in Rochester, New York on January 28 and 29, 2020. Jim Kessler, owner and founder of LASERTRON, will interview Standlee for the popular “Fireside Chat” segment of the...