Thriving in Times of Uncertainty and Change

Temple Beth El Networking Group

August 12, 2009

In today’s challenging economic environment, business professionals must develop new skills and strategies for advancing and sustaining their professional careers. New approaches to networking, innovative tactics for showcasing your accomplishments, and the development of strong professional alliances are among the essential components of a successful career strategy. By implementing several of these approaches to career development and advancement, you will position yourself for success in the current business environment, and for even greater opportunities as the economy recovers.

This presentation will provide specific strategies and actions that can be implemented immediately to increase your career success. During the presentation, participants will have the opportunity to apply these strategies to their individual challenges, goals and objectives. In addition, we will discuss the critical issue of how to maintain resilience, productivity, and a positive approach in the face of an uncertain economy.

Topics include:

·         Your Roadmap to Success: Five Steps to a Thriving Career

o   Develop a Resilient Strategy

o   Create a Focused Action Plan

o   Leverage the New Rules of Networking

o   Exceed Expectations

o   Build Strategic Alliances

About Rita:

Rita Weiss, founder and President of Pinnacle Consulting Services, is an executive coach specializing in empowering business professionals to develop their leadership strengths, increase their influence and achieve their career goals. Through one-on-one and group coaching programs, Rita assists corporate executives, leaders and managers in implementing clearly defined strategies and action plans to advance their careers and accelerate their professional achievements and success.

Since founding her executive coaching practice in 1998, Rita has coached over 500 executives and business professionals, assisting them in fine-tuning their skills and reaching their goals more quickly and more easily than they could on their own. Her recent clients include American Express, Bayer Healthcare, Berkeley College, GlaxoSmithKline and Marriott International.

Rita’s training as an Executive and Group coach includes completion of a two-year corporate coach training program and certification to deliver individual and group coaching programs, competency assessments and leadership style profiles.

Prior to establishing Pinnacle Consulting Services, Rita held leadership positions at Bankers Trust Company and MCI Communications. Rita has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Manhattanville College, where she has taught graduate courses on Leadership and Teams. Rita holds a BA from SUNY Binghamton and an MA from Indiana University.