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iFIVE announces Agenda and Featured Speakers for SGTP EdCon ‘10
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“If You Don’t Make a Name for Yourself, Someone Else Will!” Do you know how to set yourself apart? Set yourself up for success? Guess what….your results DO NOT speak for themselves.
iFIVE is pleased to once again partner with SGTP (The Society of Government Travel Professionals) at their annual EdCon Conference. iFIVE’s session is September 7, [...]
No reason to call? Call anyway.
I recently had a birthday, which was going well until my husband, John, showed me the day’s mail. “I hope this doesn’t ruin your day,” he said, as he handed me an envelope. It was one of those ominous envelopes with impressive seals, logos, etc. and lots of official looking language showing through the little [...]
5 Questions for Kelly Kuhn, President of Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Military & Government Markets
Kelly Kuhn is president of Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Military & Government markets, known in the marketplace as CWTSatoTravel, the travel division of Carlson responsible for soliciting and managing travel for U.S. military and government clients. Kuhn oversees all of CWTSatoTravel’s operations in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific from her Washington, D.C., area office.
1. Best [...]
iFIVE Executive Panel at cruise3sixty: Gender and Leadership Decision Making
Vickie Singer moderated a panel of leading industry executives at the recent cruise3sixty conference in Vancouver. The topic they tackled?
Hold the Date! September 7th in Washington DC
Once again, iFIVE will be bringing our unique blend of professisonal development, networking and up-close interaction with top leaders to the annual EdCon conference: Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 2:30PM – 5:00PM. You can be sure that it will be an afternoon that is mind opening, fun and dedicated to helping you be successful. Watch this space for more information [...]
How well are you managing your strengths portfolio?
Given a choice, we will devote our energy at work to things we are both good at and enjoy doing. Things that play to our strengths. We don’t resent hard work when we are working hard at something that makes us feel good about ourselves.
For example, if you love analysis and are good at it, [...]
The head and the heart vs. the eyes and the ears
Years ago, I was in a meeting with a new Fortune 500 client. The meeting was chaired by the COO and the purpose of the gathering was for me to present the findings and recommendations from a study they had commissioned me to do. There were about 15 people present. I was the only outsider.
As [...]
5 Questions for Debbie Maier, President of Mailpound.com
Debbie is President of MailPound.com, a marketing resource which provides travel agents with cutting edge tools designed to help grow their business. Her goal is to help travel suppliers connect with travel agents through education and effective tools to achieve success. What she is most passionate about is her family.
1. Best career move you ever [...]
Who controls your success at work?
In my first management job in the 1980’s, I had seventeen men reporting to me. I was not only the first woman they had worked for, I was the first woman ever named as manager in the business unit.
My boss had called all of them and me into his office one day to make the [...]
Some conundrums for 2010 and beyond
Before Google I never felt like I had to be able to find the answer to anything anytime but now I cannot imagine life without being able to find information instantly.
I cannot imagine life without the internet in general. And the iPod. The Flip. Blackberry. Laptop. Desktop. Netbook. Kindle. Wii. Email. IM. Twitter. Blogs. LinkedIn. GPS. Somebody stop [...]
