The Invisible Mentor Week in Review

This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde, Wisdom of Life Profile: St. Teresa of Avila, Founder of the Discalced Carmelite Order of Roman Catholic Nuns, and Dan Elash, Principal, Syntient. Adventures in Learning We are coming to the end of the first quarter of 2012, are you on track in accomplishing your goals? What adjustments do you have to make to your goals? Are all your goals still relevant? What obstacles are standing in your way and how can you remove them? Are You on Track for the First Quarter of 2012?  Booked for Mentoring The Canterville Ghost … [Read more...]

Book Review – The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

Book Review – The Canterville Ghost: By Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost is a short story by Oscar Wilde. Like many works of literature, the story first appeared in a magazine, The Court and Society Review in February 1887. When the story starts, the American minister, Mr Hiram B. Otis has purchased Canterville Chase, an English country house. Otis is warned by Lord Canterville that the house is haunted, but he doesn’t believe in ghosts. The Otis family consists of husband and wife, their eldest son, Washington, daughter Virginia and twin sons. Shortly after the Otis family arrives at their new country estate, they notice a … [Read more...]

2011 Books for Mentoring

Reading gives me great pleasure, so I spend a lot of time indulging myself. I also find that I am mentored by the books that I read, even novels, and books often shape my thinking. I try to read many different genres in a quest to be more creative in my thinking. I recently discovered that the books that I read were not as diverse as I thought, if you look at where the authors originate from. Below is a list of some of the books that I have enjoyed this year, how many on the list have you read? This is a sampling because I have read over 150 books since the start of 2011. If I have reviewed the book, I have included the link to the review. … [Read more...]

Interview With Invisible Mentor Steve Kayser, Head of PR, Cincom Systems, Part Two

Interviewee Name: Steve Kayser Company Name: Cincom Systems Website: http://www.cincom.com/, http://expertaccess.cincom.com, http://radio.cincom.com  Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Steve Kayser:  A non-PR, non marketing, non-writer type running a national PR department for Cincom Systems, a global software company. Avil Beckford: Tell me about your big break and who gave you. Steve Kayser: Just one? I have had big breaks all my life. Every day. Every month. Every year. Tom Nies gave me my latest big break. He asked me to run PR for Cincom Systems North America. When I told him I didn’t know … [Read more...]

The Invisible Mentor Week in Review

This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Henry Ford, American Automobile Pioneer and Industrialist and Alison Duke, Film Producer, Goldelox Productions. Mondays at the Salon Career Coach Peggy McKee from Career Confidential presented at the webinar, “How to Find a Job in any Economy.” McKee shared a few tips on the new way to job search. 6 Job Search Tips fro Career Coach Peggy McKee Booked on Tuesdays The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s only novel, and was first published in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazinein 1890. It appeared in book form the … [Read more...]