It's Your Career

My Favorite Song - Ryan Montbleau Band - Fix Your Wings - Off Topic

Thanks to Erika Napoletano (@RedheadWriting and RedheadWriting) for this tip from earlier this year.  This is one of my favorite songs.  My new favorite song.  This guy has a great voice, and each video in this set is a treat.

From the YouTube link -

Live video #8 of 14 from the album Heavy on the Vine. The band has performed all 14 songs in different live settings and created a video for each. This is "Fix Your Wings" from a hilltop in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts.

 

Developing confident and successful professionals.

 April 24, 2012 news and announcements: 

This week's coaching assignment - Take quiet time each week to put thoughts down in a journal or to meditate/contemplate/reflect on projects.   Allow your imagination to work on what could be.  In a positive direction.  Think about the kinds of questions you ask yourself.  And work on asking a better set of questions.

I am very excited about the interviews one of my coaching clients had in San Jose, California.  Best of success Chris!

Finished filming first session of subscription series of videos in Chicago.  We have a few new vidoes coming out in the coming weeks - better lighting, different content. 

We just launched this 2012 Personal Presentation Skills Subscription Series.

Training modules include:

• 23 tips on gaining confidence and overcoming fear of speaking in public
  
• How to use social media, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Pinterest, to position yourself for better opportunities
• 12 ways to use personal presentation skills to gain self-confidence
• Key confidence tools for real estate agents
  
• Practice makes perfect, and gets you past the fear of public speaking
• How to gain confidence in sales pitches, new client meetings and listing presentations
• Interviews with experts and speakers on how they prepare to get onstage

We are still preparing our first Confidence Academy workshops of the year on Overcoming the Fear of Speaking in Public - still taking registrations for our Skokie event on May 18 and 19 from 8 am - noon.  Breakfast and box lunch will be provided.  $240 per person.  Working on  Evanston and Chicago venues for June events.  

Still working on intro videos.  We will be posting videos here and on YouTube in the next week.  Here is the first one - The Confidence Academy Intro Video. 

 

And Michael is giving free presentations to church and school groups in metro Chicago.  Need a speaker at your next event?  And here is the first module in our 2012 Video Training Series - 23 Tips To Overcome Fear of Speaking In Public.

We are working on a new book for law students and new graduates and the job search.  And I held my first coaching sessions of the new year - making plans for the coming year.  Know any professionals who need an attitude adjustment?  I am offering lots of attitude training during the first quarter - one on one coaching sessions three or four times a month.  Let me know how I can help. 

About me:  I earned my J.D. from Duke University in 1993 and practiced law in Atlanta, Georgia until I moved to Chicago.  I am working on a book about overcoming daily fears, like the fear of speaking in public.  One day soon I am going to write the Great American Novel. 

I am a legal recruiter.  I learned the business at Major Lindsey & Africa beginning in 2007.  I also coach young professionals on their job search, goal setting, client development, career planning, and public speaking.  Coaching  Mackenzie & Welsh, LLC offers legal recruiting and career coaching services in Chicago, Atlanta/Savannah and NY/NJ/Philadelphia.  Legal Recruiting 

I am a licensed real estate salesperson, bringing my advocacy, attention to detail and professionalism to buyers and sellers of real estate in Chicago and the North Shore.  It's Your Home 

I also have a law practice focusing on real estate litigation, the rights of the family, advocacy for children and the elderly, and employment law.  I am licensed in Illinois and Georgia.  My law firm website/blog is here - It's Your Family.