1. Making a Lasting Impression

2. Making a Lasting Impression
Background
Education:
Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana
Degree: BA – Business Administration and Accounting
Post Graduate Studies:
University of North Carolina, Asheville – Accounting
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL – National Graduate Trust School
Work Experience:
Public Accounting – Sarasota, FL
Banking/Financial Institutions - Client Service Mgr – FL, NC, TN, KY
Retired from JPMorgan Institutional Asset Management
Current Activities:
Healthcare Institution – Lexington, KY
Community Volunteer

3. Making a Lasting Impression

4. Making a Lasting Impression

5. Making a Lasting Impression
Questions that frequently develop during job or career development:
Why do some workers succeed faster than others?
Why do some workers get opportunities and others don’t?
Why do some workers feel “stuck” in their career or job?
Answer:
MAKE A LASTING IMPRESSION.
If you consistently make a positive, memorable impact on your boss, your co-workers, and even your employees, you’ll increase your chances of getting selected for best opportunities when they arise and paving your way to career success.

6. Making a Lasting Impression
10 Ways To Make A Lasting Impression
Be friendly and smile…
Make a good first impression - be professional in the way you dress, your manners, and speech
“Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Taken”…Oscar Wilde
Look for point(s) of connection – something you can talk about to connect with them
Picture on wall, desk or cabinet
Awards - trophy or plaque
Book, magazine, or newspaper
#1. When we smile, we are letting people know we are happy to be with them, happy to meet them, happy to be interacting with them. They in turn feel happier to be interacting with us.
#2. Learn to memorize people’s names. Remembering other people’s names will show others that they are worth remembering.
#3. Oscar Wilde – Irish playwright, novelist, essayist and poet in late 1800’s.
Sometimes we get so caught up in trying to impress that we forget to show our true selves. We hold back opinions, smuther our creative ideas, and downplay our personalities…all for fear of being judged.

7. Making a Lasting Impression
10 Ways To Make A Lasting Impression
Be factual and accurate in your conversations
Give the person you are speaking with your full attention – make eye contact. Don’t be distracted by your own thoughts
Look for ways you can help them, offer solutions or contribute to success of the company or organization

8. Making a Lasting Impression
10 Ways To Make A Lasting Impression
Listen and incorporate other person’s opinions into the conversation. Talk about the subject or need……not about yourself
Leave conversations making people feel empowered, motivated, and energized
Summarize your discussions and next steps

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6 Ways To Make Sure Your Boss Knows Just How Awesome You Are
Keep your manager informed
Focus on results - not just your activities
Share client/customer expressions of appreciation with your manager or supervisor
Get in front of decision makers
Demonstrate a strong work ethic – be trustworthy, dependable, and team player
Commit to providing quality products or services

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The 6 Secrets Successful People Know
By: Dr. Les Parrott, PhD
Take responsibility – be a solution’s person
Embrace a challenge – “I love a challenge”
Don’t take it personally – turn criticism & coaching into improvement & progress
Dream big – focus on long-term goals
Quit “stewing” (worry, fuss, procrastinate) & start doing
Walk the extra mile – be motivated to do more than your job or assignment requires

11. TAKE AWAYS Make a good first impression….SMILE….
Making a Lasting Impression
TAKE AWAYS
Make a good first impression….SMILE….
Be professional & friendly
Be yourself
Be a good listener
Discuss what matters to supervisor or group leader
Leave others more motivated & informed than you find them
If you go out of your way for someone else, there will be a good chance they’ll do the same for you. “The real key to winning friends and influencing people today is having meaningful relationships. The only way to do this is by constantly adding meaning and value”….Dale Carnegie – American author, writer, and motivational speaker.

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