https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-m4ijp-1054eda Yep, you read the title correctly. Performing an excellent audit, following all of the standards, and writing a great report won’t stop you from getting fired. In fact, sometimes that is what gets you fired. To understand what usually does get you fired, and how to avoid the land mines, take a listen to …
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This is another tables are turned episode, where I am interviewed by Zach Olinger for his #podcast The Real Zach Olinger Podcast. We talk about relationships, what can go wrong, how to improve them and some practical tips that you’ve probably never considered when thinking about relationships both professionally and personally. Listen in at: http://www.jasonmefford.com/jammingwithjason/
Seems like everyone and their dog is now offering online training saying the equivalent of “We got everything you want honey, We are the people that can find whatever you may need. If you got the money, honey we got your disease.” I’ve been in the online space now for about 10 years, and I …
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How do you assess the value of learning opportunities? Perhaps you may look at it as a cost per hour type of expenditure. Well in today’s episode I’m here to discuss how that is a flawed mindset and in what ways one should be looking at the various opportunities that are out there. Listen in …
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-awv2f-1041b8c Many professionals get caught in a CPE mindset when it comes to professional development. A CPE mindset will not get you promotions or new positions. In the knowledge revolution, we have to become lifelong learners – those concerned with learning and growing each day, week, and month – not just completing hours of random …
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We’re going to be talking about how sometimes we get stuck in some “self-talk” and how talking with other people and getting outside input can lead you to answers that are actually helpful to you! Hal Garyn will be joining us for this podcast to also shed some light onto what many CAEs have been …
With technology rapidly becoming more advanced, along with a rapidly changing economy, what do we as humans bring to the table when it comes to doing work? Due to this proliferation of technology in the workplace, what kinds of things can you be doing to stay relevant and ahead of this technological curve? We are …
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Are your audit reports effective? Are you communicating your findings in a clear and concise manner?Sometimes our reports can be written in a watered down way that ends up diluting the points we’re trying to make. In today’s #jammingwithjason #podcast episode we speak with Sara James who can shed some light on how we can …
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Ultimately you are the one responsible for your career advancement. Recent surveys show employers are investing less in the training and development on their employees (e.g. 80% of employees state their employer does not offer training, and 86% of workers feel their manager is not skilled in developing employees). Ouch! The truth is, what got …
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In today’s episode we take a look at the generation before us. We have a lot that we can learn from our forebears, and I even pull out the guitar and sing about a certain “old man”. But why are we talking about our elders and what can we learn from the generations before us? …
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