Zoe Training & Speaking Blog

6 Key Steps for Accomplishing Anything

by Tara Powers This article is about clarity of purpose for you, your team, and your business. It includes simple yet powerful steps that when discussed, analyzed, agreed upon, and written down, will provide a clear expectations and a compelling …

Zoe Presenter Spotlight: David Sanford

by Zoe Training staff During the past several years, David C. Sanford has answered the demand by global companies to provide insights into how to successfully understand and communicate effectively with Indian nationals. Having spent more than thirteen years living and …

Outlook 2012

by Jeff Thredgold, CSP The U.S. Economy What we now call the Great Recession officially began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009. It was the longest, the deepest, and the most painful recession since the Great Depression. By my count, …

Zoe Presenter Spotlight: Tara Powers

by Zoe Training staff When Tara Powers isn’t busy running her own training and development organization, she is also managing her other venture, Mama Means Business, a resource that coaches and supports “mompreneur” businesses, providing already proven resources that help …

The Three Aloha Leadership Skills You Can’t Live Without!

by Mike Faber Dede Osborn is a Senior Fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. She’s also a student of Hawaiian leadership and values, and is the author of the paper Leadership Styles in Modern …

Zoe Presenter Spotlight: Jayne Gnadt

by Zoe Training staff Jayne Gnadt, a seasoned professional with an extensive background in project management, is also an energizing and memorable keynote speaker who shared some insightful gems with us in this interview. What’s your favorite topic(s) to present …

Reduce Team Conflict

by Tiffany Dahlberg One of my favorite tools that I use when I teach college students or train Project Management, Business Analysis, or Leadership for organizations is the Team Contract. The team contract is a document outlining agreements about how …

Zoe Presenter Spotlight: Dan Chenoweth

by Zoe Training staff Starting with a strong foundation in accounting, Dan Chenoweth has a broad background in American and international business. His focus on general management issues inherent in today’s changing business environment involves organization leadership; business process analysis …

Three Cs of Great Communication

by D.J. Vanas The magical, mystical glue that holds teams together is trust. With it, we see people follow their leaders through the fires of change, challenge, doubt and fear. Without it, people won’t follow their leader to the bathroom. …

Lessons in Diversity: Being an Ally of a Marginalized Group

by Eleanor Hubbard Ten years ago I was a professor of Gender in the Sociology Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Almost every semester, I taught a course in Sex, Gender, and Society and several times during that …