John E. Long, M.S., MCDP, BCC Career & Life Coach John E. Long is a nationally certified coach based in Atlanta, GA. John specializes in career and life coaching, as well as the administration and interpretation of career and personality assessments. John’s career encompasses a depth of experience spanning the fields of health care administration, […]
Dr. Sally Jamara with Traversa Consulting discusses assessing innovation
Dr. Sally Jamara is a partner and the Leadership Practices Leader in the Atlanta office of Traversa Consulting. She has been consulting and leading major organizational change in global organizations for over twenty five years. Sally is retained to assess and consult with CEOs, senior executive team members and high potential leaders. She has extensive […]
Peggy Parks with The Parks Image Group and Essie Escobedo with Office Angels discuss civility in the workplace
Peggy Parks Peggy M. Parks, AICI CIP, is the South’s Image Workshop Leader for companies who value investing in employee training that results in more effective individual representatives of the corporate brand. Her flair for delivering current, impactful, and fun presentations on the complete range of image topics—from professional image to personal branding to civility—has […]
Brandon Young and Chas Vales with JD Harvester and Tara Oliver with T Oliver Studio discuss Talent Management
Brandon Young Brandon was born and raised in Wichita Falls, Texas. At the age of 15, he was introduced to the workforce within the fast food industry. While in his senior year, he relocated to Union City, Georgia and conclude his 4-year term at Creekside High School. Upon graduating, Brandon continued his education in Computer […]
Matt Lawless with Home Helpers Atlanta and Karen Powell-Newman with A Superior Choice Medical Staffing discuss the healthcare industry
Matt Lawless In April of 2010 Matt had an accident which brought him even closer to his clients. Matt suffered a fall which resulted in a serious fracture of his tibia and fibula, the two bones in the lower leg. Because of the severity of the injury, Matt required three surgeries to repair the damage. […]
Pamela Grant and Susan Mitnick with CBeyond discuss partnering in Talent Management initiatives
Pamela Grant Pamela is currently the Director of Corporate Human Resources for Cbeyond. Her responsibilities include Cbeyond’s Total Rewards, HR Technology, and Talent Management. In previous roles she has managed Employee Relations and Corporate Events. Since joining Cbeyond in 2006, she has been an instrumental part of growing the HR team to support an organization […]
Frederick Apple with Wealthspring discusses Leadership
Frederick E. Apple’s career is represented with a diversified background consisting of over 20 years of media, advertising and marketing experience along with more than 10 years within the specialty finance arena. Mr. Apple’s talents currently reside at the WealthSpring family of companies as a senior advisor for WealthSpring’s partners, associates and specialized clients. Mr. […]
Dr. Linda Johnston with Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics and Character and Leigh Ann Rodgers with SEAF discuss Facilitation
Dr. Linda Johnston Dr. Linda M. Johnston is the Executive Director of the Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics, and Character and an Associate Professor of Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Her research interests include racial and ethnic conflict, ethics, bullying, sports-related violence, health-related conflict, narrative and discourse theory, and world view […]
Shaunda Paden with DesignComm, Inc. Discusses Job Performance Factors
Shaunda Paden is a Certified Performance Technologist, Certified Instructional Designer, and Certified Online Learning Designer who has designed training for companies in a wide variety of industries. Her expertise in developing performance-based training and e-learning has received national and international recognition. In 2002, she was chosen to be a Senior Judge for the international Brandon […]