by Travis Jones | May 22, 2019 | Career Development Partners, Career Partners International, Career Transition, Ethics, Human Resources, Job Search, Job Search Resources, Job Success, Leadership, Outplacement, Success, Successful People, Travis Jones | CEO, Uncategorized
Traveling by jet and reading the in-flight magazines brings new insights on fascinating topics. A few years ago a Southwest Magazine cover story captured my attention. The headline story was about Dan McLaughlin and his experiment to become a professional...
by Travis Jones | Apr 25, 2019 | Career Development Partners, Coaching, Ethics, Executive Coach, High Performance, Human Resources, Job Success, Leadership, Success, Successful People, Travis Jones | CEO, Uncategorized
Excellent leaders are admirable teachers and help to mold the future of those they lead. Leaders stereotypically shape an individual’s future by sharing their expertise as well as sharing the wisdom essential to master not simply the work they do, but a successful...
by Travis Jones | Mar 25, 2019 | Career Development Partners, Career Partners International, Career Transition, Ethics, Executive Search, High Performance, Human Resources, Job Success, Leadership, Success, Successful People, Travis Jones | CEO, Your Career
As a member of a small business owner’s group, a frequent topic in our meetings is the lack of quality hard working employees. Here are some of my thoughts in response to this growing concern among my peers. Mature workers make up some of the most highly educated,...
by Rick Christensen | Nov 27, 2018 | Ethics, Human Resources, Leadership, Outplacement
It is said that on the scale of most stressful life events, death of a spouse, divorce, and loss of one’s job are at the top of the list. How you, as a manager, handle the separation of an employee can have lasting repercussions on future morale of the remaining...
by Travis Jones | Nov 21, 2016 | Ethics, Successful People, Travis Jones | CEO
On Wednesday, November 16, 2016, I had the privilege to share the guiding principles of the Oklahoma Ethics Business Consortium, better known as OK Ethics. Steve Ford, actor and son of former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, shared his family history and the ethics he...
by Guest Authors | Oct 16, 2015 | Ethics, Guest Author, Outplacement, Travis Jones | CEO
By Guest Blogger, Shannon Warren, Founder of OK Ethics. Prepared for publication in October 2015 Journal Record by Shannon Warren “You’re not in business to be liked…We’re here to succeed.” Such was the mantra of “Chainsaw” Al Dunlap, who made Time’s worst bosses list...