Organizations Using Professionalism Is for Everyone
       
   

Professionalism Is for Everyone and Every Organization

Hundreds of organizations have provided our book Professionalism Is for Everyone to their leaders, managers, associates, and students. Many of these organizations also have had us provide seminars and keynotes on the contents of this book or they have purchased our tools for Learning Leaders and provided these programs and presentations themselves.

Some examples of our clients and customers are below.

 

 
           
           
           

Professionalism Is for Everyone

See comments below for how some clients are using our book Professionalism Is for Everyone in their organizations

 

Industries and Types of Organizations

Professionalism Is for Everyone is used by many types of organizations in many industries. Here are some of those segments. See examples of specific organizations in each segment below.

           
           
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What Our Clients Are Saying

"The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Here are some examples: Overall, I feel everyone in the organization would benefit from this message. Very uplifting! I left feeling motivated to handle myself more professionally. The instructors reminded me of things I could be doing better. Worthwhile subject matter for the whole organization."

– CC Pace

"Thank you for the inspiring and interesting presentation, Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar. We had positive feedback on the session. Your prompt follow-up with certificates and summary of our “Action Items” was impressive and added an extra reminder to all of us that professionalism doesn’t end with a presentation, but continues long afterwards. You both are truly professionals and are models for your book."

– Arlington County Dept. of Health and Human Services

"The facilitation materials were very thorough and we were able to easily customize the course to include specific examples related to our business. Thank you for your commitment to professionalism and for offering such a comprehensive program!"

– Blue Cross and Blue Shield

"I could not believe how simple your company made the entire process. The Leader’s Guide was easy to follow and provided a snapshot of the Participant’s Guide along the way. I am thrilled to report that Professionalism Is for Everyone has gone off with fireworks and the feedback we have obtained has been fantastic. For example, one person wrote ‘Professionalism Is for Everyone is the best class I have ever attended.'"

– Verizon Wireless

"The presentation was a success! We now are going to do the presentation for individual groups at each facility."

- Rivermont Schools

"It was such a pleasure to conduct this class. Great material."

– AIG American General

"The program was fabulous. We had about 63 people in attendance. Anecdotal feedback was great and glancing through the evaluations the feedback looks good. The materials were exceptional as well; very organized and easy to use. My biggest challenge was keeping to the 4-hour time limit I had which I was able to do. (The first two run-throughs I did I kept going over but the day of the program worked like a charm.)

– Red Ladder, Inc.

 
           
     
         
Professionallism in Medicine
           

Doctor

       
   

Illustrative Users:

Alternative Behavioral Services
Bingham Memorial Hospital
BISCO
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Arkansas
CAMC Health Education and Research
Centra Health - Rivermont Schools
Clearwater Cardiovascular Intervention Consultants
Community Blood Center
Community Health Centers Alliance
Continuum Hospice Care
Detroit Medical Center
Divine Savior Healthcare
Dr. Christensen, DDS
Doctors Medical Center
Enrica Fish Medical Books
Fitwell, LLC
Fresenius Medical Care
Genzyme Corporation
Grays Harbor Community Hospital
Health Alliance
Hospice of Palm Beach County
Hospital Corporation of America
Hospital at University of Pennsylvania – Obgyn Dept.
Jackson Laboratory
Kaiser Permanente
Kaleida Health
LabOne
Lakewood Family Medicine
Larry Black, DDS
Laxer, Long & Savage DDS
M I Bassett Hospital
Maine Medical Center
Mary Washington Hospital
Medbooks Stat
Medford Family Dental Care
Midwest Geriatrics
Millipore Corporation
Mississippi Blood Services
Montgomery General Hospital
New England College of Medicine
Northern Mississippi Medical Center
Owensboro Medical Health System
Palmetto Health
Pfizer
Platt Medical Center
Pratt Medical Center
Quest Counseling Center
Remetronix
Renal Care Group
Respite Care Systems
River Oaks Hospital
Schneck Medical Center
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
Stamford Hospital
Suncoast Perfusion
Superior Ambulance Service
Tenet Healthcare
The Eye Center
Thicare
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Town & Country Hospital
Trans Healthcare Inc.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Mississippi Medical Center
University of NC School of Pediatric Dentistry
University of Texas Medical Branch
University of Toledo Medical Center
Veterans Affairs Medical Center

         
Doctor in lab    

Examples of How a Professional Culture Is Being Nurtured:

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arkansas

Blue Advantage (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arkansas) purchased our Teach-It-Yourself materials and facilitated our half day Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar to over 200 of its associates. The program was so well received they are now holding a seminar each quarter for new associates to go through the program as well.

CAMC Health Education and Research Institute

CAMC Health Education and Research Institute, a part of the CAMC Health System, purchased our Teach-It-Yourself materials for teaching Professionalism Is for Everyone.

Healthcare Management Administrators

Healthcare Management Administrators in Bellevue, Washington has purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for teaching our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar to their associates.

Hospital Corporation of America

Hospital Corporation of America has purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for piloting our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar to a group of their associates. After a successful pilot, they are now providing it out to additional associates.

LabOne

LabOne, a diagnostic service provider in the greater Kansas City area, has purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for teaching our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar to their associates.

Lakewood Family Medicine

Lakewood Family Medicine in Michigan purchased our Soaring with Professionalism Starter Kit to present a 30-to-90 minute presentation on professionalism and provides it to all new hires.

Palmetto Health

Palmetto Health in South Carolina purchased our Soaring with Professionalism Starter Kit to present a 30-to-90 minute presentation on professionalism.

Pratt Medical Center

Pratt Medical Center is a large multi-service medical center in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The then CEO of Pratt Medical Center originally purchased nearly 600 copies of Professionalism Is for Everyone and provided a copy to every board member and employee including all doctors, nurses, leaders, managers, and support associates.

Schneck Medical Center

Schneck Medical Center, a regional hospital and medical facility near Indianapolis in Seymour, Indiana had The Goals Institute provide a full-day seminar for the leaders and managers of the clinical services organization. Some of these individuals are now teaching the program to all clinical services employees.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics purchased our Soaring with Professionalism Starter Kit to present a 30-to-90 minute presentation on professionalism.

University of Kansas School of Medicine

University of Kansas School of Medicine purchased our Soaring with Professionalism Starter Kit to present a 30-to-90 minute presentation on professionalism.

University of Toledo, College of Medicine
(formerly Medical University of Ohio)

University of Toledo, College of Medicine has purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for teaching our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar and purchased over 1,000 books that are provided to 3rd and 4th year medical students as well as medical residents.

 
           
     
         
Professionallism in Education
           
Teacher        
   

Illustrative Users:

Abbottsford School District
Ashland University
Beaumont Unified Schools
Bettendorf School District
Broward County Public Schools
California State University
Centra Health - Rivermont Schools
Chesterbrook Academy
Columbus State University
Communities in Schools
Community Child Care Center
Cuyahoga Community College
Cuyahoga Valley Career Center
Eastern New Mexico University
Edmonds Community College
Fairfield County School District
First 5 Santa Clara
Florida International University
George Mason University
Georgetown Independent School District
Georgia Tech University
Gettysburg College
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrison County Public Library
Indiana University
Junior Achievement
Logan County Adult Education Workforce
Lone Star College
Long Beach School
Midlands Technical College
Mobile County School District
Mountain Vista High School
My Friend’s House Child Development Ctr.
Naval Post Graduate School
NAWCAD
New England College of Medicine
Newington Public Schools
New Mexico University
North Penn School District
Penn State University Cooperative Extension
Pine River-Backus Schools
Purdue University
Saint John’s University
School District 17
School District 18
Shenandoah University
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Stockdale Christian School
Univ. of Central FL-Rosen School of Hospitality
University of Dayton
University of Kansas School of Medicine
University of Miami
University of Mississippi Medical Center
University of NC, School of Ped. Dentistry
University of California, San Diego
University of Southern California
University of Texas Medical Branch
University of Toledo Medical Center
Vance-Granville Community College
Virginia College
Virginia State University
Walhalla High School
Washington County Head Start
WITC – Ashland Campus
Worksource Redmond

 
           
Student    

Examples of How a Professional Culture Is Being Nurtured:

Abbotsford Career Technical Centre

Abbotsford Career Technical Centre, in British Columbia, Canada, has purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar.

Bettendorf School District

Bettendorf School District in Bettendorf, Iowa has approximately 4,500 students in grades K-12. With the objectives in mind of continual improvement and pressing for excellence, the Assistant Superintendent of Schools arranged for Jim Ball and Jennifer Kuchta of The Goals Institute to present two half-day customized seminars entitled Soaring with Professionalism. They presented the Five Keys to Being a True Professional that are in the book plus motivational stories and techniques that inspired everyone to raise the bar. Over 450 teachers and administrators attended these programs. At the end of the programs, each participant submitted a written commitment to one or more actions to begin applying what they had learned or had been reminded of during the programs.

Chesterbrook Academy

Chesterbrook Academy in New Jersey purchased our Soaring with Professionalism program to kick off this new school year and reinforce the benefits and principles of professionalism.

Florida International University

Florida International University in Miami purchased our Soaring with Professionalism short program.

Gettysburg College

The IT Department at Gettysburg College retained The Goals Institute to provide a full-day interactive seminar and workshop for the thirty people in the department. During the first half of the day, the program covered the principles in Professionalism Is for Everyone. During the second half of the day, the program was a workshop where ideas were developed to apply the strategies in the book, World-Class Customer Service, which is another book in the Keep It Simple for Success series.

Logan County School District - Adult Education & Workforce Training

Logan County School District in Kentucky purchased the Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for our Professionalism Is for Everyone program for in-service training for their staff in the Adult Education & Workforce Training area.

Lone Star College

Lone Star College in Texas purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for our half-day/full-day Professionalism Is for Everyone program and our 3o-to-90 minute Soaring with Professionalism presentation so they can be flexible depending on their time parameters.

Midland Technical College

Midland Technical College in South Carolina purchased our Soaring with Professionalism short program.

Penn State University Cooperative Extension

Penn State University Cooperative Extension in Erie purchased our Soaring with Professionalism short program.

Pine River Backus

Pine River-Backus Schools is a public school system in Minnesota. The business manager purchased our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar tools and provided half-day programs for nearly 200 individuals including superintendents, teachers, and all staff of the school district.

Rivermont Schools

Rivermont Schools, with locations in Lynchburg, Roanoke, Chatham, Chase City, Alexandria, and Hampton, Virginia, purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials to provide our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar for members of its staff. They had such great success, they purchased additional materials to roll it out to all of their schools.

Toledo University - Medical Campus

A Professor of Medicine at the university provided a copy of the book, Professionalism Is for Everyone for over 1,000 students including resident doctors, and then provided presentations summarizing the key points.

University of Central Florida - The Rosen School

The Rosen School at the University of Central Florida provided over 2,500 books to the students in the school to stress the importance of professionalism and provide them a simple guide and reference for their personal and professional development.

University of Kansas School of Medicine

University of Kansas School of Medicine purchased our Soaring with Professionalism Starter Kit to present a 30-to-90 minute presentation on professionalism.

 
       
       
         
Professionallism in Financial Services
           
Bank building        
   

Illustrative Users:

Affirmative Insurance
AEGON
AIG - American General
AIG - SunAmerica
American Bankers Association
Berkshire Industries
BF Saul
Blue Ridge Capital
Central Bank
Coldwell Banker
Credit Acceptance
Financial Women International
Furman Company
Freddie Mac
Gates Mountain Credit Union
GFA Federal Credit Union
Heritage Financial Services
Horace Mann Companies
Internal Audit Bureau
LVM Capital Management
Maine State Credit Union
Marine Credit Union
May's Insurance
Merrill Lynch
Metro 1 Credit Union
Milford Federal
Milliman
Mitchell Wiggins
Mountain West Farm Bureau
Murray Johnson & White
Mutual Savings Association
Page Valley Bank
Primary Residential Mortgage
Realtors Association of Metro. Pittsburgh
SECU Credit Union
Shoemaker Financial
South Shore Savings Bank
Southbridge Savings Bank
Steinbeck Credit Union
Suburban Bank & Trust
TIAA-Cref
Virginia Society of CPAs
Wells Fargo Bank

 
           

Insurance office

   

Examples of How a Professional Culture Is Being Nurtured:
(also see Professional Services Firms below)

AIG

Multiple divisions in AIG, a large provider of insurance products and services, purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for teaching our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar to associates.

Another division within AIG purchased books for its associates.

Don Richard Associates

Don Richard Associates is a professional search and recruiting firm with three offices in Virginia specializing in placing financial and office administrative support associates. To demonstrate its ongoing commitment to provide professional candidates, the company created a special program entitled Professionalism In Service built around the book Professionalism Is for Everyone. Each placed candidate is required to read the book, discuss it with Don Richard associates, and agrees to follow and abide by the principles and guidelines in the book.

Horace Mann Companies

Horace Mann Companies, located in Springfield, Illinois, a provider of insurance to educators, retained Jim Ball and Jennifer Kuchta of The Goals Institute to provide a customized seminar on the concepts in Professionalism Is for Everyone for the nearly 70 leaders in the Client Services Division. This seminar included skits and role-plays that the company captured for use in follow-on training of associates.

Internal Audit Bureau (IAB)

IAB, a nationwide, full-service accounts receivable outsource service provider, purchased our Soaring with Professionalism materials and provided the program at its fall conference.

Ronald Blue & Co.

Ronald Blue & Co., a nationally recognized financial and investment consulting firm, purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for teaching our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar to associates.

Southbridge Savings Bank

Southbridge Savings Bank in Massachusetts has purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials and provided it to their associates throughout the bank. Jim Ball and Jennifer Kuchta of the Goals Institute provided an initial workshop for the top executives to launch the program.

Suburban Bank & Trust Company

Suburban Bank & Trust in Oak Lawn, Illinois purchased our Soaring with Professionalism short program to provide to their associates.

SECU Credit Union

SECU, Maryland's largest state-chartered credit union, has purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for teaching our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar to associates.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo provides personal banking, investing services, small business, and commercial banking. A division within Wells Fargo has purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for teaching our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar to associates. Another division has purchased our 30-to-90 minute Soaring with Professionalism short program.

           
       
         
Professionallism in Technology
Technology company        
   

Illustrative Users:

AltiAmerica
AT&T
CC Pace
Comcast
EDS
GTSI
HR Logix
ID Business Solutions
Mercury Technology Group
Pro Tech Services
Remetronix
Technical Connections
T-Mobile
Trinity Technology Group
University of Kansas School of Medicine - IT Dept.
Verizon
Verizon Wireless

 
           

IT company

   

Examples of How a Professional Culture Is Being Nurtured:

CC Pace

CC Pace, a technology consulting company that specializes in the mortgage and financial industries, brought in The Goals Institute to provide a half-day interactive seminar for the leaders in the financial services division. The company provides each new hire with a copy of our book, Professionalism Is for Everyone. Here are some of the many positive comments from individuals who attended the Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar:

“Overall, I feel everyone in the organization would benefit from this message.”

“Very uplifting.”

“Worthwhile subject matter for the whole organization.”

“I left feeling motivated to handle myself more professionally.”

Comcast

The Washington, DC region of Comcast had The Goals Institute provide a seminar for leaders and managers in organization. Some of these individuals are now teaching the program to other associates. Another division has began teaching this program as well.

GTSI

GTSI is a large information technology solutions provider of products and services to Federal, state, and local governments and systems integrators. GTSI provides Professionalism Is for Everyone to new associates to get them started on a quest to professionalism from the beginning. During orientation and in conjunction with an ethics course the company provides, the concepts in Professionalism Is for Everyone are taught and reinforced using company-specific cases and examples.

Verizon Wireless

One of the divisions in Verizon Wireless, a large wireless network provider, purchased our Teach-It-Yourself materials and facilitated our full day Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar for its associates. The program was very well received and they are now adding additional programs. They focused on the case examples provided to stimulate discussions for how to continue inspiring professionalism in their organization.

Another division in Verizon Wireless purchased our Soaring with Professionalism materials to provide short programs to associates in the customer service call center.

       
       
         
Professionallism in Government
           
Various governments        
   

Illustrative Users:

Arlington County Virginia
City of Richmond
City of Tempe Municipal Court
City of Tuscon
Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Evironmental Protection Agency
Fairfax Water Authority
Fresno Government
Halifax Pittsylvania Court Services
Internal Revenue Service
Leadership Shawano County
Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services
Prince Edward County
Town of Newington
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
U.S. Bureau of the Census
U.S. Department of Labor – Mine Safety & Health Academy
U.S. Department Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Treasury
U.S. Department of Transportation/MARAD
U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration
U.S. Navy
U.S. Postal Service
Virginia Department of Corrections

 
           

US Governmental groups

   

Examples of How a Professional Culture Is Being Nurtured:

Arlington County Government

Jim Ball, the author of Professionalism Is for Everyone, and president and CEO of The Goals Institute, presented a half-day seminar for the 70 leaders, managers, and associates in the Department of Human Services.

Fairfax Water

Fairfax Water is Virginia’s largest water utility serving more than 1.2 million people in Northern Virginia. The leaders of Fairfax Water provided a copy of Professionalism Is for Everyone to each of the organization’s 500 leaders, managers, and associates.

Internal Revenue Service

The Goals Institute has provided numerous Professionalism Is for Everyone seminars for the IRS and the IRS has purchased copies of the book Professionalism Is for Everyone for hundreds of associates. In addition, modeled after the hit program, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, creative individuals at the Internal Revenue Service taught the principles in Professionalism Is for Everyone to new and emerging leaders using a game format called Who wants to be a Professional?

U.S. Postal Service

The U.S. Postal Service chose The Goals Institute's Professionalism Is for Everyone program for its leadership mentoring program in the maintenance division. Jim Ball and Jennifer Kuchta presented two full-day sessions entitled Soaring with Professionalism. During these programs, the participants developed role-plays to demonstrate how they could use the concepts in the book to address challenges and opportunities they are facing in mentoring proteges. This program is provided one or more times each year.

Subsequently The Goals Institute provided additional programs to other areas within the Postal Service.

       
       
         
Professionallism in Hospitality and Food Services
           
Waiter      
   

Illustrative Users:

Bernick Companies
Burgerbusters
Coffee Systems of Hudson Valley
Colville Tribal Casino
Creek Nation Casino
Dolphin Cay
Grand Central Hotel
MAC Meetings & Events
Marriott
MasterCorp
McDonald's
Miller Poultry
Northeast Foods
O’Charley’s
Publix Supermarkets
Schwan's Foods
Smithfield Beef
Southern Management Corp.
Sunstone Hotels
The Pantry
Tower Club
University of Dayton – Food Services
Watertown

 
           

Fast food

 

Examples of How a Professional Culture Is Being Nurtured:

MasterCorp, Inc.

MasterCorp, a provider of housekeeping services to the resort timeshare industry, has purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials to provide our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar for members of its staff.

McDonald’s Corporation

The MCOPCO Eastern Region of McDonald’s (approximately 1,500 company-owned and company-operated restaurants) provided copies of Professionalism Is for Everyone to all of the leaders and restaurant managers in the region along with customized “Tip” cards for teaching the principles in the book and discussing them with associates. This organization also provided the companion books, ABCs for Life, World-Class Customer Service, and It’s About TIME! to each of the leaders and managers in the region.

Miller Poultry

Miller Poultry in Orland, Indiana purchased our Soaring with Professionalism program for associates at their plant.

Rosen School of Hospitality at the University of Central Florida

Rosen School of Hospitality at the University of Central Florida purchased copies of Professionalism Is for Everyone for all 2,000+ students.

Schwan’s Foods

Schwan’s Foods, a privately held company in Marshall, Minnesota, is the largest branded frozen food company in the United States. The company provides home delivery services and markets popular brands such as Mrs. Smiths® and Freshetta®. In conjunction with the Eastern Region’s Annual Leadership Awards convention, Jim Ball, the author of Professionalism Is for Everyone, presented a customized, interactive presentation entitled Soaring with Professionalism for two groups with 250 leaders in each group. Unique handouts were created specifically for this program.

Southern Management Corporation

Southern Management Corporation is the largest privately owned residential property management company in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Southern Management University retained The Goals Institute to provide a customized six-hour program on Professionalism Is for Everyone for its nearly 100 leaders. This unique seminar included skits, role-plays, and the creation of teaching tools and presentation aids for use in training others.

The Tower Club

John Nicholas, the manager of the award-winning Tower Club, a Club Corporation of America club, provided a learning leader program for all of his staff using Professionalism Is for Everyone. Each day for over a month he would open the book to two new pages and read the principles discussed there along with the Dos and Don’ts provided. Then he would ask and answer questions to reinforce the concepts and identify actions for tweaking the club’s quest for perfection. “What I like best,” said Constance, one of the lead servers, “is that the book is so inspiring.”

       
           
         
Professionallism in Associations
           
Association director        
   

Illustrative Users:

Air Force Aid Society
American Bankers Association
American Fence Association
Financial Women International
Junior Achievement
Property Management Association
ProTran
Realtors Association of Metro Pittsburgh
Virginia Society of CPAs
Windsor Independent Living Association

 
           

Membership meeting

 

 

 

Examples of How a Professional Culture Is Being Nurtured:

Financial Women International Foundation

Financial Women International (FWI) Foundation helps advance the financial services industry professionals by providing tools, resources, and opportunities that will benefit the individual, the industry, and the community at large.  FWI purchased our Teach-It-Yourself resource materials for their trainers to be able to provide our seminar, Professionalism Is for Everyone, to chapters throughout the United States.

Financial Women International Foundation also purchased our shorter Soaring with Professionalism program so chapters could choose between offering a short program or long program to their members.

International Association of Administrative Professionals

The International Association of Administrative Professionals, Winchester chapter, retained Jennifer Kuchta of The Goals Institute to provide a presentation addressing The Five Keys to Being a True Professional in Professionalism Is for Everyone. IAAP also purchased copies of the book for attendees at its annual convention for chapter members in Virginia.

Realtors Association of Metro Pittsburgh

Realtors Association of Metro Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania first provided a copy of Professionalism Is for Everyone to their members and now gives a copy of the book to all new members who join their organization.

RV Dealers

Pro-Tran, a bus rental and RV dealer in Fort Washington, Maryland purchased our Soaring with Professionalism presentation and participant kits to provide a presentation at their conference for other dealers.

       
     
         
Professionallism in Charites, Churches, and Social Services
           
Helping hands      
   

Illustrative Users:

Air Force Aid Society
ALTAH World Missionary Church
American Cancer Society
American Red Cross
Arbor Education & Training
Bethany Baptist Church
Covenant House Pennsylvania
Domestic Violence Intervention Services
Employment Resource Center
Goodwill Industries
Hampton & Newport News Community Serv. Bd.
Havar Inc.
Koinoina Homes
Mountain Lake Services
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church - Board of Pensions
Quality Living
Respite Care Systems
Rise Inc.
Rose-Mary Center
Shenandoah Valley Services
Soul Factory
Steps for Independence
Windsor Independent Living Association
Worksource Redmond
YMCA

 
           

Extended handshake

 

Examples of How a Professional Culture Is Being Nurtured:

Amercian Cancer Society - Great Lakes Region

The Great Lakes Region of American Cancer Society had Jim Ball present a half-day Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar for approximately 100 leaders in the organization. Each leader then took the message back to his or her associates. In addition the organization purchased learning leader tools and books and provides a summary of the program for each new person hired into the organization.

Rise Inc.

Rise Inc. purchased our Soaring with Professionalism 30 to 90 minute presentation for their staff.

Steps for Independence

Steps for Independence purchased our Soaring with Professionalism 30 to 90 minute presentation for their staff.

YMCA

YMCA of Richmond, Virginia purchased our Professionalism Is for Everyone half-day/full day program for their staff along with our It's About TIME! time management program.

 
           
     
         
Professionallism in Professional Services Firms
           
Group      
   

Illustrative Users:

BDO Seidman
Bowling Franklin & Company
Byars Thompson Buchanan
CPAmerica
Don Richard Associates
EDS
Ernst & Young
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Mitchell Wiggins
Morris, Hall & Kinghorn
Moss Adams
Murray, Johnson & White
Norris McLaughlin & Marcus
PRTM
Roberts McNutt
Ronald Blue & Co.
Ross, Langan, and McKendree, LLP
Rutherford & Johnson
Solomon Edwards Group
Virginia Society of CPAs
Wilmer Hale, LLP

 
           

Group at table

 

Examples of How a Professional Culture Is Being Nurtured:

Big 4 Accounting Firm

One of the Big 4 Accounting firms had our company provide training and books on professionalism in conjunction with a week-long series of training programs for one- to four-year professionals. Jim Ball, CEO and president of The Goals Institute, provided motivational keynote presentations which were customized programs to include several key concepts from the book, Professionalism Is for Everyone, that the firm wanted to emphasize and reinforce.  In addition to the presentation, the book, Professionalism Is for Everyone, was provided to each participant along with mementos and reminders of the concepts covered.

Moss Adams

Moss Adams headquartered in Seattle, Washington purchased our Professionalism Is for Everyone trainer materials and participant kits to provide our program for staff development.


Murray, Johnson & White


Murray, Johnson & White, an accounting firm in Virginia had Jim Ball provide a keynote on professionalism to kickoff one of their quarterly professional development programs.

 
     
     
         
Professionallism in Manufacturing and Transportation
           
Tire        
   

Illustrative Users:

Beaulieu Residential Carpeting
Credit Acceptance Corporation
Daimler-Chrysler
Dealer Tire
DF Industries
Dillard Door & Security
Duco Inc.
Knoll
Kraft Foods
Okemos Auto Collection
Page International
Penske Truck Leasing
Shaw Industries
Tennessee Valley Authority

 
           

Gears

   

Examples of How a Professional Culture Is Being Nurtured:

Credit Acceptance Corporation

Credit Acceptance Corporation, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan provides car loans to consumers and has purchased our 30-to-90 program, Soaring with Professionalism, for its associates.

Dealer Tire

Dealer Tire, a large national wholesaler of tires in Cleveland, Ohio, provided our Professionalism Is for Everyone seminar to new sales professionals in conjunction with their initial sales training and orientation program.

           
           
         
Professionallism in Retail
           
Shopper  

 

 
   

Illustrative Users:

American Girl Place
Enrica Fish Medical Books
Logo World
Medbooks Stat
Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
Neill Companies
TASQ Corportation
The Pantry
Walgreens

 
           
           
         
Professionallism in Energy, Environment, and Realestate
           
Oil derrick  

 

 
   

Illustrative Users:

Dart Energy
Derck & Edson Associates
Dillard Door & Security
Dixie Pulp & Paper
Edgewater Construction
ExxonMobil
Fairfax Water
Hillmann Environmental
Independent Environments
Kenny Construction
Miller Oil
Noble Drilling Services, Inc.
PMC Construction
Realtors Association of Metro Pittsburgh
Residential Elevators
Stantec
Turlock Irrigation
US Pro Services
Valero Lima Refinery

 

 
       

Examples of How a Professional Culture Is Being Nurtured:

Fairfax Water

Fairfax Water is Virginia’s largest water utility serving more than 1.2 million people in Northern Virginia. The leaders of Fairfax Water provided a copy of Professionalism Is for Everyone to each of the organization’s 500 leaders, managers, and associates.

Kenny Construction

Kenny Construction outside of Chicago, Illinois provides a copy of Professionalism Is for Everyone to their associates along with our companion book, World-Class Customer Service.

PMC Construction

PMC Construction had The Goals Institute provide a seminar for leaders and managers in their organization.

Realtors Association of Metro Pittsburgh

Realtors Association of Metro Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania first provided a copy of Professionalism Is for Everyone to their members and now gives a copy of the book to all new members who join their organization.

 
           
           
           
         
Professionallism in Small Business
           
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Illustrative Users:

  • Access Information Management
  • Don Richard Associates
  • Fitwell
  • Hureco
  • Logo World
  • Pro Tran
  • Red Ladder, Inc.
  • And many, many more...
 
           
           
           
 

 
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