Skills Prints

"Once you learn, though, you'll never forget."

'What is wrong with you, Covington? Larson's sales territory is twice the size of yours, and yet she managed to find the time to learn how to palm a basketball!'

International Championship of Opening Bottles Without a Bottle Opener

'You know, sometimes I think we don't even speak the same body language.'

Fishing Contest

'...open beer bottles with his teeth.'

'She hasn't advanced to figure eights yet.'

"So, what do you do for play?"

'Well, I must say I never thought team-building exercises could be such fun.'

"It's so cute when the boss brings his son to work and pretends to let him help out!"

Keeping all the balls in the air - skills

Do you have any other skills?

'You've spelt 'C.V.' wrongly.'

"He excels at putting out fires."

"My boss says I intimidate people. . . so I stared at him until he apologized."

"I'm good at ticking boxes."

"I'm a great ... umm... like ... umm... like... umm ... communicator."

"Dad's at that awkward age when he knows just enough about computers to really screw 'em up!"

How to Do Small Talk??!!

'I always feel at the end of the day I could've taken credit for more.'

'Now that we've evolved, we should work on our people skills.'

'Where's the mouse for this thing?'

Keys to Success: Focus, Alertness, Concentration...

Time to try something new.

We learn by doing

"I had to hire younger employees to keep up with today's technology and social media."

"I'm worried about my leadership ability. None of the board members follow me on Twitter."

"I think it’s time we started holding other kids’ hands."

Grandad Prodigy

Welcome! University of Hard Knocks...Where common sense is better than smarts!

'Why is it you never sign up for any trainings?'

"Develop your social skills. Share information about yourself so people will want to talk to you." "I like to dissect animals."

'We're presently entangled in a power struggle.'

"You need more info? Listen, son, our ancestors faked it, I fake it, and by gawd, it's time you learned to fake it."

'Very impressive, but is there anything you can't do?'