Easy Motivation and Retention Tool for Leaders

“When you become a platoon leader, then company commander and so on, get to know your soldiers.  Write down their wives’ names and children’s names on note cards.  Ask your soldiers what’s happening in their lives.  Know your soldiers.”  This is the advice I received over and over again in ROTC training as a cadet … Continue reading “Easy Motivation and Retention Tool for Leaders”

Lessons for a JMO Starting a Business Career – Part 2

When you first start your business career, your level of responsibility may not be at the same level as when you left the military.  This is a short term issue until you learn the operation, customers, products or services.  While you are learning and ramping up your responsibilities, find as many opportunities as you possibly … Continue reading “Lessons for a JMO Starting a Business Career – Part 2”

Cameron-Brooks August 2009 Career Conference

The August Career Conference in Charlotte, NC is now complete.  Our client companies are leading their way out of this recession by focusing on getting the “right people on the bus” as Jim Collins says in Good to Great.  The result: candidates averaged over 9 interviews each and every candidate achieved success at the Conference.  … Continue reading “Cameron-Brooks August 2009 Career Conference”

Cameron-Brooks Alumni Partnership Program

One of the major benefits of completing the Cameron-Brooks Development and Preparation Program® (DPP®) and attending a Conference,  is in becoming a Cameron-Brooks Alumnus and having access to our Alumni services.  The Cameron-Brooks Guiding Principles state, “We help build the future of companies and individuals by committing ourselves to the development and growth of all … Continue reading “Cameron-Brooks Alumni Partnership Program”

Receiving Offers and Accepting Employment

How to handle the critical process of receiving and accepting an offer.

Can Reading Make a Difference?

3 points to consider when choosing to start a reading program.

On-line/Distance Learning MBA Programs for JMOs

Frequently I answer questions from junior military officers about on-line/distance learning MBA programs.  Most want to know if companies value them and, if so, which schools provide the best options.  My answers always depend on the individual’s goals, undergraduate and other graduate degrees, and military experience.  However, for the purpose of this blog post, I … Continue reading “On-line/Distance Learning MBA Programs for JMOs”

Interviewing – How to Deliver Your Best

The article below is from Jeffrey Gitomer’s “Sales Caffeine” Issue 398 that I received Tuesday via e-mail.  I couldn’t find the link to the article on-line so I pasted it here.  I found this extremely relevant for JMO candidates interviewing for business opportunities.  If you follow the Cameron-Brooks blog, you know that we believe preparation … Continue reading “Interviewing – How to Deliver Your Best”

Cameron-Brooks June 2009 Career Conference

Results from the June 2009 Career Conference

Got Career Security?

To evaluate the relative “security” of a career with the government versus the business market, I would direct you to Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech on June 3rd, 2009.