Andy has over 15 years experience as an Executive Coach, Career Success Coach and Personal Branding Strategist. He has a total of 25 years business and leadership experience across a variety of industries, serving scores of companies of all sizes (Fortune 100 to small, locally owned businesses) as a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers (10 years), a professional advisor, and an outside executive coach. Andy is also an author, speaker, professional trainer and co-host of the Career Success Radio Show on Exceptional Wisdom Radio. To add to his respected list of credibility, he is a licensed member of the International Coach Federation (ICF). He loves what he does for a living!
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| Executive Coach's Tip: "Sandwich" Your Networking Call by Andy Robinson - Apr, 2012 Effective networkers GIVE FIRST and are always alert for opportunities to HELP their fellow colleagues, friends, business relationships, etc. If you've consisently made a practice and habit of GIVING first (and giving often), it makes it much easier and much more comfortable for you to ... | |||
| Executive Coach's Tip: Avoid Working in Isolation by Andy Robinson - Apr, 2012 Want to know a secret that GREAT relationship builders use constantly? They avoid working in isolation. They work WITH others. They work THROUGH others. They SEEK the ADVICE and counsel of others. They ask for the OPINION of others. They run things by their colleagues, their advisors... | |||
| Executive Coach's Tip: KNOW That Your Boss is NOT In Charge of Your Development by Andy Robinson - Apr, 2012 ONLY YOU are in charge of your personal, professional and career development. Your boss or manager CAN be an ally, a fan, an advocate, and an influencer ... but ultimately, it's up to you to figure out your interests and direction, and then chart a path and plan for achieving that directi... | |||
| Executive Coach's Tip: Take Advantage of Your Found Time by Andy Robinson - Apr, 2012 "Found time" are those small pockets of time we FIND each day .... between phone calls, while we're on hold waiting, while we're waiting on a doctor, the inevitable flight delay, the traffic back up, the time spent waiting for someone to show up at a meeting or appointment, etc. (the list ... | |||
| Executive Coach's Tip: "No" Is Easy When You Have Your FILTERS In Place by Andy Robinson - Mar, 2012 All of my executive coaching clients receive an unending stream of requests .... requests for money and donations ... requests for involvement in organizations and community activities ... requests for partnering on business deals ... and other requests for time and money. My advice to... | |||
| Executive Coach's Tip: 3 Habits to End Your Work Week on a Positive Note by Andy Robinson - Mar, 2012 It's Friday(!), and as the week comes to a close (for most of us), I wanted to share a set of habits that have become an end-of-the-week routine for me. This routine has been key to ending my week on a positive note and "teeing up" a great start to the following week. Consider these T... | |||
| Executive Coach's Tip: Always Share the Spotlight by Andy Robinson - Mar, 2012 Rare is it that we alone deserve the credit for a job well done. More often than not, success and achievement is the result of a team effort -- the combined effort of a few, of several or many. When you find yourself in the "spotlight," resist the temptation to enjoy it all yourself. S... | |||
| Executive Coach's Tip: Observe the Leaders You Admire by Andy Robinson - Mar, 2012 Make it a point to observe the people you respect ... those who really seem to "walk" the leadership talk and inspire others ... those who naturally draw others to them like a magnet ... those who energize and inspire their team mates and followers. Don’t necessarily mimic or copy all ... | |||
| What is Your "Why"? by Andy Robinson - Feb, 2012 What is your "Why"? Do you have clarity on WHY you do what you do? What beliefs, cause or purpose are you driven by? What COMPELS you to do what you do for a living? Do your clients and customers know your "why"? If your why aligns with their beliefs and needs, you'll be drawn t... | |||
| Leaders .... What's Your "Likeability Factor"? by Andy Robinson - Dec, 2011 Leaders .... Stay conscious of your "Likeability Factor." Are others drawn to you because of your friendliness and approachability? Do you make an effort to help others -- whever possible -- feel better about themselves? Do you tend to seek out and point out the "good" in others... | |||
| 15 Incredible Business Men Who Refused to Retire by Andy Robinson - Dec, 2011 For many who reach the top echelons of business, retirement is a time to enjoy the spoils of a life well lived and years of hard work and perseverance. Others, however, take a different approach. For every businessman anticipating retirement, there’s also one who dreams of working until ol... | |||
| Personal Excellence: Turning Tasks Into HABITS by Andy Robinson - Nov, 2011 We recently interviewed Stever Robbins as a guest on the Career Success Radio Show. In preparation for the interview I read Stever's newest book, "Get-It-Done-Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More," -- a book I highly recommend. One of the helpful tips that Stever suggests in his book... | |||
| Do You Take Advantage of Dead Time? by Andy Robinson - Oct, 2011 "Dead Time" -- What is it? • It's waiting in the hallway for an upcoming meeting or • The time spent taking a cab to a client's office • It's waiting "on hold" on a phone call, or • Standing in line a Starbucks, or • Waiting for an appointment to show up, or waiting at a doctor... | |||
| In What Ways Have You Improved This Year? by Andy Robinson - Oct, 2011 In the day-to-day, week-to-week conduct of our work, business life and personal life, we do the things we need to do to accomplish our job and get things done. We exercise our talents to get these things done; we utilize our key skills to do those things as well as we can. Six months go ... | |||
| Leaders: Embrace Being Wrong by Andy Robinson - Oct, 2011 True leadership sometimes means owning up to the idea of admitting you’re wrong. Consider this .... If you've done a great job of surrounding yourself with incredible team members, it's important to understand that they MAY have better ways of doings things or breakthrough ideas to con... | |||
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